I ran away from Luther

When I left the Lutheran Church in St.Ignace last December after attending for 40 years, I did not tell anyone other than my wife why.
Tongues wag, gossip fly's and here are some samples of what people gossip about of why I left.

1. I was not chosen to lead the church
2. I was not put into position to provide pulpit supply
3. It was a certain woman who is a non believer who forced me to leave
4. goddess worship was supported.

AND I should have taken control and forced people to choose sides.

I am a Christian, I have no allegiance to any church (corporate) except the Body of Christ, the Bride, or as we say in Cursillo and Keryx WE ARE THE CHURCH, me and you.

The reason I left Zion is that the Holy Spirit told me it was time to go. I have and friends of mine who are of all different sects of Christianity who have prayed for years for me to attend a Christian church rather than Zion Lutheran.

I believe that as long as the past Minster was their, God wanted me to be there as a sentinel, a person to hold the pastor accountable to the Gospel of Christ. On her last day as a pastor as I was walking by the alter on the way out, That was when the Holy Spirit spoke, " You will never worship here again"

After that night in mid December, My house caught unfire, and i was burned a bit. I stayed with my son and his family for a week out of town and then when I came home the church I was planning to attend was closed due to a bad snow storm. So I did not attend any church for a month. I now attend a Baptist church and I am happy there. Am I still a Lutheran? I teach in the Lutheran lay school. And If the Synod blesses me with a Licence to be a lay minister in prisons then yes i will be a Lutheran lay Minister. I love the Lutheran church, BUT first and foremost I am a Christian.

What I have learned in all this.

A. A wonderfull style of preaching the word.
B. A desire to attend a lot of different churches to witness about mission in Prisons, and Long term care, the homeless, Mission work in America.
C. That at my old church it was not the council but the whole church body who did not care If that church was becoming non-Christian. They did not care. It is go to church for an hour and then gone as fast as they can. No desire to small group, bible study, outreach to the poor and hurting. Dry Bones that once held flesh.
D. That God works his plan and we have to be ready to go out and serve him.

I have just attended a meeting of Pastors of many different Sects of Christianity, and witnessed to them about ' The short course in Christianity." I have been asked to attend a Baptist Church 100 miles away to talk about prison Bibles and Mission.

And starting soon four, 4 day missions in 4 different Prisons.

God is good. All the time.

So I put Luther in my pocket, and thank God for his tutoring. I pray that the ELCA will not be ripped apart.

And I follow the narrow road, to Salvation.

Aleichem shalom Upon you be peace

Is America adopting the Homosexual life style?

Is the Homosexual agenda a small model of what America has become today?

It is a fact that Homosexuality is being forced upon us against our will by gay and straight people in America, most notably the press and Hollywood, the Babylon of America, and even in churches. Once again I have to laugh at people who profess to be Christian and yet support whole heartedly a gay agenda, and/or Gay ordination into Christ's church.

Homosexuality is a life style that is totally self centered, like Americahas become as a whole, we have become a nation of " ITS ALL ABOUT ME!!!"

Some say that Gay men are born that way. A heated debate over the existence of a "gay gene" emerged from a 1993 report published in the journal Science by then-NIH researcher Dean Hamer, PhD. That study linked DNA markers on the X chromosome to male sexual orientation.

ooooo kay

Ok I can see that point, If your born gay it must be ok to have gay sex? But what of the Alcoholic? If a person is born a alcoholic, then they can choose or pray for deliverance from this curse of alcoholism.
Born flawed, but by the grace of God made whole. I am a alcoholic but I can choose not to let that life choice drag me down into death.

Clergy and other people who support the Gay lifestyle do so in disregard of Scripture, A Lutheran Pastor form Escanaba last spring told me that Jesus would have supported Gay people.
Whoa!
There were Gay people around before the time of Jesus and yet he did not mention to take care of them like other requirements i.e. visit people in prison, or the orphan or widow. Doesn't look like Jesus said, give my Homos a pass. Sin,,,no matter how you argue it is sin.

Would Jesus have cared for them? I believe so, but he would have said " Go and sin NO more"

Many Ministers who graduated from seminary who are not Christians, sad. Scripture points to this, and how many so called Christians do not believe the Bible is the word of God?
How many Christians say that Jesus was just a good wise man? I know Pastors who have said so ,

Sad

It is getting so bad, people calling themselves Christian that I am happy to call myself something else. like Follower of the WAY. A disciple of the Christ Jesus.

What of you? Is it logical that if you call yourself Christian that you would need to follow ALL the words of Jesus?

God is our Father
Jesus our Savior
Holy Spirit our helper.

Al praise glory and honor be to the three. Abba, Jesus, Holy Spirit.
Amen