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    Praying for the dead

    Why would you pray for the dead? God has told us in His word what will happen to the dead in Christ and the dead who are not in Christ. What could we possibly hope to change for a dead person by praying for them?
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    Praying for the dead

    Here is an article taken from the WELS website on praying to the dead. It mentions Mary and the Saints, but includes instruction on prayers to the dead as well. Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)
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    Book of Concord

    Can you change the background color or text color so it is easier on your eyes? I've had to do that when I read books on my iPhone, that is if it's an option to change those things, sometimes it isn't. But I could never bring myself to highlight or write in the margins of any book, because a...
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    Think I'll sit down here for a bit... (13)

    Kae!!! :hug: :hug: :hug: Are you just popping in for a quick visit or are you gonna stay awhile?
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    21st Century Reformation

    Yeah, they still sell them, I think. Let me see what I can find. Indulgences Return, and Heaven Moves a Step Closer for Catholics - NYTimes.com Edited to add: They even have a manual on Indulgences: Amazon.com: Manual of Indulgences (9781574554748): United States Conference of Catholic...
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    Book of Concord

    You can actually read the BoC online at this site: www.bookofconcord.com
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    If you're speaking of theological matters, those who have a different interpretation or disagreement about a Biblical teaching or Confessional teaching will need to have their disagreement heard and then if necessary corrected. This is why proper instruction in the Scriptures and the...
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    There is no prejudice, just cold hard facts. The ELCA, which includes you, engages in a practice forbidden by the Lutheran Confessions. It is in the Lutheran Confessions that we are to turn away those who teach contrary to the Confessions. You belong to a church that denies Confessional...
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    Lutheran Homosexual Clergy

    The ELCA has to teach something. I mean what are people doing in church on Sunday mornings in the ELCA if they don't have common beliefs in some things? Are they just sitting there twiddling their thumbs? Or if they're really good, their toes? ^_^ My problem with the ELCA has always been that...
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    It seems naive to think that a pastor knows who is living in unrepentant sin or not. If the pastor knew a person was gay, I guess I could see them denying communion. But there is no way to know every individuals story. For example, in court, you are innocent until proven guilty. I look at...
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    Are you asking why you would be denied in an LCMS or a WELS or ELS church? One reason is you're not in fellowship with us. Another reason is that in the area of Communion, you directly violate what the Confessions teach on the matter. The Lutheran Confessions state that you are to turn away...
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    Did you read DaRev's post? He gave you plenty of justification from the Scriptures as to why a pastor should deny Communion to an unrepentant sinner.
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    Not on this board it isn't, as demonstrated by the experience I told you about. That doesn't answer my question as to why one who is unrepentant would want to partake of a Sacrament that forgives sins. Let's remember that what Judas did, he was supposed to do, to fulfill Scripture...
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    You need to have faith in Christ, otherwise why even go to the rail to receive Christ's body and blood, shed for the forgiveness of sins? Anyone can be a follower of Jesus, that doesn't mean you're a Christian. I've talked to people on CF who are followers of Christ, but do not regard him as...
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    Common Cup, Indiv cup, or Intincture?

    Where does the Bible say that belief in the Apostle's and Nicene Creeds are all that is required? Chapter and verse please. Also, couldn't the denial of Communion be a form of church discipline?
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    Lutheran Homosexual Clergy

    On CF everyone is a Christian regardless of what they believe or practice, unless they're Atheists or Agnostics. I remember getting in trouble for telling a person who claimed they were a Christian that they weren't a Christian after they denied Jesus died for their sins, denied He is the Son...
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    Lutheran Homosexual Clergy

    I'm confused. If the ELCA teaches nothing, condones nothing and opposes even less than nothing, how can people like you and DaRev be doctrinally aligned with them? Confessional Lutherans are aligned with Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, since the ELCA teaches nothing, then there is...
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    Lutheran Homosexual Clergy

    When have Confessional Lutherans been for anything involving same-gender sexual relations? We believe God's written word, not what we want. No, nobody thinks that abortion is God's plan for some people. God's desire is that all people be saved. How is that possible if people are being aborted...
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    Lutheran Homosexual Clergy

    I understand what he's saying about abortion being an extreme method of birth control. What's confusing to me is how engaging in homosexual sex is an extreme form of birth control because pregnancy is not going to be a result of same-gender sex. Unless he is saying that heterosexuals are...
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    Lutheran Homosexual Clergy

    Contraception exists for heterosexual couples who want to minimize the chances that the woman could become pregnant as a result of sexual intercourse. Are you suggesting that heterosexuals are engaging in homosexual activity as a form of contraception?