Disparaging God's Creation

 A number of years ago, I left the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for a number of reasons, but the final straw was when the decision was made to (prayerfully they said) ordain gay pastors.  At the time I noted that for the time being they wouldn't put gay pastors in normal congregations, but it was coming.  Well, now The Federalist is reporting that In Ordaining A Trans Bishop, Leftist Denomination Calls God a Liar. It is interesting that in the beginning, God created all of the creatures, including mankind, male and female. And God doesn't make mistakes. Note that he didn't make white people, and black people, and Asian people. No, just mankind. What that tells me is that if one places his identity in one of these artificial subdivisions, including a different gender that the one you are born with, one is disparaging God's creation. Who are you to do so?

Megan expresses the central focus of her ministry this way, “I think the most important thing I can say as a queer pastor is ‘I’m sorry, using faith to tear other people down is not good news,’” adding, “We need to all be as loud and angry as the people who want to declare there are types of people that God can’t love.”

That’s quite a statement — one that should compel us to ask precisely who are these Christians she is speaking of who don’t believe the simple words of John 3:16? Of course, the question is not whether God loves everyone, but what He calls us to in His boundless love for us. That’s a core question any pastor should be in the business of helping people figure out.

Exactly so. I don't doubt that there are some Christians who have trouble with gays. But I think most Christians understand that God loves all his creatures, and that God does not make mistakes. But people do, all the time. In fact Martin Luther was so aware of this that he said that a Christians whole life should be one of repentance. At the same time, this person, who has been elevated for her trans identity should not even be a pastor, for she makes an idol of her sexual identity. And of course, the ELCA should not be engaging in Leftist politics. God is neither a conservative, nor a Leftist. He is...period. It is up to us to accommodate ourselves to Him, not the other way around. If we would walk with Him, we must be prepared to go where He wants us to go, because He ain't going where we want.