
Good old Leave it To Beaver; it was a great show. Our family really enjoys watching the old reruns. I must say, though I love to dress up, I couldn't hack wearing a dressy dress and heels every day!
A Red-head's Views Concerning Christianity, Family Life Issues, Adoption, Home-schooling, Lucy, and the St. Louis Cardinals
Lito (lpcruz), this post is for you! I have been wanting to post something about the LCMS for you since you wrote a comment to me on May 12th of this year. The first two articles are just prime examples of the horrid decay going on in the LCMS. I don't know much about the other articles but left them in this news bulletin anyway. I hope you will check out Reclaim News! Blessings!
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June 26, 2006
"Kieschnick, Ohio, California, BOD Election Fraud, Balfour for President"
LCMS President Kieschnick to Ohio District Convention:
In discussion in response to a query at the Ohio District Convention about
possibly revisiting the '04 Synod Convention (and CTCR) position on the role
of women in the church, President Kieschnick made this pronouncement:
"You are free to disagree, everyone is free to disagree, but let me say
this: You, pastors, are NOT free to publicly teach or preach that Synod is
wrong on ANY given issue. I'll say it again, you are NOT free to teach in a
bible class or preach from the pulpit that Synod is wrong on any issue."
It appears that the LCMS is now infallible, that is, if you want to collect
your pension.
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Pacific Southwest District:
This Baptist prayer was included in a proposed sermon sent to pastors in the
Pacific Southwest District for their laymen to read while the pastors were
at the PSWD Convention.
"Dear God, Thank you for sending Your Son Jesus Christ to earth. I believe
Jesus was who He said He was and proved it by rising from death. I want to
discover and begin following Your plan for my life. I want to get to know
You personally. Thank You, Jesus Christ, for dying and rising for me and
forgiving all my sins. I now ask You into my heart and accept You as my
Lord and Savior, and your free gift of eternal life. Amen"
We must assume that the lay people in these churches were asked to convert
to Christianity.
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Board of Directors May 2006 Election Rejects Its Own Vote for Postponement
Before the two new candidates were elected to the LCMS Board of Directors,
the Board had voted 7 to 6 on May 23, 2006 to postpone all elections to the
Board Directors and other boards.
How can there be a legal election after they had already voted to postpone
this election and others?
However, President Kieschnick announced that he would not sign the agreement
with the plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit if the two vacant seats on
the Board of Directors were not filled by the Board of Directors on May
23rd.
The fact is that Walther Brantz had already been elected to fill one of the
empty seats on the Board of Directors in April. How can the Board reverse
its own election? If the CCM reversed the election, they certainly were not
able to reverse the postponement.
Does Dr. Robert Kuhn know how to run a meeting?
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Here's part of what the latest LCMS E-News says about the Board of
Directors:
The Board of Directors filled vacancies on a number of Synod boards
(including two of its own seats), the Board for Pastoral Education, and the
Board of Directors for Concordia Plan Services/Board of Managers -- Worker
Benefit Plans. Also filled was a vacancy on the Concordia Publishing House
(CPH) Board of Directors.
Those elected to fill the vacancies are the following:
LCMS Board of Directors (two laymen) -- Roy Schmidt of Bay City, Mich., and
David Piehler, Wausau, Wis.;
Board for Pastoral Education (one clergyman) -- Rev. Kenton Wendorf,
Grafton, Wis.;
Board of Directors -- Concordia Plan Services/Board of Managers -- Worker
Benefit Plans (one clergy and two lay) -- Rev. Ronald Carnicom, Hackensack,
Minn; Frederick Draegel, Richmond, Va.; and Mark E. Schmidtke, Valparaiso,
Ind.; and
CPH Board of Directors (one clergy) -- Rev. Philip Esala, Centerville, Ohio.
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Balfour For LCMS President
Reverend Edward Balfour, a member of the LCMS Board of Directors, has agreed
to allow his name to be placed in nomination for LCMS President and/or First
Vice President at the 2007 LCMS Convention.
Reclaim News has not endorsed any candidate for LCMS President since Daniel
Preus withdrew his name from consideration in 2001.
As a member of the Board of Directors, Balfour is fully aware of the Synod's
structure, challenges, and opportunities.
Balfour is qualified to carry out the duties of the LCMS Presidency with
honesty and integrity and to confront corruption and negligence. He fully
endorses the historic polity of Walther's "Church and Ministry."
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Though I hoped and prayed that the Federal Marriage Amendment would pass, deep within my heart I thought it would be rejected by the Senate. It has been a few days since the event; nonetheless, here are Gary Bauer's thoughts on the issue:
From: Gary L. Bauer, Chairman
Campaign for Working Families
Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Senate Liberals Divorced From Reality
Members of the United States Senate, once again, demonstrated just how
divorced from reality they have become. Two weeks ago, it was illegal
immigration. Today, it was the definition of marriage. This morning, the
Senate failed to end a liberal filibuster of the proposed constitutional
amendment to preserve the definition of marriage in America as the union of
one man and one woman. Under Senate rules, 60 votes are required to shut
down filibusters, but the vote was 49-to-48, effectively killing the
amendment. (To see how your senators voted, go to http://www.cwfpac.com)
The respective positions of the political parties could not be more clear:
85% of Senate Republicans voted for the marriage protection amendment,
while 91% of Senate Democrats voted against the marriage protection
amendment – against defining marriage in America as the union of one man
and one woman.
When I wrote in yesterday’s report that the Democrat Party was beholden to
the militant homosexual movement, that was not hyperbole on my part. Just
consider this fact: 12 Democrat senators who voted against the marriage
protection amendment “represent” states where the people have passed their
own marriage protection amendments. In my view, this “dirty dozen” grossly
failed their constituents and Campaign for Working Families will do
everything we can to hold them accountable!
Leading the pack was Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid, whose home state of
Nevada had to approve its marriage protection amendment in two consecutive
elections. So, the citizens of Nevada voted twice to define marriage as
the union of one man and one woman, yet Harry Reid is leading the charge
against traditional marriage in the United States Senate. Whom is Harry
Reid representing – the people of his state or the homosexual movement?
The answer is obvious.
While the partisan lines on marriage were hardening in the Senate, the
American people yesterday were moving in a completely different direction.
In Pennsylvania, 69% of the State House of Representatives approved a
marriage protection amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution. In Alabama
voters went to the polls to nominate candidates in several important
primary elections, but they were also asked whether or not they wanted to
amend their state’s constitution to define marriage as the union of one and
one woman.
The most high profile primary yesterday pitted incumbent Republican
Governor Bob Riley against former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. More
than 450,000 people voted in the Republican gubernatorial primary, which
Governor Riley won with just under 304,000 votes. The marriage amendment
was approved with more than 635,000 votes, making Alabama the 20th state in
the union to pass a marriage protection amendment.
But to be clear: More people voted for the marriage amendment than voted
in the Republican primary for governor. Assuming every single Republican
voted for the amendment, that still means a whole lot of Democrats also
voted to protect traditional marriage. This scenario has been repeated
over and over again, yet Washington still views this issue through myopic
partisan lenses. The only explanation for the stalemate in the Senate is
that one political party has been hijacked by cultural extremists.
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