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ELCA Church Does What Jesus Would Not Do

9/18/2013

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Jesus was nice.  But there is no way He would let worshipers of a false god into the God's temple to worship their deity.  The story linked below highlights ELCA people who think they are being nice.  But they are sinning and walking in complete opposition to what Christ would want or do. 

Stunned by loss of building, Islamic Center members welcomed to Central Lutheran - read here


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Chuck Braun
9/19/2013 02:51:32 am

As we are taught by Jesus to love both those within the Church and the unsaved who are without, there is no intrinsic wrong in having Christians help Muslims in non-spiritual ways, such as providing food and shelter from the elements. Hopefully, this kind of assistance would be used by the Holy Spirit to open doors for Christians to share the Gospel of Jesus to those who do not yet know Him.

But to allow a Christian church building, consecrated for Christian worship of the Triune Father, Son and Holy Spirit, to be used for those who reject Jesus as Savior to worship in, is an act of desecration. It sends the implicit message that "I'm okay, you're okay; all religions are valid paths to eternity with God!". At least to its own flock. And such a false gospel is no Gospel at all...

Would Jesus be pleased to see people worshipping Baal in the Temple courts? It didn't exactly make His day when He saw the money changers there...

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lutheranchick05
9/20/2013 04:30:37 am

It's one thing to reach out in compassion to a community and offer prayer, support, and help. It's another to take a worship space that is devoted to the worship of the Triune God and invite a community of faith whose fundamental statement of belief is "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet" to worship there. It's a complete violation of the first commandment and it's blasphemy.
I'm really not sure why so many mainline churches are so openly welcoming to Islam, when Islam is so openly hostile to Christianity. It's a very dangerous trend and I'm very fearful for the effect the rise of Islam will have on the world, especially for future generations of women.

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James Mott
9/20/2013 06:42:40 am

The sooner I go back to the LCMS the better.

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Chuck Braun
9/23/2013 12:37:59 am

Somehow, I think the Mainline churches, and now ostensibly Evangelical churches such as Saddleback and Willow Creek, believe that if "we'll just be nice enough to the Muslims, they'll lose their hostility towards us." That may indeed happen in some cases, but Islam at its core wants to claim the entire world as its own, not by evangelizing, but by conquest. They wanted Constantinople and they got it. They still want Rome and are going to overtake a Christ-hating secular Europe by population growth. And right now, they are winning the fight for Sharia law in Dearborn, Michigan.

In Islam, one may cooperate with the infidels to save one's life, even to the point of feigning conversion from Islam. By contrast, Jesus said that whoever would lose their life for His sake would gain it eternally.

Do you think a Muslim mosque would allow a Lutheran worship service to be held within its walls? No. At least they won't disrespect the exclusivity claim for their faith as postmodern professed Christians do to theirs...

Did you ever hear of any atheists in Muslim countries? Wonder why...

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    ​Dan Skogen

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    "Then he (Joshua) took a large stone and set it up there under the oak near the holy place of the LORD.

    'See!' he said to all the people. 'This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.'
    Joshua 24:26-27


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