{"id":1643,"date":"2001-12-01T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2001-12-01T22:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2001-12-01T17:06:02","modified_gmt":"2001-12-01T22:06:02","slug":"by_god_they_sho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/12\/01\/by_god_they_sho.html","title":{"rendered":"By God, they should hang him from the highest … er … tree …"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leader of the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran church is in hot water over — gasp! — praying with others<\/a> at an ecumenical prayer meeting at Ground Zero, and also for supporting someone else guilty of this heinous crime. I mean, Good Lord, there were other Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus and Sikhs present!<\/p>\n

The Rev. David Oberdieck, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Mo., is one of those who filed charges. He argued such ecumenical events promote syncretism — the mingling of Christianity with other religions in the belief they are all equal. “St. Paul said that we should flee idolatry but (Benke) did not flee idolatry,” Oberdieck said. Benke “participated in idolatry, by participating with non-Christians,” Oberdieck said.
\nThe other pastor who brought the charges, the Rev. Stephen Bohler, pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Crookston, Minn., said the reason for the meetings was not the point. “Our church position is that the word of God forbids us from doing this,” he said. “The word of God is not set aside because of emergencies.” <\/p>\n

“Jesus wept.” — John 11:35<\/p>\n

(Via JillMatrix<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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