I wrote on Facebook - about this post on Yale church historians.
"One can become too cynical from a studying church history alone. The history of doctrine is more enlightening because one must face the doctrine itself, as you say. Many avoid that because they will see the felons in their synodical family tree. They would rather boast about the heroic deeds of the founders. That is why the shallow approach to Luther annoys me no end. The emphasis is placed on what he did rather than what he taught."
Church history itself is more biographical and relies on the documents of the age.
The history of doctrine seeks to find out the origins of the various confessions of faith. That is more difficult - but more important - because it is an intellectual history.
Databases - even simple ones - are handy. As LI has said more than once, "Computers eliminate routine functions so we can concentrate on the more interesting ones. Doing the same thing over and over leads to mistakes from boredom."
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| Adam Mueller is also trans-doctrine-lite. |
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| Wayne Mueller's son must not have read Daddy's denial about the absence of Church Growth in WELS. But the Book of Concord encourages WELS to change doctrine, dumping Gausewitz, and to wear dresses at church picnics. Right? Right? |
I began Megatron, the Database, immediately after Wayne Mueller claimed there was no Church Growth in WELS, and even if so, Church Growth was in harmony with the Book of Concord (which he clearly never glanced at).
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| Dunces quote other dunces, and false teachers always find dubious justification for their false doctrine. |
The Great Wayne Mueller even said the Confessions encourage us to change doctrine.
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| Photoshop enabled me to cut and paste all the obvious Church Growth stars into one graphic. |
Most of the blokes above are retired now, but their toxic waste remains. Mark Schroeder, who pledged himself to clean up the stables, dropped his mask and donned his Stormtrooper uniform. He is the best friend Church and Change ever had, whether a Manchurian Candidate, or a convert to their cause.
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| Sow weed seeds, harvest weeds. Isn't that Steve Witte, a Founder of Church and Change, jointly teaching with an ELCA pastor? |
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| So glad John Lawrenz did not let the Asian mini-seminary slip away from the grasp of Church and Change. |