Zisfree

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16 verse 33

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 I braced, but fell anyway after this.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

Another great post by a solid pastor.

[Carol @Carol52538896]

Mark this: Once doctrinal discernment is pushed out of an adiaphora conversation, something else will take its place

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[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

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[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 We have fought. It has not gone well. lol. But we will try.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 Possibly. But we are tired of the fights and politics.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@JALindsay4444 Put the band in back. If they refuse, or say they cannot lead from the back, you know where their hearts are.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

Is it possible that the ‘low church’ of the 60s-70s led to problems LCMS is having today…https://t.co/6zvCtXNkbC

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 Or leave, which is what I chose to do.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 Varies. They don’t care. They want what they want.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

Dr. Just:”Many Christians believe the earliest Christians had a kind of free-form worship with no structure, rites, rituals,or ceremonies.This is one of the great misconceptions people have about early Christian worship.Early Christian worship flows out of Jewish liturgical life.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 Liturgical, LSB, hymns—with a separate cool-n-hip CoWo service.

[Stred @stred4life]

From Christopher Thoma. Please read and listen.

Apart from life’s expected struggles, we have relatively little drama in our home. In some ways, I’d say that’s because, as a family, we forgive, keeping short accounts with one another—and we work hard at open communication, talking about pretty much anything and everything. Best of all, we remain united in the faith we confess, both inside and outside the walls.

That said, whenever drama imposes itself upon us from the outside, it’s not uncommon for Jennifer or me to say to one another in jest, “How about we just pack up and move to—.” You fill in the blank. A couple of nights ago, Jen had a moment like that. She said, “How about we just move to Ireland or something?” I counseled against that one almost immediately, having read the recent news from Ireland about the teacher, a Christian, who was sentenced to life in prison for refusing to use a student’s preferred pronouns. And so, I explained, and then finished with, I said, “I’d almost certainly be arrested the day we arrive for the things I write online.”

I said that because it’s true. A cultural tide came in fast over there—especially in matters of faith and moral conviction. Street preachers have been arrested for reading Scripture aloud in public spaces. A woman was even detained for praying silently across the street from an abortion clinic. No signs. No shouting. No confrontation. Just the quiet presence of a believer in silent prayer. In other words, her unspoken thoughts were a criminal offense punishable by law.

As Americans, we should not shrug our shoulders at this stuff. Too many in the U.K. opened the door to these things because of their complacency, which said, “That’ll never happen.” People in America did the same thing with a long list of dreadfulnesses that ended up consuming us.

The freedoms we enjoy, while wonderful, are not self-sustaining. They require stewardship, vigilance, and a willingness to speak up, and maybe even to act to defend them. And this is not just for ourselves. Personally, I do what I do for my children and congregation. But even more so, now, I do it for my grandson, Preston. If I compromise truth for comfort, or sit in silence to avoid offense, while the ground beneath my feet is eroding, the ground beneath his will have likely slipped away entirely, washing him into a dystopian nightmare.

Yes, we must show kindness. Yes, we must be respectable. Indeed, we must speak with grace. And for sure, we must engage the world peaceably. But I’m here to tell you, we must also stand up straight when the ungodliness demands we bow. The “it will never happen” moments happen regularly. Let the reader understand: Freedom is easiest to lose when we assume it’s safe.

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[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 There is little to no teaching about music anymore in schools, let alone the sems. Too many pastors are not musically trained. If they were, as Luther had desired, it would perhaps help. But that ship has sailed. And yes there is a divide and it is as you say.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@Carol52538896 Why would Biermann choose this time to stir the pot. He knows what he did. He’s very smart. Either he’s angry about outcome, or he is deliberate in his wording to cause division. I see no other reason.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@ScottRoberts Luther, Aquinas, Augustine and Piper.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

Exactly. Amen.

[Matt Richard @RevMattRichard]

Adiaphora does not concede to an antinomian spirit - it is not ruled by preference and power. Rather, adiaphora is governed by the Gospel, informed by sound doctrine, exercised with collegiality, respectful of the historic Church, and directed toward the edification of Christ’s Church. Adiaphora is not the end of a theological conversation (a trump card) but the beginning of a doctrinally rich and wise discussion.
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[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@_SextonRay @jeremylatzke It’s usually the “every other week crowd”, otherwise known as the “anti-weekly-communion-because-nondenom-churches-don’t-do-it-weekly” crowd, that push. Pastors have a difficult road. They need to educate/catechize/teach the Confessions.

[Zisfree @4everHisalone]

@atensnut Don’t think so. Her cousin, is a conservative pastor and wrote about her. https://t.co/71CavDH1zo

[Eagle Ed Martin @EagleEdMartin]

The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him;
Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.
Psalm 37:23-24