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Rechtgläubig

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Phoebe said:
It's


FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!


You can't see me, but I'm dancing around my living room. I have very long arms, like an orangutan. I am far reaching.

How else could I type while dancing?
Haha!
 
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I forgot to post a hearty

YAY GOD!!!

for this! (Caroline's prayer request reminded me!) Most excellent news.

We are so blessed! -----R
 
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(This is moved from the Semper Virgo thread since I have drifted off topic there.)

theologia crucis said:
The part that scares me about being a pastor is dealing with the congregational politics.
What scares me about being a member is congregational politics!!!

I so HATE it I can't even begin to tell you. I am so upset with something going on at my church right now you can't imagine and one of the people in the THICK of this very destructive thing is my elder.

I am not talking the defense of confessional Lutheranism here...I am talking about deliberate opposition to our church workers and the promotion of a non-confessional, non-LCMS stance.

God will take care of the people He calls to the ministry but it is clear when we study the pastoral epistles that those He calls need to be prepared to suffer for the Gospel. Lets remember to keep His servants in our prayers.

Love

Rose
 
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Work ended up being okay.

Heh, heh. I found out that some of my coworkers have trouble reading me. That's okay. They can walk on eggshells.

I noticed that one kid in particular likes to ask me if I'm mad. I tell him, "oh, you'll know when I'm mad!" If I'm not grinning, people assume I'm unhappy. Go figure...
 
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I'm posting this a few hours early (at least in CDT; in Germany, it is the 17th)...

Johann Gerhard, Theologian

Johann Gerhard (1582–1637) was a great Lutheran theologian in the tradition of Martin Luther (1483–1546) and Martin Chemnitz (1522–86) and the most influential of the 17th-century dogmaticians. His monumental Loci Theologici (23 large volumes) is still considered by many to be a definitive statement of Lutheran orthodoxy. Gerhard was born in Quedlinburg, Germany. At the age of 15 he was stricken with a life-threatening illness. This experience, along with guidance from his pastor, Johann Arndt, marked a turning point in his life. He devoted the rest of his life to theology. He became a professor at the University of Jena and served many years as the Superintendent of Heldberg. Gerhard was a man of deep evangelical piety and love for Jesus. He wrote numerous books on exegesis, theology, devotional literature, history, and polemics. His sermons continue to be widely published and read.

I highly recommend the new translation of one of Gerhard's works called "Meditations on Divine Mercy".

Excerpts:

"Thanksgiving for Christ's Suffering"

"The Severity of Divine Wrath against Sin Considered in the Passion and Death of Christ"
 
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