![]() Bishop Hanson was asked a question about homosexuality in the video (and subsequently didn't answer the question given to him). This video was taken at one of their town hall meetings way back in 2009. ![]() What is the word of God to the ELCA? Considering the following video: This church accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith, and life. Through them God’s Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.Ģ.03. Inspired by God’s Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God’s revelation centering in Jesus Christ. The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God. The proclamation of God’s message to us as both Law and Gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy through word and deed, beginning with the Word in creation, continuing in the history of Israel, and centering in all its fullness in the person and work of Jesus Christ.Ĭ. Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.ī. This church confesses Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the Gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.Ī. Here is an excerpt from their Statement of Faith in their Constitution:Ģ.02. This would fall under option B as presented in your question. They represent the overwhelming majority of Lutherans in the United States. The Evangeical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) teaches that the Bible contains the word of God, but not necessarily that it is inerrant. But this is only my own logic.Īccording to the ELCA is it A ? B ? or C? Then (Y) it become : through the mouth of the Apostle, God tell the hearers/readers that He (capital H) decided while He was with them, He would forget everything except His Second Person of His Trinity, the one who was crucified.īecause X and Y to me feel awkward, I conclude. Then (X) the "I" in those words means God himself -> ![]() If I say that those words are the words of God, -> Those words are the words of human not the words of God. The question is : are those words above the words of God ? I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except (means, not all the words we read are the Words of God) (means, all the words we read are the Words of God) ![]()
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