The Road To Christian Freedom

• Bound Conscience or No Conscience?
• Important Excerpts of the ELCA Constitution
• Common Legal Questions
• To Leave or Not to Leave

The battle over the Called To Common Mission Document that describes the full communion relationship between the ELCA and the ECUSA (now known as TEC, or The Episcopal Church) was lost.  It would take a 2/3 vote to reverse the CCM agreement in the ELCA, quite an unlikely proposition.  Nevertheless, this was an historic battle for the heart of American Lutheranism, and any congregation considering leaving the ELCA must be informed fully about the ramifications of the Lutheran-Episcopal full commuion agreement and how it affects not only your identity, but your faithful Lutheran witness in America.

 Articles published at www.ccmverax.org

• CCM – The Grand Deception
• The Dishonest Scholarship Used to Draft CCM
• Resources For Thinking About CCM in Relation to Lutheran Identity

 Other Assorted Articles

• CCM has Caused a Major Loss of Members in the Local Congregation
• The Three-Fold Ministry in CCM 
•  Called to Unity by Faith Alone
• I Hate To Say I Told You So…
• An Open Letter to Bishop Mark Hanson From Carl E. Braaten
  • Dr. Dennis Bielfeldt’s Response
  • Eric Swenson’s Response
  • Freedom, Loss of Authority Yield, "The Great Seduction"
• A Failed Resolution to Reverse CCM at the 2007 Church-Wide Assembly
• Called To Common Mission Background and Implications – Menacher

 

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•  "This church" – a tornado hits the Central Lutheran Cathedral, knocking the cross down just as the ELCA begins its session for a vote on the sexuality social statement, which advocates gay marriage and practicing gay clergy on 8-19-2009 at 2:01 p.m., precisely ten years to the date of the approval of the CCM document which instituted the Historic Episcopate.

• Sin Boldly!

For every theological revision the Lutheran Church makes, the phrase "Sin Boldly!" is part of the argument, from the sexuality studies, to the reasons some pastors and professors give in their support of all kinds of teachings that depart from God’s teaching.   The failure of Lutheran Seminaries to teach what that phrase really means in a comprehensive and honest way has not only led to the acceptance of things like un-curbed abortion, gay marriage and practicing gay clergy, but it has led to the break down of Christian discipline in the Church and even the gnostic and hedonist celebration of sin.  The following is a research paper that looks very closely and truthfully of what Luther really meant when he said "Sin boldly."

http://www.ntrmin.org/Be%20a%20sinner%20and%20sin%20boldly%20web.htm

 

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Tertullian: The Prescription Against Heretics     Book1    Book2

This work of Tertullian is split up into two portions for ease, and available for download as a Word Document above.  The first "book" is 21 pages, and the second is 18 pages- short enough to print out for your own armchair reading at home, at the office, or in the car while you are waiting to pick up your kids.

The Prescription Against Heretics, written in 200 A.D.,  is one of those works that are especially relevant for the Church today, not only in America, but across the world.

You can find out more about Tertullian here:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14520c.htm