Caden Cramberry 🦬

Constanza Core Cade / Prone to delete my accounts /
Christian of the Small Catechism Persuasion /
Husband of One /
Father of Three /
Aspiring Software Craftsman

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@KevinNaughtonJr Now I'm just angry at the code. But that elevation of heart rate can be interpreted as excitement!

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@lagerandgospel2 It's a small thing and complaining about it could be dismissed as being a petty underling but everyone knows it speaks to a bigger issue

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This is truly funny but at the same time I would be slightly happier if my company provided food... Heck my office doesn't even provide coffee... I'd be happy with just office coffee... Sigh I've gotten off track with this Tweet and now I'm mad

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Meta’s CTO says morale is near “the worst it’s ever been” — leadership will offer increased snack budgets to lift spirits.

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@LutheranAnswers Nope. It's hard to see past the faulty logic but one can forgive it if it a result of fear

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Software Corporate Heresy

"Voluminous documentation is part of the problem, not part of the solution"

- Peopleware

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@RevIsaacWirtz The LCMS but Tim Allen's Santa Claus. Everytime there is a new Santa... I mean Synodal President that elected man immediately grows a mustache that he can't cut off no matter how hard he tries... He also craves wurst and beer constantly

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Emporer Justinian

" imperial Majesty must not only be adorned with arms but also armed with laws"

King Solomon

"Wisdom is better than Might"

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Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"

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You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, & explain everything in the kindest way.

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@Canonandcreed Is John Mayer really a lutheran theologian?

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@IFFFMEISTER I think Horton and @Potamopotos shows that McGrath ignores pre Augustine fathers that point to Sola Fide

[TheStandupPod @thestanduppod]

Classic Microsoft

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what king going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first & deliberate whether he is able w/ ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? & if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation & asks for terms of peace

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@Econotheist @DoorDashThomist Henri de Lubac!

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@BCC_LQ I just like being part of the brotherhood 😁

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I've realized with everyone talking about different Lutheran affinities

I'm more of a 🦬 than a 🏵️

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@TheDonStein The people have to know: which are you!?

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Guys Biermann could do it! He could do it!

[Jonathan Petzold @J_Petzold]

Huh.

[Dr Jordan B. Cooper @DrJordanBCooper]

I have several thoughts. I think much of the desire for bishops today depends on an idealistic view of the episcopacy, which does not correspond to the reality on the ground. Episcopacy inherently leads to a lot of political maneuvering for people who want those positions. Power corrupts, including ecclesiastical power. If you've ever spent time with ecclesiastical leaders in any large church body, this is obvious.

Also, what Protestant body with an episcopal structure has retained orthodoxy? It is consistently the case that, after the rise of Protestant liberalism, orthodoxy is more prominent among the laity than the clergy, with bishops often being the cause of the spread and enforcement of heterodoxy. I am not compelled by the argument that bishops are essential to the maintenance of orthodoxy. When the episcopacy is orthodox, it works fine, but when it is not, it can destroy the church.

As Lutherans understand the episcopal office to differ from the presbyterial office only by human rite, rather than functioning as an absolutely distinct office, there is flexibility in terms of exactly what and how much authority is granted to bishops. What the LCMS calls "DPs," or what we call our "Presiding Pastor," could certainly be renamed as bishops; this would be consistent with historic terminology, and thus preferable. However, if this means lifelong appointments and the loss of congregational authority, I think the negative impacts of such decisions would significantly outweigh the benefits.

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@TheDonStein I thought this was a good overview I saw recently https://t.co/8oP7EY20yu

[TheScottishLutheran @TartanLutheran]

In thinking about the tribe with which I resonate, the more Confessional side of the LCMS, here are some thoughts:

Core concern: “What has God said, and how do we faithfully hand it down?”

These are the people who worry that mission, relevance, or emotional appeal will eventually swallow doctrine.

They emphasize the Lutheran Confessions, the catechism, closed communion, reverent liturgy, hymnody, sacramental life, and doctrinal clarity.

This instinct is deeply necessary. The LCMS publicly confesses justification by grace through faith in Christ alone and binds itself to Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.

The best version of this is that these folks know that doctrine is not abstract information. Doctrine is pastoral care.

The liturgy is not a museum piece. It is the Gospel delivered through Word and Sacrament.

Catechesis is not gatekeeping. It is how sheep learn the Shepherd’s voice.

But there is a temptation to which we often succumb. They can become combative, overly aesthetic, suspicious of every evangelistic effort, or more concerned with being “right” than with actually shepherding sinners.

The danger is becoming confessional in posture but not evangelical in heart.

There are some Subgroups, who amongst themselves, that don’t fully trust each other.

Old Missouri doctrinal confessionalists who love Walther and Pieper. They have strong doctrinal precision, loyal fellowship, deep love and knowledge of Scripture, and can quote the Confessions. John the Steadfast and maybe the Bugenhagen guys are examples.

The second subgroup is the Evangelical-catholic / liturgical confessionalists. These folks emphasize the historic liturgy, ceremonies, Eucharistic piety, church year, vestments, chanting, catholic continuity. Gottesdienst is a recognizable public example of this instinct.

The third group is the Catechetical parish confessionalists. They prefer the Common Service but can take or leave liturgical aesthetics (read the black and do the red and you’re good), but very serious about Small Catechism, family devotions, Lutheran schools, youth formation, and closed communion.

These final subgroup are the guys who we all point to but they are a very small subgroup. These are mainly the online cage match confessionalists. They are correct on paper, sometimes immature in tone. They smell doctrinal compromise quickly but may lack pastoral patience. They really like being right not seeing the lives of others transformed.