On stream last night someone asked why I'm not going around nailing theses on doors or something trying to reform other Lutheran bodies.

Here's the simple reason why:

I don't care about them.

The VLP website has plenty of resources on it for my contemporaries to read through if they want to see what I'm about. But chances are, they're not going to agree, they're not going to want any changes, and even if they DO agree with me they probably won't want to rock the boat in their synods. You know, fear of reprisal and all that.

Wanna know what I DO care about?

Laity.

The average layman sitting in the pew is getting lectured from the pulpit on why muh racism is bad and why toxic masculinity is so dangerous and how we need to be nicer to people that hate us and let a billion more immigrants in, blahblahblah. That guy needs to be empowered by a Lutheran body that actually cares about the Word of God in a way that doesn't submit to modernism. He needs to know there's an out, that if his church hates him he should leave.

The laity need a Lutheran body that doesn't harass or threaten them for believing what their grandparents, ancestors, and Luther himself believed. No one should be stalked or excommunicated for simply believing what Scripture teaches plainly and for not playing footsie with HR department morality. And since most of the larger Lutheran bodies out there are pushing that very morality, passing condemnation after condemnation against things like noticing...what good would nailing theses do?

Rome responded to Luther with the Council of Trent. Until that point, there was a chance that the Church could be reformed. But modern bodies these days? They pass their own little Trent canons at every convention, their own papal bulls with synodical presidents shrieking "we condemn this in the name of Christ!" No protest is going to change their minds.

Now is the time to let bygones be bygones and build something new. The Catacomb Synod is full of free, independent Christians that don't have to wait hand and foot on me. They know they can disagree with me on something and I literally cannot do anything against them. I'm here to help if they need it, but they trust that anything I say is based solely on the Word - and if I mess up they don't have to go along with it. Now is the time for that, and the more we grow (which we ARE growing) the more other Christians will see and want to be a part of it. Such is all we can do my friends: build, endure, grow, and thrive.

In case you missed it!

Something has changed in Job, something God has started doing in his heart.

Something awesome that happens to all who are steadfast.

soundcloud.com/verylutheran/enduring-job-pt20

Christ is Lord!

Yep, that's pretty much where I ended the conversation.

I recently interacted with a supporter of female ordination. All he did was cite Deborah the prophetess, mixing up the offices of pastor and prophet, and then he accused the Bible of contradictions which somehow makes it okay.

Also he claimed to be a confessional Lutheran, making me want to punch drywall for the next three hours.

Yes, they really think this way.

Oh my.

How uninspiring of him, he should change his handle.

I heard something like that, but I don't watch the guy so I don't know for sure.

Makes me laff every time I remember it

ngl man this guy is cooler than me

The laity should be empowered so as to keep the pastorate humble and accountable.

Seriously, the worst thing that ever happened to Lutheranism was forgetting that Luther's harshest words were to pastors and bishops. It's supposed to be a hard job, and you don't deserve respect just for being in the office. Sure, the laity are called in Scripture to honor their shepherds; but this should mean all the more that the pastor works hard to deserve it.

Pastors are forged in the fires of ministerial misery and labor. I thank God for my suffering and long nights of endless work. A pastor with a problem-free life should be worried that God thinks less of him on account of the kid-gloves treatment.

I listened to it.

I didn't like it.

But I did it for you friend.

Wow one of the worst songs ever, sung by one of the most dysfunctional people ever. This is a match made in the butthole of hell.

"I was Devoured by a Swarm of Flesh-Eating Wasps and Then I was Brought to Another World where I Read Weird Isekai Titles on Poast."

I wouldn't say they struggle to juggle their contradictions.

The system simply ignores them and asserts hard power.

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Sounds like a cause for hiring PMCs and taking care of several problems on that front 😏

I actually really like this idea. Like, whether you believe in muh-climate change (I don't), planting a billion trees in every country ought to make our planet better.

While we're at it, let's make them all fruit trees so we can take care of hunger too. And if irrigation is a problem, we can fix that. Sounds like a worthwhile project.

Thank you, Kim.

Well yeah, open child sex trafficking is also where this is going, but they don't want to say it because people will want to kill them even harder.