[Charles Henrickson]

Hey, this is pretty good for an ELCA guy! Voosen is saying that Christians should not always oppose war. He's right. And this is the historic biblical/Christian/Lutheran position, that it is not wrong "to engage in just wars" (Augsburg Confession, Article XVI).

The officialdom of the extremely liberal ELCA, however, predictably have come out with the leftist line on the current situation. But the ELCA hardly represents confessional Lutheranism in any respect. There are many other Lutherans, and the next three largest church bodies are much more conservative: the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS).

(I am a pastor in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.)

[maestro]

Thanks for your post#4)..............................Amen!.......'ping'.

[Boxsford]

The officialdom of the extremely liberal ELCA, however, predictably have come out with the leftist line on the current situation.

Would you mind sharing a quote on this? I'd be curious to know what they had said concerning this war. (It does not surprize me)

[LivFREEordie]

I thought so too - encouraging for those of us who are members of ELCA congregations!