Masks for Unbelief
I was away from regular writing, on our recent roadtrip, so I thought about what themes to pursue. Someone observed, "Having a blog is like adopting a pet alligator. You have to feed it all the time."...
View ArticleAvoid These Topics on a Nominal Lutheran Blog
Irrevelant? Yes.Cute? Yes indeed.Felonies committed by Lutheran clergy.Cover-ups by District Presidents and the Synodical President.The value and Lutheran origin of the King James Version.The relative...
View ArticleBrief Study Guide for Justification by Faith in the Bible and Luther, the...
Various dimwits argue from the ancient sayings of the Wisconsin Sect,which was born in Pietism and shook off any remnants of Lutheran doctrineafter Gausewitz died.Study Guide for Justification by...
View ArticleWe Must Believe for Ourselves - Not Simply Adhere to the Dogma of the Day....
Confessionalism is told towhisper low in Jerusalem, lest it be heard on the streets of Gath. Clergy and laity have an obligation to study the Word of God and let the Holy Spirit teach them through the...
View ArticleObnoxious Oddities from a WELS District President - Yet Taught by WELS
The following quotations have been reverently copied from the two convention essays delivered by Jon Buchholz, ex cathedra, at a WELS convention. And yet the California Arizona district voted him in...
View ArticleLuther's Hymn 260 Illustrated - Reposted from 2014
Funding Planned Parenthood abortions - for years, through Thrivent.Luther says this about false teachers:False Doctrine Tolerated"And such false teachers have the good fortune that all their folly is...
View ArticleMore Ex Cathedra Nonsense from WELS District President Jon Buchholz. Woe to...
But even looking outside himself, the troubled soul may fail to find peace, if Jesus’ justifying work is not seen as complete for all. For whom did Jesus live, die and rise again? Was it only for the...
View ArticleWELS DP Jon Buchholz Cannot Get Past the Simple Truths of the Gospel,...
The objective reality of justification for the world that was achieved at the cross does not change with the roller coaster of human emotion. Whether a person’s faith is weak or strong, Christ—the...
View ArticleRoman Catholic Bishop and Child Abuser Found Dead
Jozef Wesołowski: Former Catholic archbishop found dead ahead of child sexual abuse trialJozef Wesołowski, 67, was found dead in his room – seemingly from natural causes – in the Holy See on Friday...
View ArticlePoor Buchholz Does Not Know the Holy Spirit Convicting the World of...
Buchholz:But this preaching of the law is exactly what is required. We cannot preach the gospel to people who are comfortable loving their 401(k)s, their automobiles, their jobs, their leisure...
View ArticleRose Pruning - Reverse To Outen
A classic illustration on lighting altar candles showed seven candles on each side. The first candles to be lit started to the right of the cross and were numbered moving away from the cross. The the...
View ArticleThe Sermon as a Means of Grace - And Various Styles of Disgrace
"To the Lutheran the sermon, as the preached Word, is a Means of Grace. Through it the Holy Spirit calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth. It is a constant offer...
View ArticleAnother Clueless Lutheran Leader. Eaton Is the Product of 25 Years of ELCA...
The ELCA Bishops in America and Canada are female.Susan Johnson is single.ELCA Bishop Liz Eaton, Thrivent Partner with Matt Harrison and Mark Schroeder:From time to time I am invited to celebrate...
View ArticleLuther's Sermons on the Good Samaritan Parable
The Good Samaritan by Norma BoecklerLuther's Sermon on the Good Samaritan - THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY in the Historical Pericopes. Luke 10:23-37This sermon is not found in edition c. The second...
View ArticleThe Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, 2015. The Parable of the Good Samaritan
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, 2015Pastor Gregory L. Jacksonhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipBethany Lutheran Church, 10 AM Central Daylight TimeThe Hymn # 281...
View ArticleWhere Are They Now? - The First WELS Female Pastor. More Will Follow
Latte "Lutheran" Church was a bust;they never realized how funny and pathetic this photo was.http://www.cocboise.org/site/cpage.asp?cpage_id=140029697&sec_id=140006802Kristen Koepsell:Staff...
View ArticleWELS and LCMS Are Really Mainline, Or Sideline Denominations - Following in...
Missouri and WELS imitate everything in ELCA they denounce. Some of the clergy are more conservative than ELCA's, and women's ordination is just catching on in the LCMS and WELS, but they will follow...
View ArticleTake a Gander at the Clumsy Efforts of WELS and Their Precious OJ/SJ. Enjoy...
I was reading the WELS Essay File specimens on justification, which seem to focus on objective justification alone, no matter what the title. There is not enough coffee in the world to get me through...
View ArticleHerman Amberg Preus and the Norwegian Pietists' Love for UOJ. The...
Herman Amberg Preus was one of the leaders of the Norgwegian Lutherans.Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, has more Preus members in its historythan found at a Preus...
View ArticleWELS Tactics in Suppressing the Truth and Silencing Dissent
"Everyone in the world is forgiven, kiddies,except those who deny this precious dogma.We must kick those blasphemers out, in love."The following are tactics used by WELS leaders to keep people in line....
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