This week on the Word of the Lord Endors Forever, we continue our study of Ecclesiastes with

Dronear to Listen, vanity of wealth, enjoyment, and toil to the one place and a striving after wind.

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If you call, I will answer.

If you follow, I pick you up. Our listeners have questions and comments on a variety of subjects including is the Lutheran

Church Missouri Senate going liberal.

Why is the enunciation dated during Lent and not during Advent where one might expect it to be. And what is the status of

the financial services company Thrivent? It's time to go through listener email and the

issues et cetera comment line, our email address. Talk back at Issue ZTC.org and a comment line

6182383.83. Let's begin with Dave.

Dear Issues, et cetera, I hate to ask the question, but is the Lutheran Church

Missouri Synod slowly drifting the direction of the evangelical Lutheran Church in America,

the United Church of Christ, and the United Methodist Church?

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