lsenders@hotmail.com wrote:


> So it is not reading alone which has brought me to see that the
> Lutheran church is little different than,

There's no such thing as "the Lutheran church." There are
Lutheran congregations, some of which have banded together
into various synods. The largest of these synods IS the
largest, because they compromised the most on essential
doctrinal issues. To the point that they no longer
profess that the Book of Concord is their position.

Regardless of what the sign says out front, ELCA congregations
are no more "Lutheran" than JW's or Mormons are "Christian."

If you want to read a Lutheran theologian, read Chemnitz.

Bart

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"basicallyblues" writes:
>>No. Denial of any of the following makes one NOT a Christian:
>
> >- Jesus is God
>
>where does the Bible say that one must believe this in order to be a
>Christian.

All over the place. But given what you've said about Trinitarians, I
am sure that you won't accept any of the evidence. Arius had his pet
verses. And he was wrong, just as you are wrong.

-Stephen
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Matthew Johnson wrote:
> In article <46B600EA-F905-45AD-0484-465E5BBE9B73@srcbs.org>, entropy says...
>
> >http://www.xmission.com/~fidelis/
>
> >Matthew will argue about this because he can't help
> >himself.
>
> No, that is not why. I argue it because it is not only
> wrong, it is dead wrong. People taken in by such falsehood
> throw away their last chance at salvation.
>
It doesn't matter whether your Protestant, Anglican, RC or even, dare I
say, OC. Salvation is one and the same. It is the personal acceptance
of the Father's call, by faith. You are so stuck in your OCism that it
is you who ends up actuating what most people attribute to radical
fundamentalism.
>
> In fact, I find it HIGHLY ironic that the very same people
> who deny the fundamentals of the Christian faith themselves
> can cover up their own crime by pleading FOR the defense of
> the fundamentals saying:
>
> There is still a great need today to reaffirm the
> fundamental doctrines of Christianity, especially when
> we consider "The Jesus Seminar," "Evangelicals and
> Cathol