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		<title>Eight Is (More than) Enough: Of Seminaries and Church Support</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Father Anonymous at Magdalene&#8217;s Egg recently posted about faculty changes at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, which will shortly be completing its merger with Lenoir-Rhyne University. In the process of the merger, three faculty members will be leaving, their positions being eliminated. A little background is in order for any who may not be familiar with [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Structural Engineering the ELCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ELCA, facing budget shortfalls, is forced to restructure it's churchwide organization.  But the restructuring is flawed with misplaced priorities and a failure to address the real structural problem it faces.]]></description>
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		<title>The Proper Place of the Law: What of Antinomianism?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the debates over human sexuality and the related discussions, the charge is frequently made by conservatives and traditionalists that the ELCA has drifted into antinomianism (rejecting the law). That charge has been unsurprisingly leveled once again by Robert Benne in the winter 2009 edition of Lutheran Forum in an essay titled &#8220;The Hazards of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Reconfiguration of Lutheranism. Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the conservative, traditionalist, and dissident group Lutheran CORE released it&#8217;s vision for what the group&#8217;s press release called &#8220;the reconfiguration of Lutheranism in North America.&#8221;  It calls for the establishment of a new church body with the suggested name of the North American Lutheran Church. The description of this vision can be found here: [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The ELCA&#8217;s Late Entry on Ugandan Anti-gay Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Christianson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now you may have heard something about the anti-gay bill that&#8217;s been introduced into the parliament of Uganda. It offers severe penalties for the offense of &#8220;homosexuality,&#8221; up to and including death. For background on the bill, you might look here and here, and extensive coverage of the bill and surrounding issues can be [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Aside Good Order in the ELCA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) these days is anything put peaceful and easy. Since the Churchwide Assembly in August passed a social statement on human sexuality (here, PDF) and resolutions to allow gay and lesbian individuals who are committed and monogamous same-sex relationships to serve as pastors of the church (here, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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