Those Nutty UOJ Professors - Dan and Rolf Preus

Dan and Rolf Preus are sons of the late Robert Preus.

Rolf heads the UOJ Inquisition Unit at LutherQuest(sic). At one point Rolf read a provisional chapter of Thy Strong Word, the one on justification, which he requested. He emailed me that he agreed with the chapter. Later, before Thy Strong Word was available to anyone, he claimed he had read the book - impossible - and disagreed with it. When I pointed out on LQ (sic) that he did not own the book, he asked to swap his tiny booklet on justification for my 650 page opus on the efficacy of the Word. So, if he owned the book, read it, and rejected it, why did he want a free copy? My lawyer at Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe advised me that the swap was a clear evasion of the IRS code, so I demurred.

Rolf also expressed agreement once on LQ(sic) with what I was saying about justification by faith. That was quickly buried by posts from the UOJ team. Rolf returned to his role as the Torquemada of the Internet. Rolf agrees with the ELS sect about UOJ but he was kicked out of his parish anyway by Pope John the Malefactor, another exponent of UOJ.

Dan Preus was the silent First Vice President of the LCMS. For several years he said nothing and did nothing, awaiting his chance to be another Al Barry, saying nothing and doing nothing as Synodical President. Alas, Dan was voted out of office and is now on the conservative list to be VP again.

Dan has given a paper repeating the magical formulas of UOJ. Doubtless this will be added to the canonical literature on forgiveness without faith, grace without the Means of Grace, documents stretching all the way to the 1930's. Roman Catholics are not the only ones to claim their new opinions are the ancient doctrines of the Church.

Dan and Rolf are listed as editors of Justification and Rome. Their reading comprehension skills are sadly lacking if they read the book, made corrections where necessary, and still missed their father's clear repudiation of UOJ. Maybe they thought the book was Just a Vacation in Rome.