Those Nutty UOJ Professors - Cascione

Jack Cascione is not officially a professor anywhere. We can be thankful for that. The tiny Evangelical Lutheran Synod would not accept him as a pastor when he wanted to leave the Missouri Synod. For years the congregation want to leave, but he would not let them. (The Voters Assembly is supreme everywhere except Cascione Cathedral.)
Cascione has declared fellowship with the Wisconsin Synod sect, so his UOJ opinion will remain unchallenged.

Jack makes other UOJ advocates seem rather calm and normal in comparison. The others do not phone me at night and rant at me for telling the truth.

Below is an except from Cascione's review of the misbegotten God's Word Bible. I thought Cascione withdrew his description of Preus: "He looked at the passages in "God's Word" that mistranslated justification "by" and "through" faith and burst into uncontrolled weeping." But this review is still posted on the Defaming Walther website. (That's the Missouri nickname for Jack's domain. His nicknames are Greasy Jack and Mad Jack. Not many pastors earn two nicknames!)

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http://www.reclaimingwalther.org/articles/jmc00150.htm

A Review of the Revised "God's Word" Bible
By Rev. Jack Cascione



The following article is a review of the most recent edition of "God's Word" translation of the Bible. This article will give the reader some insight into the struggles of producing a translation of the Bible that correctly presents the saving faith of Jesus Christ. Just a simple change from being "justified by faith" instead of being "justified because of faith" is the difference between heaven and hell. It was Doctor Robert Preus who put on enough pressure to make the changes in the most recent edition.

You may want to keep this for your records. We also recommend that you share it with your pastor." Christians News (573-237-3110) is publishing the other documents mentioned in this review. The review was written at the request of Rev. Herman Often. You are welcome to respond to and discuss this review by looking for the subject title "God's Word" Translation on Jusification on the Luther Quest [sic] Discussion Group.


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"God's Word" Bible Revised on Justification By Faith

After nearly 13 years, beginning when it was first called "God's Word to the Nations" and then called "The New Evangelical Translation" and then called "God's Word" a full revised translation is now in print.

Having worked closely with the translation process from 1985-90, I was shocked to see how the 1995 edition of "God's Word" had distorted the passages dealing with justification by faith.

I visited Dr. Robert Preus at his home in Minnesota and showed him the problem when we were alone in his study.

Doctor Preus was never given to emotion; at least not in the years I had worked for him and known him. He looked at the passages in "God's Word" that mistranslated justification "by" and "through" faith and burst into uncontrolled weeping.

After he composed himself, he promised he would write a letter and correct all of this. A copy of that letter written to Dr. Harold Buls, Dr. Wilhelm Peterson, and Rev. Lawrence Burgdorf on May 9, 1995 is in my files. There is a second letter written to Rev. Hackbardt, the Executive Director of "God 's Word to the Nations Bible Society."

I'm delighted to report that many of the passages that Preus complained about were corrected in the latest printing of "God's Word" which will now be described as "God's Word Revised" edition.