AREA LUTHERAN CHURCHES TO CELEBRATE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
It’s been 500 years since Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation and subsequent division from the Catholic Church. Later this month, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brenham will celebrate the Protestant Reformation along with about a dozen other Lutheran churches in the Brazos Valley.
On Saturday, October 28th from 9 a.m. ‘til noon, ELCA churches of the Brazos Valley will hold a series of workshops at St. Paul's in Brenham on Justice and the Reformation titled “Here I Stand”. Sam Brannon will speak on “The Future of Water in Texas”. Bishop Michael Rinehart of the ELCA Gulf Coast Synod will discuss the needs and challenges of immigrants in the world. Dr. Phebe Simmons will cover the topic of homeless families. Reverend Carol E. Peterson will discuss the historical role of the church in ministering to the sick. Daniel Lund will share his experiences in prison ministry. And Mike Bell will lead a presentation on issues surrounding hunger, then organize the packing of send-home meals that will be distributed in local communities.
On Sunday, October 29th, a large Reformation Worship Service will be held at Brenham High School beginning at 10:30 a.m. The Saturday workshops and Sunday service celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation are hosted by The Brenham Mission Society and the ELCA Church of the Brazos Valley.
Water, immigration, homeless, the sick, and hunger are all important and on going issues, that all Christians should be concerned with.
However, these DO NOT represent the real issues that the reformers were concerned about 500 years ago.
False teachings and misinterpretations of scripture, within the church, was the issue.
Sad part is, after 500 years, many of these false teachings still exist.
The reformers wanted to stress the importance of these 3 truths:
Faith Alone, Grace Alone, and Scripture Alone.
It doesn’t matter what denomination a person is! The most important thing is that the Church and its leaders are preaching The Bible! Jesus Christ Is The Only Way! A lot of Churches have gone way to liberal! We must turn to God as a nation and Wake Up! Recent surveys and research has estimated that around 20 percent of Americans are Christian! Very Sad! We must do Better!
Please don’t allow facts to get in the way of your common narrative in the comments section (Christian persecution), a simple google search shows that nearly 75% (that’s 3/4 or 245 million out of 325 million) of Americans identify as Christian according to Gallup Poll research, I’m sure you consider that “fake news” though.
Please inform yourself:
http://news.gallup.com/poll/187955/percentage-christians-drifting-down-high.aspx
Great comment Brian!
Speaking from a secular perspective, culturally we’ve completely lost our way due to the diluting effects that multiculturalism has on our society. It’s not skin color that’s the problem. It’s the breakdown of our former cultural norms and the lifting up of bad culture such as single parent homes and having kids before marriage that’s the problem. These used to be our secular cultural norms and were emphasized as being greatly important at all levels:
– Marry before you have children and strive to stay married for their sake.
– Get the education you need for gainful employment, work hard, and avoid idleness.
– Go the extra mile for your employer or client.
– Be a patriot, ready to serve the country.
– Be neighborly, civic-minded, and charitable.
– Avoid coarse language in public.
– Be respectful of authority.
– Distance yourself from substance abuse and crime (and from the people that do it).
Speaking from a Christian perspective, it’s obvious that the above values have a Christian influence at their root, much like the founding of the US. But we need to take a lesson from our enemy, the anti-Christian. Our enemy has been at work on our children for decades now through our public schools. From peer groups, to teachers, to administrators and the school board on up to state and national levels. I think we have one way out of this and that’s to take all of the Christian children out of public school and put them in Church sponsored schools where it’s OK to have a Bible and even a class or two on the Bible. This should the singular mission of every Church today; to ensure that our innocents are not handed over to wolves. You that have older children that have lost them forever to the world know that I’m telling the truth here.
Our missionaries are handing Bibles out in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd world countries at their public schools. These are being largely excepted with open arms, even from former communist countries. Yet we are throwing our own children to the leftist wolves to corrupt their spirits in our public education system that we fund. How is this logical? How is this considered gaining one inch of ground in the spreading of the Gospel. It’s not, and we’re losing because it’s not recognized and acted on.