Problems with ELCA

I grew up mostly in this denomination..... though I had influence from anabaptist and other types of things.  I was a part of their summer camps and college.   The intellectual challenges in college were sufficient for a challenging college.   I made some friends through this denomination.  But among those 'friends' there were the 'mockers'....... these are the types that 'mock' everything and they have no scripture knowledge or biblical definitions to determine that this is wrong.

Unfortunately, this denomination favors 'man made reason' over the solid word of God for support.  If you or a friend are in this denomination you can a. encourage them to get the local church to change the Lutheran denomination to another more scriptural supportive Lutheran denomination.   People need the scripture to learn how to interact with people in a godly way.  This can be between spouses, with elders, with children and more.  "man cannot live on bread alone' or b. Encourage the friend to attend a biblical based church that specifically studies bible in a deeper sense.  Examples may be Independent Fundamental Baptist,  Seventh Day Adventist,  Messianic, any born again type of group etc.

Here is a website that specifically points out problems of the ELCA....

http://www.exposingtheelca.com/

I pray that friends who are a part of this denomination would consider more scriptural supportive way of life and fellowship.

Some of my ancestors that came to America as Norwegian immigrants helped start the ELCA church I grew up within.  They started it in a simple way, as people were close to the land and close to God in those days.   But because satan comes around, we need to reproove and correct bad doctrines and ideas.

You too can start up a simple home-church with this book.   You do not need to be supper talented, only willing.  http://raggedycottagegarden.blogspot.com/2016/05/bible-studies-and-reflections-book.html

Squarefoot garden is growing.... and some potted plants....

The above image is a couple of baskets with grass woven into the baskets to prevent dirt from falling through.  The baskets are CHEAP..... so these are really quick large potting containers.   The bottom image shows the squarefoot garden growing.  It consists of a four foot by four foot table that is eighteen inches off of the ground.  Many types of plants in one small space.  I'm not concerned if things get over crowded......I'm more concerned if animals eat the plants before they are harvested..... we also have some interesting vandalism neighbors..... so much for public education!

A simple book to help children (and adults too) understand God

http://astore.amazon.com/raggedycottag-20/detail/0802840353

If a person would like to help children understand God quickly and efficiently, they may start with this book, anytime you can get a child's attention, the child will grasp concepts in this book.  A parent may use this book.  A Sabbath School teacher may also use this book.  Essentially, the child should come to learn how to effectively read the bible, without error in literacy skill.

'Leading Little One's to God'  

Many of the terms referenced in this book do not indicate preference for a specific denomination except for mention of 'sunday' as sabbath.... but this is only mentioned in about one paragraph.

Of course you may complete all the lessons in about 80 days... but you can speed up the time to thirty days if the lessons are read three or four at a time.

Feel free to browse my amazon store and find other items that may be useful for you.

Bible Studies and Reflections Book

This is a book I have created that is for you to start up a church group in your own home, or to use in an already established denomination church (I make NO distinction on what DOCTRINE the church follows....only revealing of what it means to be free from bondage of sin).  Basically it includes daily bible reading suggestions and readings that should be completed once a week together as a group.  It also includes suggestions on how to incorporate qumran calendar studies and  astronomy studies.  There are suggestions on how to SIMPLY supply an entertaining way to present hymns, sermons and other common Christian themes.  The KJV bible was printed within the book in a large print size so that it is possible for a group of people to get together from any age group.

Would you like to start up a small group bible study or home-church group?  Feel free to purchase this book.

I will continue to print these books once every season.  So Thirteen weeks of bible study suggestions are included.

please email me at spildelaura@gmail.com to request any number of books.

Click on "Fellowship Gathering" to get an idea about what type of materials you may find within this book.

There are only 6 weeks left to this season.....so I will be working on the Summer Season book.

Dealing with and redirecting LGBT people.

1. Do not assume people who are not in the LGBT category are free from 'sin.'  No this is not so, they may have tendency to fornication, pornography gambling and so forth just like they have issues.  The issue with LGBT persons, is the lack of restraint in worship of 'self.'  Essentially they have believed so many lies in their lifetime that the truth has departed from them.

2. Do not assume LGBT people are 'stupid.'  No they know a lot of things and may hold high college degrees.  However, they have departed from God's word.  His simple word to lead them to truth.  If they ignore, scorn or deride you.  It is time to let them go to Satan and deliver them to the place where they will go unless they repent. As simple as remembering to feed your soul as it is to remember to water your plants each day.  They have ignored God's word, thus they chose sin.

3. When correcting them with gospel, do not use angry tones or words.  Ensure that the holy spirit has driven that out of your heart.  Anger will never correct their anger to believe human sexuality some how saves men and give love.  Holding up signs may or may not lead them from their love for darkness and hatred of the light.

4. Allow the limit of three times correction.  Once privately perhaps with a bible tract or resource to help them overcome bondage, another openly correct and finally another with clear biblical directions that repentance is neccesary.    If they continue to fault find in your biblical guidance, you do not need to correct any longer.  You need to 'shun' them and consider them ungodly fruitful worker for satan.

5. If they attack or belittle you, you need to depart from their midst, and trust God as overseer for their wicked heart to correct. Some people may say, oh but they are so kind.  They may appear kind, but they do not have God's word stored in their heart, so it is a 'political' kindness, not the kindness of Christ.

6. Correcting LGBT behaviour does not mean that 'love' should be eliminated from churches.  No, it means that 'love' is controlled by guidance of holy spirit, and not by sensual pleasures of meaninglessness.   The church should essentially pray for lost souls, even those whom need correction.

7. Note: If a family member (It could be a mother or father, it could be aunt or uncle, it could be sister or brother) happens to embrace this lifestyle, you as a Christian do not have to support them in any way.  God supplies needs, not politicians.  You do not have to feel obligated to attend weddings, birthdays or other social events.  You may even need to go as far as avoiding social events for couples who are divorced and remarried(rarely is the case a divorce because of pedophillia or previous ungodly marriage relationship).  Such was abomination (divorce and remarriage) to John the Baptist, and it still leads people into sin problems.

This is a post I wrote earlier that give clear biblical directions: Why Lgbt people are not really Christians but need biblical love and direction

Square Foot Garden

The image is upside down, but this is a picture of our square foot garden.  It is basically aluminum foil pans with the bottoms cut out of them to divide the different plant types.  I plan to water everyday and fertilize every week to keep the plants healthy.

Costs? Table was 30$ of lumber n' nails, Pans were 1$ per two  pans,  Seeds ....we bought 30$ worth of different varieties, Dirt ...when we bought it, the cost was about 2$ per bag to cover 2 sq. ft. other wise my parents farm had a lot of compost dirt.

Making some charts for home education

Charts for home education.

Today I made some simple charts for home education organization.

Basically, it entails filling in basic blanks where information may be entered such as 'classic composer' of the week or month, 'plant or animal' study and so forth.  Its a simple method of helping to keep track of what was learned and what to focus on for the week.

Since we live in a small space, I put these charts on the inside of our cupboards rather than filling up a special home-school room.  Although I would love to have a home-school room, I know that it is not happening this year any time soon.

I will be using our 200 Day biblical classical curriculum 
If you are looking to start homeschooling and need a simple way to begin, feel free to use our curriculum.  It is very affordable.