The New Dog Just Arrived from Pasadena
One of the glaring defects of the old Synodical Conference is its tendency to state propositions as if they were Biblical doctrines and defend those statements at all costs. Here are some examples from the last century or so. I challenge anyone to find one such proposition in the Scriptures:
1. The only divinely mandated form of the Church is the local congregation. (LCMS)
2. At the death of Christ (alternately, when He rose from the dead), God declared the world righteous in Christ, whether anyone believed or not. (ELS-WELS-LCMS)
3. We do not know the moment of consecration. (ELS, WELS)
4. There is nothing in the Bible against women's ordination. (Brug, WELS)
5. God wants His Church to grow. (Fuller Seminary, WELS, ELS, LCMS)
