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    New Jersey Pastor passing "miracle cure" to Ugandan churches, actually bleach.

    Just came across this, US pastor runs network giving 50,000 Ugandans bleach-based 'miracle cure' This isn't just happening in Uganda, both Ireland and Canada have banned the sale of "MMS", because it's literally bleach being sold as a panacea. But it's being touted by some, such as on...
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    Don't use someone's loss to try and sell your religion

    Wasn't exactly sure where to post this, but thought maybe some place like this might be most appropriate (mods feel free to move it or correct me if I'm wrong). So here's the thing--don't use someone's loss as a means of trying to sell your religion. My dad passed away a couple weeks ago, and...
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    My dad.

    As I write this, it's hard. My father has been battling various ailments for a few years now. Last summer he suffered total kidney failure and has been on dialysis three times a week. As of two days ago my father's legs stopped working. Unsure of the cause, and unable to transport him myself I...
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    Are our churches failing at properly teaching Christology?

    Given the recent spate of Christological threads which have challenged, and indeed outright attacked, the orthodox Christological teaching, it seems like it is worth asking if the reason for so much confusion is because people are being improperly catechized in our churches. Or is this less of...
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    Old Dog, New Tricks

    I have been in a relationship with a wonderful gal for the last several months. This is a new experience for me, as at age 35, soon to be 36, I have never been in a romantic relationship previously. In fact I had largely learned to accept the very real possibility that I might be single for the...
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    A Blessed Maundy Thursday to you all

    "[T]he Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do...
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    How I approach/interpret Scripture

    I am posting this here, rather than in the Scripture forum, for two reasons: 1) I am interested in critique, criticism, and input by other traditionally-minded Christians on this subject. 2) This isn't really about a particular Scripture, but rather about an interpretive methodology. So in...
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    Lutheranism and an Ordo Salutis, do we have one?

    I've only recently come across the term Ordo Salutis, and it has largely been from our Reformed brethren. When Googling this it seems chiefly to be a Reformed idea--a systematic order of salvation. When trying to find the Lutheran take on this, it is usually Reformed persons contrasting the...
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    Penance and/or Temporal Consequences of Sin

    So I am aware that penance, as understood by Rome, is rejected in our churches; due to the error in believing that penitential works carry salvific merit. Though I am aware that in the Eastern Churches Confession and Absolution also tends to carry recommend for acts of healing, such as if I do...
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    Information on good Lutheran theologians

    I was doing some self-reflection and I realized that I am actually rather unfamiliar with any contemporary Lutheran theologians. Most of the theologians of the modern period which I feel most familiar with have tended to be Catholic (e.g. Hans Urs von Balthasar) or Anglican (e.g. Tom Wright); I...
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    Trump's Rigged Election Conspiracy

    Trump is already insinuating that if he loses in November it will be due to a rigged election: http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-election-rigged-2016-8 And it looks like Lumpy and Friends at Fox are perfectly willing to prep the base for this, Hannity cited a Philly Inquirer article...
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    On Confusion of the term; Affirming "Mother of God" in reference to the Blessed Virgin

    So I've noticed a fairly common trend over the years. Almost inevitably when the issue of Mary as the Theotokos or mother of God is raised someone will protest by arguing that Mary can't be the mother of God because Mary didn't give birth to God the Father or the Holy Spirit, or that Mary didn't...
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    Debate - On Confusion of the term "mother of God" in reference to the Blessed Virgin

    So I've noticed a fairly common trend over the years. Almost inevitably when the issue of Mary as the Theotokos or mother of God is raised someone will protest by arguing that Mary can't be the mother of God because Mary didn't give birth to God the Father or the Holy Spirit, or that Mary didn't...
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    Prayer for a friend undergoing medical issues

    Without getting into too many details as, understandably, he doesn't want too much attention for what he's been going through, he was diagnosed with a medical condition that has required surgery. The surgery was successful, but followup tests have shown possible need for further surgery and...
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    Interpretatio contra Roma

    So I'm a nerd. I like nerdy things, including language and theology. As such I enjoy non-English theological terms. One of the fun bonuses I like about Lutheranism is that there are a lot of Latin terms and phrases that get used a lot. in a recent discussion elsewhere on site I decided to use a...
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    Denominations are bad mmmmkay?

    Just ask these people who knew better that one should eschew all those bad churches that were teaching "traditions of men" and needed to just go by the Bible alone and that the Holy Spirit guide them completely: Church of God (Anderson): "The history of the Church of God (Anderson) begins in...
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    Let's Talk Eschatology

    One might say why not post such a thread topic over in the Christians-Only Eschatology sub-forum? Well, anyone who has ever visited that area might know that that place is...weird. Additionally, I wanted to have a discussion on [Christian] Eschatology that had a larger audience than what the...
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    Honestly curious question, Mormon question about Peter

    I'd avoided starting this thread or asking this question recently due to the rampant anti-Mormon sentiment that seemed to rush into this area. But it looks like things maybe have settled down, if just barely. So first things first, this is an honest inquiry, I'm not trying to bait anyone into...
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    Some thoughts on cults

    What is a cult anyway? In my younger days I read several books about "cults", Walter Martin's Kingdom of the Cults is what immediately comes to mind. In the particular tradition of the Evangelical counter-cult culture a cult is more-or-less defined as a religious sect with aberrant or heretical...
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    So that happened.

    So I noticed there is no longer an Unorthodox Theology sub-forum. Which is why I'm guessing there has been a huge influx of anti-Mormon threads as of late. -CryptoLutheran
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