Emmanuel Evangelical-Lutheran Mission of Central Arkansas

10/04/2024

𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬.


First of all, get this straight: somebody 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 a book banned and, therefore, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 it is 𝙣𝙤𝙩 the same as it being banned…but most statistical lists are about challenges, not actual bans. These lists are like listing all the teams that wanted to be national champions, but failed, rather than the winner…but deception sells.

Second, the top ten banned books are 𝙖𝙗𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩 that stack of books ‘all of us’ have read and consider important. The link below has the accurate list; most of you have heard of fewer than four of them.

Anybody that would lie about this is not to be trusted with anything; what they are doing is actually another form of censorship: so bombarding you with disinformation that you will never find true information nor even question their lies.

Every year, the American Library Association compiles a list of the Top 10 Most Frequently Challenged Books based on reports from the field and media coverage.

07/28/2024

Hey, Christians! Don’t complain about things on the Internet until you know they are TRUE.

07/22/2024

In the first place, we must mention, by way of introduction, that we do not abolish the mass; for mass is held in our churches on every Sunday and festival, when the Sacrament is administered to those who desire it, that is, after they have been examined and absolved. Besides, the real Christian ceremonies are likewise observed, in reading, singing, praying, &c

Apology (i.e., Defense) of The Augsburg Confession
Article XII: Of the Mass
The Christian Book of Concord, 2nd Henkel edition

(Some folks say FB is disallowing their Book of Concord posts; FB just requires one to use the Henkel, because it is better.)

07/02/2024

The Lutheran Herald is always a great resource, and with two hymns and a great article concerning the ACELC conference and faithfulness to God's Word, if you're not already a subscriber (absolutely FREE, btw), this month's would be an excellent starting point.

The Lutheran Herald, published monthly for the blessing of individual Christians and for the benefit of independent Lutheran congregations, is an official publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America (ELDoNA). Launched in the Spring of 2006 as an occasional newsletter of the dioc...

06/28/2024

Regardless of who is in any office, whether federal, state, or local, Christ's Church prays the same thing. It doesn't matter what you feel about anyone, what they may have done or failed to do, or what you would prefer. This is why liturgy exists: the truth remains the same. Anyone who can't pray this way regardless of who is elected, in no way ought to be considered as upholding American ideals—much, much, much less a representative of the Christian faith.

06/21/2024

Bartholomaüs Ringwaldt was born at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, in 1530, and was a Lutheran pastor at Langfield, in Prussia, where he died in 1598. His hymns resemble Luther’s in their simplicity and power. Several of them were written to comfort himself and others in the sufferings they endured from famine, pestilence, fire, and floods. They confess the realities of life and of self, allowing both to be so dealt with by the grace of God, applying both Law and Gospel to strengthen the believer in both faith and life.

1 Lord Jesus Christ, Thou highest good!
To whom Thy ransomed flee,
Behold in penitential mood
A suppliant bows to Thee.
Through Thee I seek the Father's throne,
Forgiveness ask through Thee alone,
And strength for holy living.

2 Beneath a load of guilt I sigh;
Relieve my fainting heart--
Thou who in mortal agony
Didst bear my sin and smart.
Of Thee alone I crave relief;
Leave me not now in fear and grief
And dark despair to perish.

3 O where for comfort shall I turn,
When I the past survey?
How oft I've dared Thy grace to spurn,
And cast my bliss away:
Yet thine availing merit, Lord,
Deliverance and peace afford;
Thy word is all my solace.

4 This word, forever precious, saith
The humble, contrite mind
That looks to Thee in simple faith
Shall full salvation find;
And then, from sin's dominion free,
Display true thankfulness to Thee,
Devoted to Thy glory.

5 To Thee I come at Thy behest,
Atoner of my sin!
Forgiveness and the promised rest
Through Thy desert to win.
Be merciful, my God, to me,
And let no more remembered be
The days of sin and folly.

6 Teach me, O Lord, before Thy face
This wayward heart to still;
With joyfulness to run my race,
And do Thy blessed will.
In a plain path do Thou me guide,
That faithful I may still abide,
And quit me to Thine honor.

7 And pour Thine oil of joy on me
When, the last moment nigh,
The parting spirit would be free
To join Thy saints on high.
Then may Thy death, Lord, cheer my heart;
And in Thy faith may I depart
To dwell with Thee forever.

06/13/2024

(‘Christian’) Fundamentalism and (Theological) Liberalism both spring from the same basic position: a devaluation of both the Word of God and the faithful witness of Christ’s Church in history.

06/01/2024