Tyler Shinnick

Pastor at Martin Luther Church. I'm here to serve.

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

@TheDonStein I also noticed that you have your collar in your profile picture. since you chose the picture you did, your tweets are the statements that you make in your role as a pastor. So, perhaps you should stop using your position in the church to opine on secular matters of the state.

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

@TheDonStein What political takes of mine are you talking about? My posts are about issues that pertain to the realm of the church, even if those issues sometimes intersect with what might be considered “political”.
Your post that I responded to has nothing to do with the church at all.

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

@HansFiene More like Purdont!

[Bryan Wolfmueller @bwolfmueller]

Happy Reformation Day!

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

"We have mentioned only those things we thought it was necessary to talk about so that it would be understood that in doctrine and ceremonies we have received nothing contrary to Scripture or the Church universal." UAC Conclusion

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But the Scriptures do not teach that we are to call on the saints or to ask the saints for help. Scripture sets before us the one Christ as the Mediator." UAC XXI

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"Our churches teach that the history of saints may be set before us so that we may follow the example of their faith and good works, according to our calling. . .

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"Our churches teach that a person's will has some freedom to choose civil righteousness and to do things subject to reason. It has no power, without the Holy Spirit, to work the righteousness of God, that is, spiritual righteousness." UAC XVIII

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

to serve as soldiers, to make legal contracts, to hold property, to take oaths when required by the magistrates, for a man to marry a wife, or a woman to be given in marriage." UAC XVI

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

"Our churches teach that lawful civil regulations are good works of God. They teach that it is right for Christians to hold political office, to serve as judges, to judge matters by imperial laws and other existing laws, to impose just punishments, to engage in just wars, . . .

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

Our churches condemn the Anabaptists, who deny that those who have once been justified can lose the Holy Spirit. They also condemn those who argue that some may reach such a state of perfection in this life that they cannot sin." UAC XII

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

"Strictly speaking, repentance consists of two parts. One part is contrition, that is, terrors striking the conscience through the knowledge of sin. The other part is faith, which is born of the Gospel or the Absolution and believes that for Christ's sake, sins are forgiven. . .

[Tyler Shinnick @RevTShinnick]

Then good works are bound to follow, which are the fruit of repentance. . .

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"Concerning Baptism, our churches teach that Baptism is necessary for salvation and that God's grace is offered through Baptism. They teach that children are to be baptized." UAC IX

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"It is necessary to do good works commanded by God, because of God's will. We should not rely on those works to merit justification before God." UAC VI

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"People are freely justified for Christ's sake, through faith, when they believe that they are received into favor and that their sins are forgiven for Christ's sake. By his death, Christ made satisfaction for our sins." UAC IV

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"Since the fall of Adam, all who are naturally born are born with sin, that is, without the fear of God, without trust in God, and with the inclination to sin, called concupiscence. Concupiscence is a disease and original vice that is truly sin." UAC II

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"The decree of the Council of Nicaea about the unity of the divine essence and the three persons is true. It is to be believed without any doubt." UAC, Article I.

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Happy Augsburg Confession Day!