tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20143814.post8766249435419266289..comments2024-01-24T00:22:55.738-06:00Comments on Pastor Zip's Blog: Lutheran CORE Open LetterPastor Ziphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17236185339118076545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20143814.post-92172351331729608842008-07-14T13:07:00.000-05:002008-07-14T13:07:00.000-05:00The link above from a simple simmer isn't working ...The link above from <B>a simple simmer</B> isn't working for me. If it doesn't work for you either, <A HREF="http://theblackcordelias.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-america-episcopal-church-20/" REL="nofollow">try this one</A> instead.<BR/><BR/>As for turning the tide, I must confess you've caught me at a weak moment, having just <A HREF="http://www.lutheranconfessions.com/issue.php?id=87#surprises" REL="nofollow">read about the installation</A> of the new Sierra Pacific Synod Bishop in Sacramento, Calif. Sierra Pacific has probably gone furthest down the road of showing off their "full acceptance" of, uh, "sexual minorities." I like to think that is good news, in that this sort of thing wouldn't be acceptable in most other parts of the ELCA. OTOH, no one in any significant leadership position within the ELCA (say another bishop or a prominent pastor or theologian) is going to publicly complain either.<BR/><BR/>The chief strategies so far <A HREF="http://www.lutherancore.org" REL="nofollow">Lutheran CORE</A> and the various reform groups are <B>to pray for more faithfulness</B>, bring abuses to light, to elect/place more orthodox people in positions of authority (though at this point it is mainly to stop the train), and to offer offer faithful teaching in response to what is coming through the church's channels.<BR/><BR/>We have examples of this sort of thing working in the past, often just when it seems that there is no hope left at all for confessional Lutheranism in the prominent Lutheran churches.Pastor Ziphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236185339118076545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20143814.post-55245401657789596492008-07-14T02:55:00.000-05:002008-07-14T02:55:00.000-05:00Evangelical Lutheran Church in America = Episcopal...<A HREF="http://theblackcordelias.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-america-episcopal-church-20/" REL="nofollow">Evangelical Lutheran Church in America = Episcopal Church 2.0?</A> is a post I wrote for my own blog awhile back...<BR/><BR/>I have been wondering, in light of the trajectory the TEC has taken in the face of similar questions and with the ascendency of parties that promote "new understandings" or re-visiting issues of sexuality... Well, how are folks in the ELCA who are in opposition thinking that the tide can be turned?A Simple Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710927638399318664noreply@blogger.com