Gottesblog

This parody really captures the spirit of a lot of the non-traditional LCMS broadcasts online today. If this stuff were a banknote, it would be a three-dollar denomination.

In the LCMS, we could add: “Pietism + Narcissism. We call it Piecissim.”

This is a document, which was prepared for the Russian speaking Lutheran context in view of the questions the people of the Church had related to the Coronavirus Pandemic

There are many reasons why ordained pastors cannot consecrate the body and blood of Christ over the Internet for families assembled at home.

Here’s one reason::

The pastor is the “steward of the mysteries of God” (1 Cor 4:1). This is expressed clearly in Apology 24:80:

The Coronavirus phenomenon has exposed some serious flaws that plague our Missouri Synod. Fortunately, the advocates of Lay-Mass in the home are outliers, and certainly don’t seem to be the norm. Nevertheless, there is clearly a problem of theological education that is in need to being addressed in our midst - not to mention the ever-present issue of church discipline in the context of a democratic, congregationally autonomous polity.