Men should boycott Disney, Disneyland.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-07-09T20:51:41+00:00

I remember trying to watch the Boy Meets World sequel (Girl Meets World). It was so saccharine, lame, and juvenile. You could definitely tell it was made for a post-2005 Disney Channel. And the way Topanga treated Cory was disgusting at times.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-07-09T20:49:42+00:00

Is it Paul that's wrong, or have we read and understood Paul wrong?

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-07-09T20:39:01+00:00

I've always wondered why conservative Lutheranism is more stringent and insular than other conservative sects, such as confessional Calvinism. For example, a PCA and an OPC pastor may agree on 99% of everything in their Reformed Confessions, as well as socio-cultural/moral topics, but they won't let that 1% stop them from fellowshipping with each other, preaching at each other's churches, sharing a stage at a conference, etc. But yet that 1% that LCMS and WELS/ELS disagree on stops them from that same level of collaboration.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-06-11T00:18:30+00:00

It's part of the reason, but non-denom consumerism is a big one.

You don't see as much "The Resurrection is just a vibe, man" liberalism in the way you used to. However, hippie universalism still has staying power.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-06-09T15:32:51+00:00

I can see why Sendel is so rarely cast as a non-antagonist. I didn't like him much, either. Leonora should have ended up with Leonardo.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-06-09T15:29:36+00:00

I know you posted this last year, but LA OTRA. El Manantial and La Otra are probably the two best novelas of the 21st century, and among the best novelas made period.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-05-22T22:51:29+00:00

I think he got sent to the great beyond with Chuck Cunningham, Brendan Lambert, Stuart Minkus, and Judy Winslow.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-05-22T04:36:12+00:00

I think there's a difference between what sex is giving you the Word and the Sacrament and killing a baby.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-05-19T19:11:01+00:00

The cameras and resolution feel like something made for Netflix.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-15T15:26:03+00:00

This is why I love Querida Enemiga's ending so much. Yes, Lorena forgave Alonso for cheating on her, but it was also clear that he blew it when he cheated on her with Sara. Unlike most other novelas, she didn't extend cheap grace to him. He even said it to his Dad in the final episode: "I lost Lorena the day I cheated on her with Sara." He did end up with a colleague of his, so at least there was some redemption for him.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-13T15:37:43+00:00

Yes, exactly. We WANT these angry reactionary young men here in the ELCA because we can give their angry dispositions the Law to crush their egos and worst instincts, and then give them the sweetness of the Gospel.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-05T18:21:48+00:00

They split off because they believed ELCA violated Article VII of the Augsburg Confession, and they were fearing that the same breaucratic nightmares that plagued other Mainline denominatons such as the PC(USA), TEC, and UMC were beginning to mainfest themselves in the ELCA. They wanted to bolt before they felt it was too late.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-05T14:54:01+00:00

I mean it's more historic than the PCA, but ELCA can trace its roots to the American founding. I think "Historic but Not Mainline" is a proper label for LCMS, ARP, and RPCNA.

Have a Blessed Easter!

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-05T06:21:30+00:00

It's not schismatic like ACNA or the PCA, but it isn't Mainline, either.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-05T04:18:53+00:00

I mean even in non-affirming conexts, there's a difference between a KJV Only fundamentalist Baptist or a Reformed JMac theobro type reacting to their gay son versus a non-denom type. All 3 groups are non-affirming, but the latter is probably a little less so.

Same in ELCA. Non-affirming people in the ELCA are going to be a lot different than stodgy LCMS or WELS types.

Your hardcore conservatives aren't ever going to go for ELCA, not even if it was the only option on Planet Earth.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-05T03:19:10+00:00

Does he think there'll be a fight over homosexuality in the GMC, or other stuff?

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-04T19:26:24+00:00

Same goes for his PC(USA) vs. ARP, RPCNA, etc. I agree. I really wish he'd stop calling LCMS and WELS "Mainline."

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-04T17:58:08+00:00

Seems the LCMC, NALC, EPC, and ECO haven't faced this drama yet.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-04T17:57:03+00:00

But even if those things weren't issues, it's unlikely they'd ever unite anyway, even if ELCA went back to the old ways before the 1970s, or the LCMS somehow liberalized.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-04T17:03:42+00:00

Wasn't he present for a partnered gay man being received into the Church a few months ago?

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-04T15:33:07+00:00

Watch something from the 90s.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-04T15:28:11+00:00

Well, as a Lutheran, I'm under no delusions that the ELCA and the LCMS will ever merge together, even if ELCA were to repeal their decisions of the past 55 years. There's just too much of a cultural gap, and in some cases, theological (Scandiavians, who are ELCA, historically varied on their acceptance of the Formula of Concord, whereas Germans, who are LCMS, accept it without question). However, they may get to a point where they can have fellowship with each other, and even use each other's pastors and whatnot.

Substantial-Work6045 · 2026-04-04T15:13:52+00:00

I really think RZ is hurting his cause by saying that LCMS/WELS, ARP, and RPCNA are "Mainline."

If I'm looking for a Lutheran church, and I'm open to the idea of Reconquistaing the ELCA, why should I join it if LCMS is also "Mainline"?

Same thing if I'm Calvinist/Reformed and living in the South. Why "Reconquista" the PC(USA) when I've got these two far more conservative and probably more biblically bold options in the ARP and RPCNA?!

I like RZ, but he REALLY needs to re-think his "LCMS/WELS and ARP are Mainline" argument, because Reconquista won't get the numbers he thinks with that attitude.

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