Think I'll sit down here for a bit...

[QuiltAngel]

Yeah Seajoy, the snowstorm is coming. It has arrived here. Many churches have cancelled Lenten services tonight.

Lots of wind again.

 

[seajoy]

Help me stay out of the Lutheran general forum...please. It makes me sooo mad.

I need to stay out of there. Why did I even go and lurk??? Guess I'm mad at myself.

 

[porterross]

Seajoy, this is just a taste of how much the ELCA has allowed public opinion and society's rejection of the Gospel to influence them. They are becoming no more than another motivational gathering. It's truly sad that these people actually believe that there is no penalty for unrepented, never mind unrecognized, sin.

 

[C.F.W. Walther]

I don't understand why they closed the Gay thread. I was just trying to show the liberals that if they carried their liberal ideas too far that any type of person could be admitted to the church. Even pedophiles. Not to mention sex offenders and murderers.

The main forum is getting ridiculous.

 

[C.F.W. Walther]

repeat post

 

[porterross]

I don't understand why they closed the Gay thread. I was just trying to show the liberals that if they carried their liberal ideas too far that any type of person could be admitted to the church. Even pedophiles. Not to mention sex offenders and murderers.

The main forum is getting ridiculous.

We DO want them in church so they can see that their sins are indeed in need of forgiveness, but they need to acknowledge and accept responsibility for them first. We are to hate the sin, not the sinner.

 

[QuiltAngel]

Seajoy,
maybe you need a not on your computer or mouse that says "back away from the mouse, you don't want to go there."

Yeah, that thread did take a wrong turn.

 

[DaRev]

Yeah, that thread did take a wrong turn.

There were some personalities conflicting there, but I do not think it took a wrong turn at all.
Sometimes the Law has to be applied. People don't like the fact that they are sinners and that their sin is not pleasing to God. It's the "not-so-fun" aspect of being a professing Christian. But once they realize their sin, then the Gospel comes out, and that is the fun part.

There are a couple people in that thread currently that have a long history on other boards. Once they get past the heat, I think the discussion will continue.

 

[porterross]

Spot on, Rev.

I know I am wretched and unclean from the fall AND my own poor choices that are contrary to God's commands, but I am forgiven upon repentance. Why else would we confessionals understand the need to declare ourselves and seek absolution every time we hear God's Word? It's not an a la carte deal.

 

[LilLamb219]

Hey guys, there is a forum I used to visit and one member on there admitted he enjoyed going to other forums to cause a fuss even if he believed what he was typing or not. Whenever I see posts that are so liberal they make me mad, I tend to wonder if it's this particular individual doing this to cause a ruckus among us?

 

[seajoy]

"back away from the mouse, you don't want to go there."

Never did like mice anyway

 

[LilLamb219]

I like rodents. They're so quishy

 

[seajoy]

I like rodents. They're so quishy

What you been drinkin'?

 

[Jim47]

I like rodents. They're so quishy

So while you were watching Willard you felt all warm and cozy?

 

[C.F.W. Walther]

We DO want them in church so they can see that their sins are indeed in need of forgiveness, but they need to acknowledge and accept responsibility for them first. We are to hate the sin, not the sinner.

NOT unrepent ones like Willy was mentioning. Repentent gays or peds or whatever are the ones that need it like all sinners. Jesus told the woman at the well. "You're sins are forgiven, GO AND SIN NO MORE!!!"

 

[DaRev]

NOT unrepent ones like Willy was mentioning. Repentent gays or peds or whatever are the ones that need it like all sinners. Jesus told the woman at the well. "You're sins are forgiven, GO AND SIN NO MORE!!!"

Not to be picky...

...but I think He said that to the prostitute in the Temple.




And I'm not convinced that a truly repentant homosexual is a still a homosexual.

 

[Studeclunker]

My, my, Seajoy. Your kitchen got downright toasty today. One reason I stopped posting in that thread was what Lamb had mentioned. I truely feel that there are a few liberal members that are just beating that subject to death without really having any personal investment in the outcome. There were two posters that, just before the lockout, seemed to be baiting the conservative members. I have a close friend from a Nazerine church who would say that those people have a spirit of disention and disruption.

 

[Jim47]

There were two posters that, just before the lockout, seemed to be baiting the conservative members. I have a close friend from a Nazerine church who would say that those people have a spirit of disention and disruption.

If you posts that are baiting please report them. This goes for everyone. I try to read all posts but I don't always see this.

 

[seajoy]

My, my, Seajoy. Your kitchen got downright toasty today.

Heat is good for my fibromyalgia

 

[C.F.W. Walther]

Hi Ang! I hope you are doing allright. I'm battling the flu and liberals. Both are bad for your health