Sunday, April 1, 2007

Wheres the meat

I find it wrong, the latest Quiznos commercial, the two pretty girls at the end of the commercial allude to a sexual connotation. If your old enough to remember the old Wendy's commercial where the grandmother yells, " Where's the BEEF!" I guess some folks really want to know, where is the Meat!

That is what I see in the Lutheran Church, Where's the Meat. We certainly have filler, Pastors following the path of not preaching the Gospel because it might make someone not feel accepted.

We have lard, Pastors preaching Social injustice, Environment, or Sexual ordination rather than Salvation, Condemnation, Forgiveness, or what I see as the most important task in the church today,,,,,,Teaching
"A Relationship with God."

The Church today forgets what they are on earth for. To bring people to God, Through Christ Jesus.
To Proclaim Salvation, to literally save souls.

If your Lutheran I want to ask you, Is there a Bible in your pews? Do you or your congregation believe in hell, and if so what are you doing to Work Out Your Salvation? Do you worship God, or do you worship Luther?

And If your a Pastor, When you die, and are walking into heaven will you look down at the souls you recognize in hell from your life, and what will you do when they scream out, " Why did you not tell us about the requirements for salvation?" Ezekiel 3 chapter.

Maranatha
Rick Weiss

2 comments:

Tom Gagne said...

Rick, it's an interesting journey you seem to be going through with regards to Lutheran churches. Actually, the last time I was in one the liturgy reminded me of the last Catholic service I attended.

I know another pastor on a journey. His name is Russell Trojan. He's a friend and co-worker of mine who writes the blog, Personal Pontifications.

I'm still waiting for him to post articles based on some of our discussions. He has a great gift for making sense of the bible. I love his commentaries on sin, faith, and what taking the Lord's name in vain means. Great stuff.

Tom Gagne said...

I'm sorry. Russ Trojan's faith-based writings aren't on Personal Pontifications, but at Rational Religion.

Whoops!