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Sue's avatar

"The argument for a man returning to preaching and teaching is to accuse the questioner, 'Okay, let’s evaluate your life.' " We have heard a slightly different form of this in this and other contexts: "We're all sinners and all sin is the same" is the argument used to allow egregious and unrepentant behavior to continue and the victims are told to "forgive and forget".

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That is an excellent point. It is often paired with, "Judge not lest you be judged!"

It's a good reason to read all of Matthew 7, which has these additional headings: The Narrow Way, You Will Know Them by Their Fruits, I Never Knew You, and Build on the Rock.

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Justin's avatar

I was blindsided when an LCMS pastor started preaching on how he ruined his first marriage only for God to bless him with a new wife. It was like an antinomian perversion of Job. While I was certainly scandalized in the moment, the bigger scandal seems to be exactly what you touch on, which is that I feel as if I’m alone in being scandalized by such things in the LCMS of today.

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Ad Crucem News's avatar

That is terrible to hear. There are too many cases like it. Hopefully, this was not your home congregation.

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