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Churches ponder ELCA split

Nebraska and Iowa are feeling the fallout from a decision by the nation's largest Lutheran denomination to allow noncelibate gay clergy and church leaders, as well as recognition of same-sex couples.

Thanksgiving Lutheran Church in Bellevue voted Jan. 31 to leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or ELCA. It takes two votes with at least a two-thirds majority, taken at least 90 days apart, for a congregation to split from the national church.

The Jan. 31 vote was Thanksgiving's second vote, so it appears to make the church the first Nebraska congregation to break from the ELCA since a controversial churchwide assembly in August.

At that assembly, ELCA delegates voted to lift a prohibition against sexually active gay and lesbian pastors from serving as clergy. The new policy, which has not yet taken effect, would allow ELCA congregations to hire such individuals as pastors if they show they are in committed, lifelong relationships.

At least one Nebraska church, Hope Evangelical in rural Smithfield, is known to have voted once to leave and is pondering the required second vote. And at least one Iowa congregation, Eagle Grove Evangelical in Eagle Grove, has taken a first vote but chose not to split from the ELCA.

(Good for these churches that have voted to leave this  Lutheran denomination. The truth is God and his word is not welcomed by this denomination at least not anymore.God has left these churches so why shouldn't his followers leave them. Too often people try to change a church when the leadership is not willing to change. Read more of the above story Churches ponder ELCA split.)

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Patrick Kennedy: 'Scott Brown is a joke' | BrokenCountry.Com

US Representative Patrick Kennedy – who faces a Republican challenger and slipping popularity, according to a new poll – threw the Kennedys’ first stone at newly elected US Senator Scott Brown, calling his candidacy “a joke.’’ (Patrick Kennedy: 'Scott Brown is a joke')

The Rhode Island Democrat was the first of the Kennedy family to openly criticize the newly sworn in Brown, who succeeded the congressman’s father, US Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The younger Kennedy slammed Brown for pressing to be sworn in early, a move that Democrats believe was timed so that Brown could vote against President Obama’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board.

“Brown’s whole candidacy was shown to be a joke today when he was sworn in early to cast his first vote as an objection to Obama’s appointment to the NLRB,’’ Kennedy told a blog for the congressional newspaper, The Hill, on Thursday. He suggested that a vote against the nominee would disappoint many of Brown’s supporters.

(Patrick isn't only  ripping  US Senator Scott Brown but all who voted for him. What a way to please the voters. This shows the Democrats are out of touch with most Americans.) 

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Pagan 'chapel' at Air Force Academy

A retired Army officer who is a professed born-again Christian says he doesn't think the U.S. Air Force Academy had much of choice when it announced the addition of a pagan chapel to its worship areas this spring.
The public affairs office for the Colorado Springs-based military school recently announced that the Air Force Academy Chapel will dedicate the new area for followers of so called "Earth-centered religions," including pagan practices like Wicca, in March.
"Mr. Mikey Weinstein, who is running a group on religious practices in the military, is watching what the military does on these particular issues," he explains. "Now I'm all for religious freedom. I do wonder whether or not sometimes we might be too accommodating to small groups."
(It is time that our   military stop being P.C. Not all faiths should be given respect. No matter if it is radical Islam or some pagan based faith. A faith that tells people to hook bombs up to them or to do things which are not moral  do not deserve respect. Read more on this issue Pagan 'chapel' at Air Force Academy.)
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More Than Winning (Super Bowl 2010)

I posted  a teaching I did after the Super Bowl  last night  on sports and faith. You can read it or watch the video by  click on the following link More Than Winning (Super Bowl 2010).
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Super Bowl Thoughts

 Well the 2010 Super Bowl is now history. Hats off to the  Saints. Better luck next time to the Colts. I picked the Colts and I am a  Colt’s fan so the game didn't go the way I thought it would go or the way I wanted it to go. I posted last Friday that I would be happy for whoever won the game and I am a man of my word so I'm very happy for the Saints and all of their fans.  I  hope this win will help the Saints and all of their fans and their city in many ways. I also believe the Colts will be back next year! Good job Saints.



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Focus on the Family's Super Bowl commercial

I almost missed the Super Bowl commercial that had  Pam Tebow and her son, 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow,  talking about the gift of life. It was so quick. 
 Here are my thoughts on it.
1. The left looks pretty dumb to be upset over the  commercial.
2. I thought the spot should have been more to the point. It was funny but I am not sure that is the way to go. It didn't  mention abortion once. Focus on the Family knows more about making TV spots than me so perhaps the way they did it was the way to go. I am glad they did it I just would have done it differently. Watch it and see what you think Focus on the Family's Super Bowl commercial .
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