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Forum Blogs / Re: So what about Joseph?
« on: December 18, 2010, 04:38:00 PM »
IF Mary were not Semper-Virgo, wouldn't elderly Joseph have to register as a sex offender?
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Your Turn / Re: Important Information from LCMS President on Don't Ask/Don't Tell
« on: December 18, 2010, 10:38:28 AM »
These GLBT soldiers
T?
You know, "T" like Corporal Klinger (Jamie Farr) on MASH.
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Forum Blogs / Re: So what about Joseph?
« on: December 17, 2010, 02:48:05 PM »
interesting to see on traditional Nativity icons that Joseph is in the corner being plagued by doubts and often shown tempted by Satan to doubt
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Your Turn / Re: Worst Nativity Sets?
« on: December 13, 2010, 01:57:12 PM »
Mike wrote, "From some accounts, they may have arrived some eighteen to twenty-four months after Christ's birth."
It is interesting that the Scriptures do refer to Christ as a child and not a babe at this point.
and yes, I meant "Stable" - good catch, PTM
It is interesting that the Scriptures do refer to Christ as a child and not a babe at this point.
and yes, I meant "Stable" - good catch, PTM
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Your Turn / Re: Worst Nativity Sets?
« on: December 13, 2010, 01:44:32 PM »
Matt 2....
On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another path.
Why do we depict the wise men in the staple?
On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another path.
Why do we depict the wise men in the staple?
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Your Turn / Re: Worst Nativity Sets?
« on: December 11, 2010, 11:51:53 AM »
those cutesy blonde-haired, blue-eyed nativity sets are almost as bad
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Your Turn / Re: Worst Nativity Sets?
« on: December 10, 2010, 11:11:46 PM »
and what about those silly nativity sets with the Holy Family being Africans?
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Your Turn / Re: What Christmas Is All About
« on: December 04, 2010, 12:03:11 PM »
I just noticed that childhood obesity was already a problem 45 years ago (at least in the cartoon world).
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Your Turn / Re: St. Andrew: Lighting the way for Advent
« on: November 28, 2010, 01:33:45 PM »
The fact that the first Sunday of Advent occurs on the Sunday closest to St Andrew's Day is just a coincidence. The first Sunday of Advent is determined by counting four Sundays prior to the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord. To say otherwise is silly.
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Your Turn / Re: When It's Time to Close the Doors . . .
« on: November 19, 2010, 02:16:51 PM »
I have a feeling that most of these chruches that are being closed (merged with other churches) are larger than many (most?) Lutheran parishes.
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Your Turn / Re: Why Zion?
« on: November 16, 2010, 01:07:01 PM »
it is also very unfortunate that a church body would be named after a state (Missouri)
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Your Turn / Re: Why Zion?
« on: November 16, 2010, 01:01:32 PM »
if the Papists can name a church "ST OLAF", why can't the Lutherans name a church "ST MARY"?
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Your Turn / Re: How does your parish celebrate Festival of Reformation Day?
« on: November 03, 2010, 04:43:19 PM »
Too bad you can't get rid of the flags, the organist, and possibly even the choir from the sanctuary and put them in the nave or choir loft.
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Your Turn / Re: How does your parish celebrate Festival of Reformation Day?
« on: October 24, 2010, 01:23:03 PM »
We also dump the historic liturgy on this day for Luther's home-made one. Also dump the historic calendar by trumping a Sunday with this commemmoration.
Pastor has read to us how services were held in Wittenburg and would like to conduct a service more in line with that at some point, but as of yet has not done so.
Pastor has read to us how services were held in Wittenburg and would like to conduct a service more in line with that at some point, but as of yet has not done so.
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Your Turn / Re: Celebrity Deathmatch: Luther vs. Luther
« on: October 10, 2010, 01:24:36 PM »
For the most part, he was "tradionalist".
An example of his attempt to "overthrow tradition in favor of individualism, Christian freedom.." was his dumping of the catholic liturgy for his own "home-made" liturgy.
An example of his attempt to "overthrow tradition in favor of individualism, Christian freedom.." was his dumping of the catholic liturgy for his own "home-made" liturgy.