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What is happening at the convention - anyone? When are the elections taking place? Do you expect any fallout over the lawsuit from the Oakland 4? And what will happen when Harrison is the new litagant in the fray? Would he walk away?

I think it would be interesting for the pastors to give a sense of what their typical day/week looks like. When do you get up. What do you do during "office hours".

The Formal Material Principle of the Lutheran Church 1. What is it? 2. Where is this found? 3. How important is it? 4. Do Calvinists have a formal material principle, Catholics, etc.

Calvinism drives me nuts. Limited atonement? Doctrine of election? These are denials of the Gospel, of grace, and makes the cross to be of no effect. Or what am I not getting? Does it do any good to dialogue with them at all? I am visiting my daughter who attends a Calvinist leaning Southern...

Do any conservativeLutheran churches have gay communicants who are openly gay? How would you commune them? Some churches leaving the ELCA will have gay communicants and there will be an expectation that they continue to be communed. How will this church fit in LCMS? AALC? Curious. Cos

Anyone see Exorcism of Emily Rose? Do you think it happened? No doubt there was some "movie scripting". If the exorcism took place, and I think that it did in some form, and the Rosary was probably prayed, Mary certainly had her part as well. But I seriously doubt Mary made her special...

I have been reading the Message and I like it. It opens up the verses in just reading it in a fresh way. I have the Re-mix so you can follow along with other transaltions. Anyone reading it with similar impressions? Peace, Cos

Do any non-denoms use wine for their communion? Didn't Jesus use wine? And if not, could you tell me why and give Scriptures. Thank you.

Where do people get the idea that God sends people to hell? Peace, Cos

What did you guys get out of church today? What was the sermon about? Anything interesting to share? Peace, Cos

I think one of the most basic texts in addressing how to read the Bible is Luther's Small Catechism. It is profound in its simplicity and most of us have a copy. We can add other reads as we go along but use this as a primary text. I would like to see how many are interested in this idea...

Are there vicarage guidelines that allow the vicar in special circumstances to consecrate the elements without a pastor? Is this new or a recent development? I was under a pastor in my vicarage and this seemed to be the rule back in the old days of 1983. Vicars don't consecrate! Every vicar...

Calvinists believe in an "evident" God. He can be known in the depth of His greatest mysteries. Lutherans hold to more of a "hidden" God. To search out His mysteries to make Him explainable to us in all His actions and doings is simply not even ridiculous, but goes against His body of revelation...

How many Lutheran churches offer grape juice alternatives along with the wine? Usually when I pastor a congregation, the communion practice is inherited and established by the congregation. And in my churches, it has always been offered to those for reasons such as is the case most often...

I wonder how many Lutherans even know what perspcuity of Scriptures is all about and how important it is to our Lutheran view of the Scriptures. Even more importantly, where is this even taught in our Lutheran teachings? Peace, Cos

Church services, that is, all the daily services, together with the entire arrangement of the church's icons, candles, censing, singing, chanting, movements of the clergy, as well as the services for various needs (e.g., Molebens, Pannikhidas, etc.); then services in the home, also using...

Luther from 1525 sermon. Enjoy. For if you do even believe that the Sacrament is the body and blood of Christ, how are you made better? To what end does that profit you? The devil believes that too; but what does it help? But when the faith comes that lays hold of the Word and says: These...

Rad quoted Mudinger on Martin Stephan. I still haven't got copy and paste funtion here. Like why? But the quote suggested that Martin twisted a new ecclesiology to put himself as Head of Grace among the people. Did the people make him Pope as much as he made himself the Pope? I think this...

Luther refers to a painting in his commentary on John 6 from LW. It is a picture of the Last Judgment. He calls it blasphemous. In it Jesus shows His wounds to the Father and Mary His mother is appealing, He says the Pope instigated a works approach to satisfy Jesus and uses His mother as the...

I see alot of our differences coming from how we read the Bible. Is there a Baptist way to read the Bible? What are Baptist verses that you stress? Is there one verse that directs in how you read the Bible? Is there a Baptism system of Scriptures? Cheers, Cosmic