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We too are looking forward to the celebration. In fact I am sitting here trying to decide; do I go to church tis morning when I know i have a cold that I could spread to others because of the celebration, or do I sit at home and feel bad about missing this very special day to those of us who are part of the Lutheran denomination. We have watched the TV series on him, had another video (boring one) at church last Sunday and a wonderful article on him and the church, in our local paper yesterday.
and you are right, he never had intentions of pitting one against the other. This is like saying, any of us who have changed our religion wants to see our old one fail.
don't believe that any major Christian body teaches that kind of hateful nonsense and hasn't for quite some time. in fact here's what one of the Catholic prayers for the Good Friday liturgy that commemorates Christ's death on the cross for the salvation of the world says:
"let us pray for the Jewish people, the first to hear the word of God that they may continue to grow in love of His NAME and in faithfulness to His Covenant."
that great evil has been done to the Jews in the past by Christians is a sad truth---that this continues to be the policy or teaching implicit or explicit of the vast majority of Christians is not.
in the peace of Christ who calls on ALL Christians and Jews (and everybody else) to love God with their whole hearts, minds, and souls AND to love their neighbors (Jewish, Christian, or otherwise) as themselves.
Whether it is 40,000 or 90,000 denominations, we can say that what Martin Luther did, rocked the church. We should be united as one faith.
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