National ELCA and Episcopalian leaders, Canada and US. They also teach UOJ, which came from Halle pietism and rationalism. |
From WELS's Meditations, March-May 2014, for Monday, 17 March 2014. The howler is in the second column which reads: "No matter what you did yesterday -- or failed to do -- and no matter what you will do tomorrow, God has forgiven you."
Consider a sin from the second table of the Law.
Were I to say, for example, that I committed adultery yesterday and I'm going to do it tomorrow, God has forgiven me. That is ridiculous and dangerous. Nor would it be any more Biblical were I to say "murder" or theft" or anything other sin, "big" or "little."
This statement is foundational for allowing anything and everything, with one exception - denying UOJ.
This is the Dreck peddled in WELS Meditations -- and remember, this is the stuff that goes unfiltered into the homes of the unsuspecting. Leftover Meditations are sent to nursing homes, hospitals, and prisons (appropriately - big WELS presence there).
Everyone wants to stay as clergy and members in the City of Destruction, because they get free calendars and napkins from Thrivent. |