Missouri called the AALC to honor fellowship and adopted it by nearly 90 percent. Within hours, Rev.Dr. Jordan Cooper's fury proved the resolution's point.
“A resolution that asks a partner church to settle a quarrel quietly and to report progress in three years is an unlikely candidate for a viral afternoon.”
Understatement of the century. If American Lutherans continue to behave this way over pebbles then there will be no substantial Lutheran church in America in a century.
I wish Dr. Cooper would have taken time before "detonating" in this way. I think we need a cooling down time and let cooler heads prevail. I'm not saying he's wrong, but he needs to control his temper.
While I empathize and find myself more on the side of the AALC in this matter (though I certainly also see why the LCMS wants to look into the situation) I think Dr Cooper’s reaction is over the top and emotional. I hope cooler heads can prevail and that he goes back on his brash reaction and that the churches can move forward to confirm fellowship.
One of the reasons I rescinded my blue check-mark on X was because of the temptation to respond on impulse and feel justified in doing so because of the positive feedback of others. Our motivations in these types of discourse should be to seek out what is true and to find a way to restore a broken relationship. This idea of, "It was fun while it lasted," is the equivalent of taking one's toys and going home.
Look. I am no stranger to low brow, knee jerk online sensationalism. I myself take part in such shenanigans frequently. However, this is a matter of the internal unity of the church. This is a matter that should be handled with cautious clarity and surefootedness, particularly by clergy and doubly so by influential clergy. It should be no secret that we Lutherans do not have many friends, and we should be grateful to God for the fellowship we do have. Despite our differences, I am immensely grateful for the AALC and the Christians within it.
To see Dr. Cooper, a man I personally respect highly, so casually and so callously disregard our attempts at remediation is disappointing, to say the least.
“A resolution that asks a partner church to settle a quarrel quietly and to report progress in three years is an unlikely candidate for a viral afternoon.”
Understatement of the century. If American Lutherans continue to behave this way over pebbles then there will be no substantial Lutheran church in America in a century.
Clarification: Dr. Cooper is not President of ALTS. Rev. Dr. Curtis Leins (Presiding Pastor, Emeritus) is.
Thank you for the correction. That is being applied now.
Pastors yapping on Twitter is cringe.
A disappointing and, quite frankly, an unbecoming response from a man of the Rev. Dr.’s station.
I wish Dr. Cooper would have taken time before "detonating" in this way. I think we need a cooling down time and let cooler heads prevail. I'm not saying he's wrong, but he needs to control his temper.
While I empathize and find myself more on the side of the AALC in this matter (though I certainly also see why the LCMS wants to look into the situation) I think Dr Cooper’s reaction is over the top and emotional. I hope cooler heads can prevail and that he goes back on his brash reaction and that the churches can move forward to confirm fellowship.
One of the reasons I rescinded my blue check-mark on X was because of the temptation to respond on impulse and feel justified in doing so because of the positive feedback of others. Our motivations in these types of discourse should be to seek out what is true and to find a way to restore a broken relationship. This idea of, "It was fun while it lasted," is the equivalent of taking one's toys and going home.
"It was fun while it lasted."
Look. I am no stranger to low brow, knee jerk online sensationalism. I myself take part in such shenanigans frequently. However, this is a matter of the internal unity of the church. This is a matter that should be handled with cautious clarity and surefootedness, particularly by clergy and doubly so by influential clergy. It should be no secret that we Lutherans do not have many friends, and we should be grateful to God for the fellowship we do have. Despite our differences, I am immensely grateful for the AALC and the Christians within it.
To see Dr. Cooper, a man I personally respect highly, so casually and so callously disregard our attempts at remediation is disappointing, to say the least.