Dr. Koontz' Plea for America
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OK, Groomer
I highly, highly recommend you subscribe to Matt Cochran's blog. From a recent post, OK Groomer : And that final point is what all the pearl-clutching by craven conservatives is ultimately about. They just want to be left alone and enjoy what they have. They don’t want to lose it all in a culture war. That desire, at least, is quite appropriate. In Romans, Paul writes “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all” and in 1 Thessalonians, he says “aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you.” What they forget is, “so far as it depends on you.” They would not risk culture war, but war is upon us whether we would risk it or not. They’re all-to-willing to lie to the themselves about the current state of America if it means they can hold onto their comforts. This is the fundamental failure of American conservativism. They can bloviate all they want to try and turn “ok groomer” into a sin. But the re...
Luther on the name Lutheran
It is unfortunate to hear self-loathing Lutherans (pastors, even!) decry the moniker of Lutheran in place of being "Just Christian". While we are Christians, and Lutheranism is simply biblical Christianity, Paul warns us in 1 Corinthians 11:19 that "there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized." We must identify with our confessional documents and Luther himself contra the various sects and heresies in American Christianity. Luther in his own words: From: On Receiving Both Kinds in the Sacrament (1522) Finally, I see that I must add a good word of admonition to those whom Satan has now begun to persecute. For there are some among them who think that when they are attacked they can escape the danger by saying: I do not hold with Luther or with anyone else, but only with the holy gospel and the holy church, or with the Roman church. For saying so they think they will be left in peace. Yet in their hearts they regard...
