A. Biblical doctrine does not belong to a person or a synod. Nothing is decided by vote, except which political party has won for the moment.
B. The Book of Concord is a carefully worked out, unified, confession of faith - presenting the Christian Faith as believed, taught, and confessed.
C. The Book of Concord does not include every word spoken or written by Luther, but selections that convey the Biblical truths being discussed.
D. The Book of Concord commends the study of Luther's Galatians Commentary for those who want to pursue even more detail about justification by faith.
E. The use of "who takes away the sin of the world" for UOJ is thoroughly repudiated in the Galatians Commentary.
F. It is widely known but seldom admitted that justification in the Bible and in Luther has only one meaning - justification by faith.
G. Justification without faith - UOJ - is the bedrock dogma of Modernism, the mainline denominations. Participation by WELS-LCMS in ELCA means they are all happy together with their common unconfession of unfaith.
H. Richard Jungkuntz easily went from WELS UOJ Pietism into LCMS liberalism and pre-ELCA radicalism - as a UOJ Enthusiast and promoter of homosexual ordination.
I. WELS-LCMS-ELS Church Growth is based upon UOJ. The biggest loudmouths in favor of Church Growth are also UOJ buzzers.
