Kegan Prentice

University of Indianapolis🐾➡️IU McKinney School of Law🐕
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[Matt Richard @RevMattRichard]

With President Harrison’s narrow reelection as President of the LCMS, some will inevitably suggest that he has no mandate. After all, a slim victory - we are told - ought to produce caution. It ought to make a leader measured, restrained, and hesitant. It ought to compel him to listen broadly, seek common ground, avoid overt controversy, and move only in those areas where there is wide agreement.

Now, such reasoning may make sense in the realm of politics. But the Church is not the state, and her confession is not determined by election margins. In other words, the doctrine of the Church does not become more or less true depending on whether a man receives 50.1 percent or 90 percent of the vote. The Book of Concord does not need a landslide in order to be upheld, and the historic Lutheran ordo of worship does not require overwhelming electoral approval before it may be commended and preserved.

Yes, synodical officers are elected through a democratic process: votes are cast, ballots are counted, percentages are reported, and a man is placed into office. That is the way the Synod orders its external life together. But the Christian faith itself is not democratic. The Church’s theology, worship, and mission are not reinvented from one administration to the next. They are not adjusted according to the anxieties of the age, the mood of the delegates, or the preferences of a given generation.

Listen up: the Church is not the culture. She is not a reed blowing in the winds of election cycles, polling data, administrative changes, or synodical mood swings. Synodical Presidents come and go. Conventions come and go. Elections come and go. But Christ remains. His Word remains. His Sacraments remain. Therefore, no special mandate is needed to uphold the Scriptures. No special mandate is needed to confess the Book of Concord. No special mandate is needed to preach Law and Gospel, administer the Sacraments faithfully, or encourage reverent and historic Lutheran worship.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

Great to see Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison reelected as President of the LCMS. I look forward to seeing his faithful leadership in his final term.

[Missouri District @LCMS_MODist]

The Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, having received more than 50% of the votes cast in the third ballot for the election of the president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS). https://t.co/F0qoZ0xsSQ

New in The Voice! Synod Convention key dates: https://t.co/hY2ue19YBr

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

@PeteSeat @IndianaBeach @93wibc I guess Indiana just has too many beaches for the media to be accurate...🤷‍♂️

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

@nathangotsch Good joke.
Did you use AI to fill out those fraudulent petitions in Hamilton County as well?

@VoteMario

[Anthony Rubinacci @rubinacci_anth]

Idc who the delegate was they need removed from the party. I supported Shelton and I support our parties candidates moving forward.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

Whoever is signing this petition should never be a delegate again for the @indgop. We have our nominee and we can't let Bayh win this office. Ballard will only help Bayh.

[Greg Ballard for Indiana Secretary of State @GregforIndiana]

I’m pleased to announce my campaign has confirmed that we’ve turned in at least 52,501 signatures and I am confident I will be on the ballot this fall.

And we are collecting even more in Fort Wayne today!

[David Keller @davidkeller]

The Bayh kid’s friends are having a bad day.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

We have a nominee!

Congratulations to @MaxForIndiana

Engling - 867
Morales - 134
Shelton - 627

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

Ready for the @indgop State Convention to begin shortly.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

Voting going well. Let's see if the tabulation takes as long on the second ballot.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

@peyton_rhodes_ Voting is going quickly.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

@Lannan_Greg Would you if he was the nominee?

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

About to begin the Welcome Reception at the @indgop 2026 State Convention.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

Missed out on @DanielMElliott and @MaxForIndiana. Senator Kennedy was just too good to pass up and get out early.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

@Comp_Nieshalla @cdiegomorales Went to @AGToddRokita and @braun4indiana hospitality suites and both were lively and fun. Good night overall. Look forward to tomorrow.

[Kegan Prentice @KeganPrentice]

@Lannan_Greg @Comp_Nieshalla @cdiegomorales Haven't talked for awhile. I support the party. I also believe the office needs to function.
I'm just having a fun weekend.