Gender is really a rather simple matter:
Look down while taking a shower.
(If you’re still unsure, lose weight.)
Gender is really a rather simple matter:
Look down while taking a shower.
(If you’re still unsure, lose weight.)
Women who go to breweries and order wine are not to be trusted.
The Jews do not worship God.
The same is true of an African in the West.
I will never be Chinese. I could move to China; I could learn Chinese; I could adopt Chinese mannerisms, culture, and practices; I could even call myself Chinese, but that would not make it so. Even had I been born in China, I would not thereby be Chinese.
And, yes, I would absolutely say the same thing if someone were selecting only White faces to represent an overwhelmingly, e.g., Japanese synod (God willing).
The Gospel does not destroy nature, but restores it — and the nations are part of God’s good order.
The LCMS is overwhelmingly White.
The persons responsible for selecting promotional images for LCMS, CPH, et cetera, materials are in open, unrepentant, high-handed sin.
Dear Christian, you have two choices:
Either be ashamed of God’s Word or affirm every iota and each yod.
The world is going to make you choose.
Christians should generally avoid using the words “racism” and “racist”, as they refer primarily to made-up sins (see Luther quote) and are deliberately vague (in this case, a violation of the 8th Commandment).
What is referred to as ‘racist’ is usually just not a sin at all.
The false pastor is worse than the thief, the rapist, or the murderer, for the false pastor murders souls, whereas the others harm only the body.