Carrying On as the Church During a Pastoral Vacancy – Pr. John Zimmerman, 2/20/26 (0511)
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🗓️ 20 February 2026
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Pr. John Zimmerman of Immanuel Lutheran-Scranton, PA and St. John’s Lutheran-Pittston, PA
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| 0:00.0 | Transgender ideology is a kind of anthropology. That is, it's a way to look at what the definition of a human being is. |
| 0:08.2 | Dr. Scott Stigemeyer, author of our book of the month for February, responding to transgenderism in light of God's word. |
| 0:14.7 | So it's very inward looking to try to know what you are rather than identifying your maleness or femalness based on your biology, |
| 0:22.6 | which is objective. |
| 0:23.6 | Learn more about responding to transgenderism in light of God's word at issues etC.org. |
| 0:34.6 | If I allow you to only notice the facts that confirm your hypothesis and to ignore or disregard all of the facts that contradict it, |
| 0:48.3 | I mean, you can pretty much prove or argue anything. |
| 0:51.3 | One of the ways that the world was dear Christians is they will slap |
| 0:54.9 | ugly labels on true and good things, and they'll often put good labels on things that are false. |
| 1:02.3 | One of the great difficulties of Christianity is that we cannot be the hero of the story. We are not |
| 1:09.0 | the Savior. Jesus is the hero of the story, and he's the Savior, |
| 1:14.1 | and we are the saved. Leave it with Jesus. I mean, what are you doing punishing yourself? Why do you |
| 1:20.4 | think Jesus died so you could spend your life carrying your sack of shame on your back? No, he died |
| 1:26.9 | so you could be forgiven and free. So drop that sack of shame on your back? No! He died so you could be forgiven and free. |
| 1:28.7 | So drop that sack of shame and live free and forgiven in the gospel. |
| 1:32.9 | Nurses in Wyoming who volunteer with EMS love issues, etc. |
| 1:42.6 | Everything is going along normally at your church. |
| 1:45.8 | You think all is well. |
| 1:47.4 | Then one Sunday morning, your pastor announces that he's received a call to another congregation. |
| 1:53.1 | After several weeks of deliberation, he announces that he's going to take that call, |
| 1:59.1 | and he'll be leaving your congregation. So where does that |
| 2:02.2 | leave you and your congregation? And what comes next? Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera, |
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