In reply to Elizabeth.

Yes, a believers in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ it is not for us to judge the thoughts in another person's heart. We are, however, to call out all Sin for the pure evil that it is, that very thing that condemns each of us to damnation but for the Love of our God and the eternal gift of His son our Lord and Savior.

We live in a society that wants to end capital punishment as evil, yet condones and facilitates the murder of 55,000,000 children over the last forty years. The hypocrisy of that is beyond understanding, but then so much of our society falls into that arena. It is utter madness, a pure reflection of Sin.

If Thrivent for Lutherans gives monies to organizations that condone murder, they are in grave error and must be corrected or brought down. If members of Thrivent are directing monies to such organizations, then they need to take a look into their own heart, seriously. The wages of sin is death.

Our church body is right and just to speak out, and to speak out with the full authority of Holy Scripture. Each of us who hold to that teaching must be about doing the same, condemning the sin and bringing the sinner into the company of saints saved by the sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His actions forgave all sins for all time, why would we not want to follow?