tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714158045958049985.post7281039031578085125..comments2023-10-25T07:50:13.857-07:00Comments on Power, Love, and Self-Discipline: Both Sides of Your MouthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714158045958049985.post-32389826683730630202009-08-25T05:11:33.553-07:002009-08-25T05:11:33.553-07:00Coach, on what would our unity lie? Is it on doct...Coach, on what would our unity lie? Is it on doctrine? Obviously that can't be the case. Is it in the fact that one is Lutheran? That's simply not sufficient. Whatever it could be, I'm not convinced that such a unity is "built on the rock." How can a "conscience-bound" individual remain in a church that they believe has become apostate? Doesn't the state of their conscience bind them to leave?<br /><br />The reality is that in every denomination that has made this kind of shift in belief, there has been a massive division. I pray that the ELCA proves more godly than the rest.Pastor Sam Chamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01362087368538620411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714158045958049985.post-33245481839631606342009-08-23T20:53:03.165-07:002009-08-23T20:53:03.165-07:00Sam,
I guess in the classes you have taken at Get...Sam, <br />I guess in the classes you have taken at Gettysburg, you must not have gotten into the study of the simuls.<br />That we are simultaneously sinner and saint, and the other dichotomies that are at the heart of Lutheran teaching. Is it possible to disagree and be unified? The future shall tell.BRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07705165879814964510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714158045958049985.post-66460097014663522202009-08-22T13:26:14.487-07:002009-08-22T13:26:14.487-07:00Great reflection, Sam! I wish I could say I was s...Great reflection, Sam! I wish I could say I was surprised at the ELCA decision, but it is exactly what "churches" do who are not anchored to the Truth.David L. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16724345231813836448noreply@blogger.com