tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747975626024743839.post8953250782207395549..comments2018-01-04T03:58:02.553-08:00Comments on Ventosus Veritas: I Was Wrong!Tim Niedfeldthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12979010561771683678noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747975626024743839.post-22251057402651124712013-01-21T20:15:23.579-08:002013-01-21T20:15:23.579-08:00That is correct Joe. Worship is not the place to ...That is correct Joe. Worship is not the place to pin your hopes on conversion, salvation and the like. However, for the gathered elect...it is the place to gsather, strengthen faith and receive the forgiveness of sins and keeping it a place for that untarnished is key. This is my acknowledgment that the best of intentions and doctrinal discipline and integrity will most likely degrade when we dabble in the ways of the world rather than set ourselves apart from it. Tim Niedfeldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979010561771683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747975626024743839.post-84999982267816093802013-01-21T18:42:25.325-08:002013-01-21T18:42:25.325-08:00Contemporary worship will not save any more than l...Contemporary worship will not save any more than liturgical worship will. This kind of philosophy flies in the face of the Doctrine of Election...we can not as men add or take away from the kingdom. So the success reverts back to what our default mode is as orthodox Lutherans. Preach the Word. Distribute the Sacraments. Purely. The mission of the church is not to call the lost, but gather the elect. Huge difference. This has given me peace.Joe Krohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675123326627773329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747975626024743839.post-4077004749673839952013-01-21T18:17:09.349-08:002013-01-21T18:17:09.349-08:00Perhaps the word is Naive. So I lived and learned...Perhaps the word is Naive. So I lived and learned I guess. I just want anyone who has read anything I wrote (and even though I've written virtually nothing in two or 3 years, I still get hits on various articles regarding contemporary worship) that..if you are starting this journey, please reconsider.<br /><br />Even more important..it doesn't matter what you do (contemporary, traditional, liturgical, biblical, confessional), if you lose vigilance, the devil will work his way in and slippery slope you as far away as possible.Tim Niedfeldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12979010561771683678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2747975626024743839.post-63881160297948693212013-01-21T17:20:42.764-08:002013-01-21T17:20:42.764-08:00You weren't wrong. You've just grown in yo...You weren't wrong. You've just grown in your understanding in what is right and what is wrongCheryl L Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539836323199773720noreply@blogger.com