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Started this discussion. Last reply by lutheranlady Jun 12, 2009.

 

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Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"Well, Dave.  If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong."
Mar 10
Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"Dave:  A strict literalist as you might have missed the meaning of the above cartoon.  When a person falls on The Constitution and he happens to be wearing a clerical collar, while the crowd holds up a Fluke placard, I'll leave it to…"
Mar 9
Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"In the eyes of the church, there is only separation of church and sate when it suits their purpose."
Mar 9
Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"Do you believe the world to be 6,000 some years old?"
Mar 7
Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"I can tell you that I am not personally offended. I think that you have a propensity to put people on the defensive by turning a logical argument against your debater.  I think your above comments are a classic example of this.  I guess in…"
Mar 7
Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"So say you. As a former educator I saw first hand how non-supportive parents of gay children and for that matter  society led to miserable lives for these students.  One does not have to accept their sexual orientation as no one has to…"
Mar 7
Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"I don't know if your first person response to me was to insinuate that I was gay.  If  that was the case, I think you are really "out of bounds" in your discourse and does not in any sense of the word improve your standing…"
Mar 7
Robert Martin commented on Dave Gosse's blog post Some Thoughts on the Occupy Wall Street Movement
"I think that if Kirk's  supposed response to his child were abusive,  at the very least one could feel sympathy for the boy.  With suicides of gay children on the rise because of their feeling of living in sin, etc.and an…"
Mar 7

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What Has Become of Lutheran Worship?

I have been, for some time, trying to understand the attraction of praise worship to some Lutherans. While not being a strict orthodox, I can't quite understand what this type of worship means to be Lutheran. I recently checked out a video on You Tube, entitled Cross Walk Music. You can access it on You Tube or at Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Center. Minnesota. If after watching this video one can say this is an outpouring of God's spirit and has some sort of identity to The… Continue

Posted on March 20, 2009 at 9:03pm — 16 Comments

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At 1:23am on March 20, 2008, Armin Wenz said…
Hallo, Robert,
welcome in our group. Have you been to Oberursel?
Armin
At 1:31pm on January 28, 2009, Quinn M said…
Please Robert, stop the personal attacks on the forum, it comes across as angry and divisive, you are just entrenching people into their various positions rather than dialoguing in any way. Please, as a brother in Christ, stop.
At 3:15pm on September 13, 2009, Dr. George C. Adams said…
The remarks from Obama certainly referred to more than a glorified Peace Corps. When you mention equipping it equally with the military and equal funding and training, that invites deep suspicion.

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