When ELCA pastors and denominational leaders start handing out dangerously anti-Biblical advice to their members, Bible-believing ELCA members really have no choice but to exit. We're not talking about superficial differences here. The ELCA is okaying behaviors (homosexual acts among them) the Bible clearly proscribes as sin. Not only that, but the Bible in several places warns specifically that those who continue impenitent in those sins "will not inherit the kindgom of heaven." It was that kind of ungodly influence and counsel that Jesus addressed when he said it would be better for someone to have a millstone tied around his neck and be cast into the sea than to cause one of "these little ones" to sin. The ELCA is treading on dangerous ground.
How can any preacher evade the life-changing implications of today’s Gospel: “From that time on, Jesus began to proclaim, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand’”?