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| Millions of Lutherans wait for the UOJists to answer this quotation from their former hero - Johann Gerhard. They have also abandoned Romans 4:25. |
CyberCatholicism
Paul McCain's regurgitation of The Catholic Encyclopedia is closing down, but the lovable faux-editor and full-time Jesuit is allowing adoring comments to pour in - 15 already. One can only imagine the page-views generated. They may hit three figures soon.
LutherQuest (sic) helps gauge the depth of America's grief. One person noted the death of Cyberbrethren, several days after the event. No one has followed with a comment. But there is still time. LQ (sic) is full of opinion, a vast collection - two inches deep. If anyone has mastered the art of repetition and self-congratulation, LQ (sic) has.
At the ALPB Online Forum, where McCain published thousands of ill-considered posts, no one has noted the demise of his xerox service for the Church of Rome.
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| Bad-luck Brian is a favorite meme. |
Intrepid Lutherans was started by Steve Spencer (WELS) as a forum for those who wanted to impede the copycatitis of the Jeske cult. But, after watching in silence as WELS kicked out IL's Pastor Paul Rydecki, the blog began publishing all the links they failed to support in any substantial way.
Now if you look at Intrepid Lutherans, the only posts are from Pastor Rydecki. Lesson learned - if you want to publish on IL, get kicked out first. As a group, these intrepid Lutherans vowed to keep publishing. They are just as energetic in writing as they were in defending justification by faith.
Steadfast UOJ
For open forums in discussing agreement with UOJ, there is nothing quite like the Steadfast Lutherans. Ironic witticisms aside, I appreciate their wide-open, obstinate, and ignorant defense of Halle pietistic rationalism.
If someone like Jay Webber coyly starts a thread on ELDONA versus The Rolf Synod, at least 100 comments will follow. Webber failed to note he was the omnipresent peritus for The Rolf Synod, just as he was the Iago for Jon-Boy Buchholz in the defenestration of Rydecki. How does such an energetic person find time to start a second parish in Queen Creek?
ALPB Online Forum
I check in at ALPB, every so often. I used to get great material from the ELCA news releases, as the denomination became gayer than lavender hose, but lack of money has slowed them down.
I count on ALPB to tell me what is brewing in ELCA. Alas, the discussion threads are as savory as church coffee in large aluminum casks.
What is more dramatic than having the first woman ever appointed to be the president of a Lutheran seminary? Even more dramatic, Luther Seminary was home for the Preus brothers, Robert and Jack, both of them departing for the Little Sect on the Prairie, breaking fellowship with Missouri only to join the Big Sect on the Prairie. Moreover, Luther merged with Northwest, which was a bit conservative in its day. Once they questioned ordaining someone who denied the basic doctrines of the Christian faith. They lost, of course, but there was a struggle. Try to find one in the esteemed, over-priced seminaries of today.
Here is my big question. Why has no source acknowledged that this new president, Robin J. Steinke, from New Ulm, Minnesota - is single? Does that not imply another qualification so important for ELCA quotas?
The new presiding bishop is married, even though she cross-dresses and crops her hair. The two new college presidents are married, one to my classmate from Notre Dame. But Robin Steinke remains a puzzle - until she is officially installed perhaps. Do not expect news from news sources, unless they choose to reveal what everyone knows or suspects.
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| Dr. Robin J. Steinke, new president of Luther Seminary, is the first-ever woman president of a Lutheran seminary. |