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  1. Tofferer

    Your Thoughts on Profanity

    I am not surprised for by this. Indeed, I've considered the KJV a profane version for some time now. Passages like this only confirm my considerations. I think it safe to say that in this passage, there are far more suitable words that could and should have been used. (hijack) Oh, as long as I...
  2. Tofferer

    Why You Love Lutheranism?

    I love being Lutheran because I can ask hard questions and not only expect but receive an honest and scriptural answer. When I was attending the Baptist church, there were questions that if I asked, I was told that we couldn't ask that. In the Lutheran church, I don't get told that, rather I get...
  3. Tofferer

    Adiaphora Alehaus (8)

    My left eye is 20/40 and my right is 20/30. I should at least wear reading glasses (which I do have a prescription for, though I don't know where I put it). I probably should go in and be retested though, as my prescription is from 1998.
  4. Tofferer

    Your Thoughts on Profanity

    Hypocrite that I am, I have used such words and yet I do not approve of them. I usually feel really foolish for saying such words after I have let them slip and usually I say them when angry. This too is wrong. I think Jim nailed it. There are better and far more appropriate ways of making a...
  5. Tofferer

    Formation of the ELCA

    Because on the local level, a church is consider a business (Indeed, here in Washington, a church has to apply for a business license in order to operate). That is part of why we have groups within the local church such as the Church Council, Finance Committee, etc. Also, people may feel less...
  6. Tofferer

    Formation of the ELCA

    Seems like I need to set the record straight. My family and I just joined the LCMS. We were excommunicated from an LCMC church in Burien. LCMC is an association of Lutheran churches that split from the ELCA. Last I knew, there was still an investigation into the actions of the pastors and...
  7. Tofferer

    Formation of the ELCA

    My retired pastor friend would likely agree with you on this, as do I.
  8. Tofferer

    Formation of the ELCA

    As long as we are discussing the ELCA, this apparently came from the desk of Kieschnick: I received this from the retired pastor friend of mine who was excommunicated shortly before I was. I am still hesitant to bring this up, but given the topic at hand, I am hoping for some thoughtful...
  9. Tofferer

    Adiaphora Alehaus (8)

    As we enter into the 14th. I think back on this recent Friday the 13th of March. I think back to another March 13th seven years ago. I still remember the birth of that little boy of mine. I remember what I thought the first time I saw his face. I still remember the doctor placing him under my...
  10. Tofferer

    Formation of the ELCA

    Yes. He asked questions, however, those questions can only be answered by answering other questions. Insofar as that goes, I would like to see him answer DaRev's questions. From there we can build upon those answers to answer his questions. That is how learning tends to work, or am I wrong?
  11. Tofferer

    What are your views on "cultural" churches?

    I suppose I can see a point there. Personally, I am thinking of finding a local RC church sometime that still does the mass in latin so I can see what that is like. More than anything, I am curious about latin and how it was/is used in the church.
  12. Tofferer

    Walther vs the Conference

    Looking at the online Book of Concord I find this in Section XI:
  13. Tofferer

    Old time Lutheran Cartoon

    BibleMan? My mother-in-law has that on DVD. Cheesier than a toasted cheese sandwich. I can easily forgive the later episodes of SuperBook after just one episode of BibleMan. Even that trouble maker in Greatest Adventures is easier to forgive than one episode of BibleMan. To repeat myself - CHEESY.
  14. Tofferer

    Adiaphora Alehaus (8)

    Ditto.
  15. Tofferer

    Old time Lutheran Cartoon

    I have a four DVD set of the older episodes. We found them at the Dollar Tree over by the Tacoma Mall. I sometimes watch them with Jeremiah. I am contemplating buying two more sets. One for my nephew Malachi and one for my brother in law Joshua.
  16. Tofferer

    Maybe it doesn't matter, but I would like to ask.

    So my concerns are fairly valid, especially since neither of the "godparents" are very active in our lives anymore. We see Gerald every once in a while, but he has little interest in even coming to church with us anymore and he goes to church with his father with a certain reluctance. I am...
  17. Tofferer

    Maybe it doesn't matter, but I would like to ask.

    However, in the rite of baptism, there is the issue of what faith we want our child to grow up in. I do not affirm the doctrines of the baptist church (which my friend Gerald claims). It seems to me that it is hypocritical of a non-Lutheran to serve as a godparent since they don't affirm the...
  18. Tofferer

    Maybe it doesn't matter, but I would like to ask.

    In May of 2002, Hope and I had Jeremiah baptized. He was baptized at Emmanuel Lutheran Church ELCA in North Tacoma. His godparents were two friends of ours. However, here is my query: Neither of these two friends is a member of any Lutheran church. Such being the case, was it wrong for us to...
  19. Tofferer

    Adiaphora Alehaus (8)

    Well, I suspect that the Subaru is toast, short of an engine replacement. I just double checked the engine yesterday. The oil looks like milk. Certainly the engine could be pulled and rebuilt, but I wonder if it would not be cheaper to replace it. I don't know. I will likely have to wait on...
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    How we can help our synods

    Pay particular attention to the Augsburg Confession and the Large Catechism. However, I also say familiarize yourself with the 95 theses.