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Year End Giving Appeal Letter 2022

Year End 2022 Dear Friends – I have been enjoying doing a weekly Bible study based upon the lectionary readings for the following Sunday. A couple churches post them on Read More

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2022 September Giving Appeal Letter

Dear Friends: One of the most enjoyable parts of my work as executive director of Lutheran CORE is the group of young adults that I meet with via zoom once Read More

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The Revisionists Have Completely Taken Over: A Review and Evaluation of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly

The ELCA held its Churchwide Assembly August 8-12 in Columbus, Ohio. The gathering sent a strong message to confessional Lutherans with traditional views – You are not welcome. In this Read More

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Major Disaster On Its Way: A Preview of the ELCA Churchwide Assembly

The ELCA will be holding its triennial Churchwide Assembly next week, August 8-12, in Columbus, Ohio. The Churchwide Assembly is the highest legislative body of the ELCA. There is much Read More

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ELCA: Major Changes Coming

Note: This post is intended to be short and to the point. Dennis Nelson, CORE’s Executive Director, has also written a longer version which can be found here as well Read More

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2022 Summer Giving Appeal Letter

June 2022 Dear Friends – I am very grateful for the positive responses we receive to the video book reviews that are posted on our YouTube channel. On the first Read More

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An Analysis of Bishop Eaton’s “A Pastoral Message on Abortion”

On May 17, a couple weeks after the news broke of a leak of a draft opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton released Read More

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An Analysis of Recent Events in the ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod

For years I have been writing articles about the ELCA – often with the subtitle, “What Will It Be Next?” The images I have chosen for those articles have often Read More

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Oh, What A Mess

Speaking of “oh, what a mess,” here is the latest from Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Awhile back the board of Luther voted to continue to not be RIC. Read More

Dennis Nelson In Other Communications

Last September the ELCA celebrated the election and installation of its first transgender bishop, Meghan Rohrer of the Sierra Pacific Synod. ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton served as the lead Read More