Eight Who Enjoy Regurgitated Plagiarism from Paul McCain - They Can Always Join St. Peter in Freedom, WELS

Farewell, Paul, from the blog at least.
I’ve been a follower from ‘down under’ from the days when it was an e-mail list and I was a seminarian. You’ve been an engaging advocate for confessional Lutheranism in the blogosphere and while I agree with you that blogging is somewhat ephemeral I think you’re under estimating the positive impact your blogging has had.

Dear Paul,

Thank you for running this blog; it was actually through your postings that I got more involved and interested in Lutheran orthodoxy and theological issues. I’ll be sad to see it go, since you always posted a lot of good information on here, especially with regard to church festivals and Lutheran issues. Perhaps Archive.org’s Wayback machine will keep a version of the page archived there for those of us who wish to access some of the old postings. Nonetheless, sir, thank you for all that you do (and have done).

YiC

Nils

As a former blogger on a smaller scale, I can certainly understand your decision. Nevertheless, I will miss this blog greatly. It has been an aid in my journey from a bland Anglo-American Christianity into robust Lutheran convictions.
Thanks and God’s blessings!

Dear Pastor McCain,

I’ve missed your blog over the past months and I’m sorry to read you’re taking it down. I’ve used some of the items you posted in Bible classes and I’ll just mention two of them. The first one is the post that explicitly tells where every phrase of the Apostles’ Creed can be found in Holy Scripture. I’ve used this to counter the false claim ‘the creed isn’t in the Bible’. The other one is your FAQ’s on the BOC-why we have it, etc. That has certainly come in handy over the years. It has helped me articulate why I’m a Lutheran. I memorized the answer to the question ‘Since we have the

Bible, why do we have the BOC’?

‘The Lutheran Confessions are a summary and explanation of the Bible. They are not placed over the Bible. They do not take the place of the Bible. The Book of Concord is how Lutherans are able to say, together, as a church, “This is what we believe. This is what we teach. This is what we confess.” The reason we have the Book of Concord is because of how highly we value correct teaching and preaching of God’s Word.’

Thank you for giving the Church the wonderful gift of the McCain edition of the BOC.

In Christ,

Diane

Aw, Paul..I’m sorry to read this, you’ve always been there. Blessings, though, on your blog-less life. That last sounds a bit weird, but it sounds as though you have good things planned, godspeed Cyber Brethren

I don’t know if you will get a chance to read this, but just the same I wanted to wish you all the best in the future. As they say in my wife’s home country of Tanzania: Mungu ibariki kazi za mikono yako (May God bless the works of your hands)!

I have enjoyed your blogs, your alerts to good deals at CPH, and all the rest. Hmm. I didn’t get the decoder ring, either. Wonder why. May God bless you in all your future endeavors.

Pastor

Thank you for posting this blog. I was new to the Lutheran Church and your posts were of
great help to me. I read some of the books you suggested and especially Grace upon Grace by pastor Kleinig and his website with the lectures. I am very greatful.

Thank you!

Julia