mfw people substitute mythology for the kerygma

Work Christmas party

John Milbank tweet that says “Voting Trump was a mistake but a more intelligent mistake than voting for Harris. Higher education is rendering far too many people stupid and utterly uncomprehending of the times they live in.”

One of the reasons I have trouble trusting the postlibs is when it comes down to a choice b/t a right authoritarian and a status quo liberal, many of them prefer the right authoritarian.

it has always been a long reaction to the New Deal. from then to now, capital had seen the New Deal as the sin that must be purged so that the rest of us understand our place as grist for their mills

Enough about Die Hard.

Thy Strong Word is a Christmas hymn.

This season, there is only one defense against commerce--a powerful, intentional, disciplined celebration of Advent with full understanding of its conquering promise. A good sermon about John the Baptist--"He must increase, I must decrease"--will point the way to the reign of Jesus Christ.

"God wants not speculation that exonerates him but proclamation that pushes forward his offensiveness."
Dr. Steven Paulson - Luther's Outlaw God Vol. 1

Advent quote from Clint Eastwood's *Unforgiven* movie:

--A villain is shot, dies in agony.
--Schofield Kid, watching: I guess he had it comin.'
--Wm. Munny (Eastwood): We all have it comin', kid.

Romans 11:29-32

Good heavens, how did that go?

I do try.

I tweeted “Justice for Matt Becker #LCMS”

Yes

The official LCMS Twitter.

If you have imposed a right wing ideology onto the biblical text, I don’t really care what you have to say about “inerrancy.” You have already started demytholygyzing. You’re just being dishonest and hypocritical about it. Thanks.

“We had lost the theological resources to resist, lost the resources even to see that there was something worth resisting.”

--
Stanley Hauerwas & William H. Willimon, Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony, 1988

YouTube video by The Church of England Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending

“O come quickly, O come quickly, O come quickly!
Alleluia! Come, Lord, come!”

youtu.be/suz0cQbjwm0?...

Yes, beautiful hymn. ❤️

This pretty much sums up why I finally deactivated my Twitter account. It’s just so dreadfully awful over there. Had to get out.

“The world and human beings need to be demytholoigzed, in, say, their self-mastery, their ideology, and the religious superstition to which they have surrendered. This takes place in the power of the gospel.”

—Ernst Käsemann

In America, we face a Christianity that opts for the power to crucify over the power of the Crucified One.

Ok this is good to know. Thank you 🙏

That sounds like wise advice. 👍

Also, I think of Stone Choir as neo-Nazi and Gottesdienst/Bugenhagen Conference as fascist.

One was excommunicated and then rejoined another LCMS congregation which remains in fellowship with the synod. The pastor hasn’t been disciplined as far as I am aware. I could be wrong. I follow this stuff closely enough to be appalled, but not closely enough to sacrifice my soul or sanity over.

When did you become LCMS, if you don’t mind me asking?

Today I was reminded that the Advent wreath was invented by a German Lutheran pastor who needed a way to handle the children of his congregation constantly asking "is it Christmas yet."

Lol I totally understand! It’s a good one for understanding some of the pre-Seminex dynamics from someone who doesn’t have an axe to grind.

Speaking of Open Secrets, that’s the title of a great memoir written by Richard Lischer. LCMS to ELCA Duke theology prof.