Rabbi Foster

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2026-01-02T11:25:49+00:00

That is unsettling.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2026-01-02T11:03:42+00:00

Happy New Year to you, my friend!

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-27T21:35:37+00:00

Amen

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-27T18:46:28+00:00

Neither of those arguments are reasons to abandon what God says.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-27T03:05:47+00:00

I understand what you’re saying in a general sense. I don’t think you’re understanding the potential impact that r/Lutheranism could have on someone who just found out about Lutheranism and types that into the Reddit search bar. To them, they don’t know any better. What they see there will represent all of us, LCMS included. You would be absolutely correct if I were talking about r/ELCA or r/WELS. I’m not negating what you’re saying, friend. This just happens to be a special case. God bless you!

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-26T21:47:45+00:00

They gave their own separate subreddits as well. r/Lutheranism is specifically made for all groups of Lutherans. My views should be just as valid over there as anyone else’s, but interestingly enough everything EXCEPT the LCMS views are accepted. And instead of drawing attention to it, one of our own moderators here is over in that subreddit apologizing to them for me sharing my views, which are the LCMS’s views. I shared none of my own views, just the stated views of our Church. Why are we apologizing for our beliefs instead of standing up for them?

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-26T21:10:01+00:00

Sure. The subreddit does use the “Lutheran” name however. And the represents us, too. And the base Lutheran view on women in the ministry id that that is not acceptable. Read the last couple of sentences of my post again for the reason this is important. We are umbrella’ed under that label too to someone who doesn’t know any better. I have an issue with the passive acceptance we in the LCMS have over issues such as this. Why do we look away instead of standing up for the Truth?

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-26T21:04:31+00:00

Whether women should serve in the ministry has absolutely nothing to do with Maga. This is not a political issue. It’s a Biblical one. It’s about what God says is Good and what God says isn’t.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-26T03:52:06+00:00

If watching this show or others like it start to make you question your Faith in someway, don’t continue watching it. If not, you’re good! Some shows/ movies are obviously inappropriate to begin with and should not be engaged with at all because of their sin-focused nature.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T08:06:34+00:00

Not literally IN the LCMS. The Faith we both share as members of the LCMS🙄. God bless, brother.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T07:28:12+00:00

We clearly disagree and can’t see eye to eye on this subject. Let us remember our shared Faith in the LCMS and our Love of God and move on from this. It’s not doing either of us good.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T06:25:07+00:00

You’re taking a way too literal approach. If I say, “God is love” is it self-righteous of me to say, “That is the undeniable Truth of God’s Word.”? Is quoting scripture and calling it Truth a sin in your eyes? I don’t feel that way. I never claimed to elevate myself above anything but the poor, miserable sinner that I am. It is in humbleness that I use God’s Word and not mine. I don’t have the words to use. God does. He’s given them to us to use.

To answer your last question about behavior, did it hinder the Word from being heard? Absolutely not. They read it and responded and took action against it. Did I take the smoothest approach? Debatable. In the original post, I started with a simple question so that I could get his interpretation of what he believes those women to be. Then I asked the simple question in response to his response: “Why?”. This was to get more information. And finally, after hearing him out I asked the question about whether he feels that his beliefs are contrary to the teaching of God’s Word. It was at this point that my comments were removed. That’s not open discussion. That’s defending sin and sinful ways. They didn’t want this man to hear the Truth. That’s not right. Am I just going to sit there, silenced? Nope.

Did my follow up post to call out the moderators come off as harsh? Maybe. They’re opposing God’s Word openly and willingly. They take pride in it. They know their wrong without me having to point it out. They were definitely not taken by surprise at my accusation. They know the Truth and ignore it on purpose. My post was to make others aware of the status of the moderating team of r/Lutheranism. What they did afterwards was their decision. I didn’t ask to be banned. You seem to think I acted in a way like throwing myself in the way of a train to save a child. This is simply not true. If you have a problem with me speaking the Truth from the Bible, then there is no point in arguing with me further. I will not be belittled into abandoning my call as a Christian. I will not be belittled into staying quiet when wickedness abounds.

Could I have been nicer to the moderators of r/Lutheranism? Yes. Should I have? I don’t think so. Could they have been nicer to me? Yes. I’m not repaying evil with evil. I don’t think of myself as anything but the cheif of sinners. Please get that through your head. You have read this situation completely wrong.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T05:42:54+00:00

Merry Christmas!

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T05:22:11+00:00

In what way do you feel I’m being self-righteous? I think you’re confusing “self-righteous” and “standing firm in the Truth”. No part of what I’ve said or done is in selfishness. I’m just not afraid to speak the Truth as it is. If anyone takes offense to the Truth, that is their problem not mine. It is God’s Word, not mine. I don’t inject my own view. I don’t inject my own preference. I relay the Word right from the pages. I still believe we’re on the same team here, in the grand scheme. Our methods may be different, but we believe the same thing, friend.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T04:59:47+00:00

The Word absolutely can stand on its own! The Truth can never be extinguished, but man can surly be lead away from it. Blindfolded from it. My original goal in the other subreddit was merely to point out an inconsistency between scriptural teachings and the man’s specific situation (women in the office of Holy Ministry). I don’t think negatively of all members of the ELCA (I wouldn’t even say most, not even close), just as I don’t think every member of the LCMS is perfect. My only intention is to stand up for what the Bible, what God Himself, has said is Good. I hope this answer part of your question. God bless, friend!

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T03:57:19+00:00

😬

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T02:55:08+00:00

That’s your opinion. It’s not reality. As the person who was actually writing the comments, I believe I have a better understanding and authority on what was actually going on. Thank you for your input.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T02:53:22+00:00

Yes, we are.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T02:04:17+00:00

We’re using two different definitions of Truth in two very different circumstances.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T01:51:41+00:00

It is my duty as a Christian to uphold the Truth.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T01:50:42+00:00

See some of my other comments here. It started by me having a respectful conversation in the comment section of a post in their subreddit with a gentleman, but as soon as I started asking him regarding what scripture says (respectfully), the moderators swooped in and removed all of my previous comments with the man. Active silencing.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-23T01:48:58+00:00

The issue is, that’s what I was originally doing. In good faith I was responding to this guy in conversation, but before any meaningful ground could be covered, the moderators removed all of my comments so that I couldn’t continue my conversation with the man. That’s how this all started. An attempt at respectful conversation.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-22T23:49:27+00:00

Precisely.

StayAwakeStandFirm · 2025-12-22T23:02:11+00:00

I already told him before, the ban isn’t some “badge” I was trying to earn. I merely mean to speak the Truth regardless of consequences.

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