My Testimony

[Lisbon]

Dear Freedom,

After forty years in LC I'm not that far from where you are. I've come to the conclusion that God never clears up the past and you and I can do very little except get out. After reading these forums for around a year I am thoroughly convinced that eventually I will break all ties.

During this last year I was sitting in a Lutheren church one Sun AM with their neat book with prayers, Bible, songs etc and it hit me that the same thing is going on about a mile away in the LC. Sure enough t hey will have about 25 readers there and only one or two here but as others have mentioned you have little registration that many believe what they are reading. I usually meet at a Bible church and there I have the distinct sense that the gentleman speaking believes what he is saying, is sixty years old, and is concerned with what is going on. My sense at th e LC is that the elders have to go along with LSM are they would be put out just like you and me. Fortunately we are not on their payroll

Our hope is clearly in the Lord

Liisbon

[Freedom]

Originally Posted by Lisbon

After forty years in LC I'm not that far from where you are. I've come to the conclusion that God never clears up the past and you and I can do very little except get out. After reading these forums for around a year I am thoroughly convinced that eventually I will break all ties.

I think this is why so many of us stay for so long. We want things to change, we want things to get better. For someone like me who has grow up in the LC, it's all we know.

I have questioned things in the LC for a long time. I know there are many others my age who I'm sure have done the same. Whenever anyone struggles in the LC, whether it be due to legalism imposed, or just certain practices, the blame is always put on us as individuals for some superficial reason, never on those who are truly responsible. The problem is that instead of questioning things like we should, people like myself tend to assume the shortcomings of the LC are due to personal shortcomings such as incorrectly implementing something that Lee said.