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Keeping an eye on the case of Pastor Stephen Lee, Trump co-defendant in Georgia | MAGA doesn't belong in Confessional Lutheranism | Don't fall for propaganda

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

Explainer thread: Stephen Lee, a retired pastor in the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod, was indicted in Fulton County, GA as part of a RICO charge involving efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

What's he charged with? QT below explains.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

"My name's Steve Lee, I'm a pastor, and I'm working with some folks who are trying to help Ruby out, and also get to some truth of what's going on."

He wore his clerical and invoked his pastoral office to intimidate a woman at her home.

Kyrie eleison.

https://t.co/EDJF7PndXS

[Charles R Schulz 🦬 @concoschulz]

Today the President of Concordia U Wisconsin/Ann Arbor notified stakeholders that 2025 will see the few remaining CUAA programs consolidated to the north campus. It’s hard not to see this as a prelude to selling the main campus, her historic manor house and the beautiful chapel.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@VeeSally Oops, meant to tag @ExaminingMoscow

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@VeeSally If not actively involved, then at least standing close enough by that they know exactly what's going on in that world and approve of it. @examining

[SallyVee @VeeSally]

@LCMSWatcher I think our church is up to its fetlocks in this endeavor. If one attaches the word classical, the tune sounds quite pleasant. Not unlike the damned who played pleasant 🎵 for the fellow damned departing certain train stations in Luther’s homeland.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@BenJ79992920 This account is more likely to migrate to Substack if anywhere, but no concrete plans.

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

Trump’s election means he won’t face trial in GA until 2029, if ever. But people are sleeping on the fact that during his presidency there could be televised trials of his co-defendants, with prosecutors presenting much of the same evidence they would’ve presented against Trump.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@AtkissonJake @jack_kilcrease The other parallel to the "woke" is the belief that if you can get everyone to conform to the right external forms/language, the right beliefs and a better society will follow.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@ursellberger I don't consult them about vaccines; I tell them the reasons the kids won't be in Sunday school, all while knowing their only takeaway will be something something those parents don't prioritize church.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

Me: Is it safe to send my kids to Sunday school when I have a newborn at home and there's whooping cough going around and most parents aren't vaccinating?

Pastor: Safe? Course it isn't safe. But it's good.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@VeeSally And then another sermon about how parents these days just don't care enough about faith formation to prioritize church.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

Side note: I would laugh hard if a pastor expressed it in those particular words instead of just telling me that I worry too much.

[The New Evangelicals @newvangelicals]

This is a perfect example of how propaganda works. It is true they are Christian symbols but they were symbols used by CRUSADERS to justify their conquests.

Think about how fervently you must believe that to tattoo it on yourself

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

If abortion really is *the* evil that Christians want to fight in the public sphere, now is the time to speak that truth to the incoming power.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 BREAKING: Mike Pence formally opposes RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary - CNN

"For the majority of his career, RFK Jr. has defended abortion on demand during all nine months of pregnancy, supports overturning the Dobbs decision and has called for legislation to codify Roe v Wade. If confirmed, RFK, Jr. would be the most pro-abortion Republican appointed secretary of HHS in modern history."

"On behalf of tens of millions of pro-life Americans, I respectfully urge Senate Republicans to reject this nomination and give the American people a leader who will respect the sanctity of life as secretary of Health and Human Services.”

What is your response to this?

[American Solidarity Party 🧡 @AmSolidarity]

He’s right about this. Unfortunately it’s already been pretty well established where pro-lifers are going to fall in the pecking order of the new administration.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@LutheranLeftist The Atlantic did a profile of the journey through the Darien Gap a few months back. It's harrowing. They are incredibly brave and determined.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@dahlingitsme @RepJimBanks I was assured recently that this is the party that aligns with our Christian values. 🧐

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

EVERY stanza of For All the Saints, please.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@PastorBowman @LittleMsMoerbe Noted.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

Tremendously disappointing, but at this point not surprising.

The president of the LCMS has vitriol for a "biblically unfaithful" Minnesota Lutheran of the wrong party, but extends grace to a felonious serial adulterer because he belongs to the right party.

Lord have mercy.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@PastorBowman @LittleMsMoerbe His letter is identical to the content of these Bible studies.

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@PastorBowman @LittleMsMoerbe Why on earth would they care that parishioners aren't scared of Marxism of their main intent is to relieve people's fears about Marxism?

[lcms_watcher @LCMSWatcher]

@PastorBowman @LittleMsMoerbe These pastors got super irritated when I said this wasn't something that I was afraid of and therefore wasn't interested in sitting through the Bible studies.