John has left a new comment on your post "Our Hope Is Built On Nothing Less Than Thrivent L...":
The WELS has Church and Change. The LC-MS has Ablaze and Rev. Kieschnick. The fact is that it's up to the pew sitter to conclude whether the congregation to which he/she belongs is abiding by Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
The first and foremost obligation of a shepherd is to his flock. Period!
In the event that the first and foremost obligation of a shepherd is to anything other than the flock, then it is to the wolf, period!
The shepherd must first and foremost feed his flock.
I will be a member only to a flock where the called shepherd is first and foremost feeding the flock to which he has been called.
The sheep are most important! I want only to be a member of a congregation where that is true!!!
John
