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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q. Does the Lutheran Church consider itself part of the "Protestant" church?

Q: Please give me biblical information to help explain why consulting mediums or a spiritus is wrong. My friend said she's a Christian, never had a chance to say goodbye to her dad who was killed in a car accident, and when she saw a medium the spiritus told her things about her family "that only God could know," reassuring things, and she had a joyful exchange with her dad. She said, "How can this be wrong if it encouraged her faith in God and heaven and gave her a joyful peace?"
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Q: Can Satan read our minds and know what we're thinking? I know he can "enter" people, as he entered Judas. But I don't equate this with knowing our thoughts. Also, when Christ was tempted, he quoted Scripture aloud to Satan, right? He didn't just "think" the Scriptures! What is our church's stance on this?
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Q: Why does the Missouri Synod believe the three persons of the Trinity are "co-equal and co-eternal, one God"?
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Q: Please tell me about the three creeds of the Church, including their history.
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Q: Recently many people have been reading the "Left Behind" series of books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. While these are fiction books, they discuss the "end times" within a biblical context. What is the LCMS position on these books and their portrayal of the end times?
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Q: Recently, both my sister and father have died (separately). While I truly believe that Jesus died for our sins, those who accept Him as their personal Savior, I have been troubled as to where my sister and father are now. Are they asleep until the end of the world? Are their bodies asleep, but their souls with God? Or, are they in Heaven with God now?
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Grace Lutheran Church

They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:3-4