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I was baptized one lovely evenin...Dear Pastor John<br /><br />I was baptized one lovely evening in April four years ago after attending a Catholic Church for two months. I was surprised when the priest asked if I would renounce the Prince of Darkness but I agreed. From the moment the water washed my soul clean it has been a big welcome home party. God is happy and so am I. However I have many questions.<br /><br />I do not understand why we have a 73 book Holy Bible inspired by the Holy Spirit and compiled in 347 AD and yet churches that are not Catholic use a changed bible authored by a man Martin (6 letters) Luther (6 letters) with 66 books like his name. It's just so weird. He was allowed to remove 7 books, delete verses in Daniel and Esther, plus add a word in Romans. I can not understand why people would follow this man and not God. Can you please explain to me why people prefer this changed man made bible from 1522 instead of the Holy Spirits Bible? Thank you.Jay Lynn Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587306267712938349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-46402125342447268142015-10-29T22:17:28.683-04:002015-10-29T22:17:28.683-04:00By the way, Samhain is quite old, though no one re...By the way, Samhain is quite old, though no one really knows how old. Maybe some celebrated something like it before Christ, maybe not. All Saints Day, however, was celebrated by Christians before they reached the lands that celebrated Samhain. Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-46811312849843421542015-10-29T22:10:27.938-04:002015-10-29T22:10:27.938-04:00I will try to be clear. "Halloween" is &...I will try to be clear. "Halloween" is "All Saints' Eve" (or, if you prefer, All Hallows Eve). The celebration of All Saints has nothing to do with the myths of Samhain. Christian holidays are, time-wise, patterned on the ancient Jewish practice of days beginning at sunset. Halloween was (and is actually) the beginning of All Saints' Day. Your mythology is seeking (successfully it seems) to claim the day. But you are building on a Christian Day, not the other way around. Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-3587064490254019722015-10-29T07:40:07.481-04:002015-10-29T07:40:07.481-04:00This entire article is christian bs. The Samhain ...This entire article is christian bs. The Samhain rituals and celebrations pre-date christ. True christians don't celebrate halloween because of this. Londonlisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13019514326406317829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-57441516872078179102015-10-22T12:09:19.536-04:002015-10-22T12:09:19.536-04:00Well done analysis of video journalism. Grisly foo...Well done analysis of video journalism. Grisly footage of aborted baby, but positive effect on the woman who performed the brain extraction of the aborted baby.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284072649209475895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-26688866354189811042015-10-20T20:24:21.205-04:002015-10-20T20:24:21.205-04:00It is rather amazing that you can quote Romans 5:1...It is rather amazing that you can quote Romans 5:12 and not see that sin is inherited. It is true that Peter doesn't say repent of your original sin. The repentance is for all sin, original and active (the Acts 2 quote). This is true for all the general repentance passages quoted above. The writer doesn't understand the reality that we are at the same time both sinners and saints (Romans 7:7-25). In contrasting the results of Adam's sin and the work of Christ Paul wrote, "Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men" (Romans 5:18). Finally, the writer seems to have a problem with infant baptism. Consider the words of Peter on the first Pentecost. He said, "For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself” (Acts 2:39). Peter includes everyone, even the children. They don't have to grow-up for God to be recipients of God's promise, which verse 38 attaches it to baptism. Perhaps the writer is one of those who think baptism is only a symbol. If so, he should consider passages like 1 Peter 3:21, where we are told "baptism now saves you." He might consider Romans 6:4 where Paul teaches we are buried with Jesus in our baptism. Perhaps the writer ... I don't know. "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Not all adults. Not all people who have reached some mythical age of accountability. All have sinned. Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-25247830345203589082015-10-14T16:09:04.723-04:002015-10-14T16:09:04.723-04:00Wow! There sure are a lot of resources on this sit...Wow! There sure are a lot of resources on this site.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284072649209475895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-83038041096180607872015-10-13T13:57:15.973-04:002015-10-13T13:57:15.973-04:00Have a nice day!Have a nice day!Vilhelm manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716633388089271024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-6414082651744163342015-10-10T21:11:06.995-04:002015-10-10T21:11:06.995-04:00I agree. I agree. Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-35462069376445478572015-10-10T10:46:45.175-04:002015-10-10T10:46:45.175-04:00Truly a great book!Truly a great book!Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284072649209475895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-8621175406371820952015-09-09T14:05:57.930-04:002015-09-09T14:05:57.930-04:00Thank you. Thank you. Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-25071516768055296582015-08-31T21:13:17.322-04:002015-08-31T21:13:17.322-04:00Well, John, I am certainly happy that you are a Ch...Well, John, I am certainly happy that you are a Christian first. Notice that the "hyphenated" reference was in the sight of God. We are all descended from Adam. The quote also said "We must quickly add that to affirm a particular race and culture does not imply separatism. Rather, such affirmation is a way of identifying those persons whom the Lord has given to his church, together with their special gifts, for the benefit of all." I notice that you haven't quoted the report to point to the things to which you object (other than allude to my quotes). You seem to be responding to many things that are not in the report. Has it been so long ago that you read it (it has been out 20 years), that you really don't recall much of it? The report doesn't say the Jews didn't have a long history of racial isolation. Nor does it seek to justify the practices of the OT Canaanite people. Nor does it seek to state that the OT regulations were simply something man-made. Just the opposite. What it does say is that this raised barriers in the NT Church, barriers that had been brought down by Jesus, and that it took some major efforts to bring them down in practice. One of the goals of these reports is to stimulate conversation so, no matter how long ago it might have been that you read the report, it is achieving that purpose. Again, brother, I'm very happy you Christian before all else.Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-12732576216528482882015-08-31T19:29:30.338-04:002015-08-31T19:29:30.338-04:00I suppose we could go "round for round" ...I suppose we could go "round for round" on this issue, but rather than continue I will make a parting comment, read your final thoughts, and let this topic go. First, the racism between the Jews and Gentiles was prompted by God's commands in the Mosaic laws to avoid mingling with the adjoining tribes, some of which were Baal worshipers, practiced pagan rituals, including sexual immorality, and worse of all, sacrificed their infant children in acts of infanticide. In mingling with outside Gentile societies, and in intermarriage, we read how the Jews compromised their faithfulness to God, practiced pagan rites themselves, and usually fell under judgement. Now when Jesus spoke of the parable of the Good Samaritan, it must have shocked some listeners because the Mosaic tradition which they believed came through God Himself admonished them for assimilating with Gentile cultures. Secondly, although racism occurred in America and slavery is a painful legacy, we have gone beyond it for the most part, but somehow it cannot be put to rest. The recent murder in Houston of a white policeman shot 15 times by a Black man showed many of us that racism has been exasperated by race baiting leaders and the frame of mind today suggests it will get worse...our police being targets, especially white cops. Lastly, there is still Hispanic American, African American, Anglo American. You are what you are, and saying one is an American is not enough. I am an Irish/German American, not an Afghan American or a Latino. I still have a nationality and a hyphenated description. But most of all, I am a Christian, and in this I am first. John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-62726887812178852362015-08-30T22:20:18.112-04:002015-08-30T22:20:18.112-04:00Well, if you recall, the document recognized that ...Well, if you recall, the document recognized that racism does occur in both direction. I appreciated the first commandment accent, something anthropologists don't recognize. I also appreciated the documents analysis of racism between the Jews and Gentiles in the NT Church. I have some anecdotal experience as well, not all as positive as yours. I remember talking to an LC-MS man back in the 90s, who recalled the church closing the doors and not admitting blacks in the early 70s. Granted, the church had other problems, but the members certainly only wanted their kind of people to attend. My current church, that has a number of black members, is more the exception then the rule. The question I wonder about, isn't so much if a black person, or a Hispanic person, or a whatever person, would be welcome today, but do we even invite them? One quote I appreciated can be found on page 38, "the unity of the church transcends every race and culture and is to be<br />manifested in the full acceptance and inclusion of all peoples. There is no “Anglo-Caucasian,” no“African-American,” no “Hispanic-American,” no Vietnamese-American,” or other “hyphenated” citizen in the sight of God, as if to imply that some are more worthy than others to join the company of those who call on his name. We must quickly add that to affirm a particular race and culture does not imply separatism. Rather, such affirmation is a way of identifying those persons whom the Lord has given to his church, together with their special gifts, for the benefit of all" Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-59851745336285462962015-08-30T16:41:16.580-04:002015-08-30T16:41:16.580-04:00I read the document. I have read similar theses ab...I read the document. I have read similar theses about racism and culture, primarily from the viewpoint of secular anthropologists. This one is geared toward a Lutheran perspective. Many of the social theories are reworked from contemporary thinking on the subject....however....I still hold to my original comments....which are based on experience and largely anecdotal. I have interacted with many ethnic groups in my life, and seen prejudice and bigotry manifested, but it seems many anthropologists are hung up on the white European as the primary bigot.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-37167450865318818082015-08-30T14:54:29.067-04:002015-08-30T14:54:29.067-04:00Hello John. As I read you comment, I still can'...Hello John. As I read you comment, I still can't help but feel you have not read the document. You can download it by using the link in my little review. Once you have read it, then you will be in a much better position to make on-target comments. Pastor John Rickerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14951197786058002830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8166385576103527525.post-11533773330860119282015-08-29T20:32:13.976-04:002015-08-29T20:32:13.976-04:00It is too easy to conclude, as you note, that &quo...It is too easy to conclude, as you note, that "membership gains" in the black community did not keep up with white membership in the LCMS, and therefore the cause is racism. Many black Christians, as well as many whites, simply do not agree with the reformed faith or the Lutheran distinctives, and so they join the churches they like. I do not think you have thought this through but I hate to tell you this.....not everyone wants to be a Lutheran. Some are happy worshiping in other churches. I am in the LCMS, but I have met other Christians who do not agree with us, or our view of scripture.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com