Woke in the WELS: Social Justice goes to (a WELS) Church
"These enthusiasts [Schwärmer] likewise drag the evangelical freedom and equality in Christ down into earthly political things and show that they have no idea of the spirituality and splendor of the kingdom of Christ." - C.F.W. Walther ... "Today women have rightly progressed in their rights as citizens of the United States in many needed ways ... as you look at the story, God is unraveling slavery! ... we don't have slavery, but we have incarceration, and we incarcerate everybody because we have no other tool to use to deal with problems" ... These are quotes from a sermon preached by now-retired Pastor James Behringer. At the time Rev. Behringer was the Director of WELS Special Ministries, serving as a substitute Pastor this particular Sunday. Feminism, slavery and prison reform are of course hallmark topics of the Social Justice Warriors. Even just a few years ago, I would lament that books like Jon Harris' Social Justice Goes to Church had so much lo...