Synodical Pope Jerry Kieschnick (LCMS) had his boys get rid of the radio show Issues, Etc.
I admire Mollie Z. Hemingway for getting her story into the Wall Street Journal, which prompted a prompt denial by Kieschnick. Needless to say, getting a feature article into the WSJ is not easy. Hemingway is an excellent communicator on this issue.
Mollie is one of the writers for the Augsburg 1530 blog.
Missouri always seems to move from a peak of shock and scandal to a plateau of acceptance. SP Al Barry and Paul McCain, MDiv, showed the way during their disastrous nine years together at the Purple Palace. When they were not placating the ELCA wannabees like DP David Benke, they were savaging their supporters. Wally Schulz said, right after the replacement of Bohlmann: "Barry is meeting with people he should not be seeing." One Barry supporter said, "At least the Bohlmann people were polite."
No, I do not think the solution is: "Everyone must quit Missouri" or WELS, or the ELS, for that matter. People love to latch onto the institutional answer and then debate institutions. No one worships the organization more than Lutherans. No wonder they pope when they give up on Holy Mother Synod. The change from Holy Mother St. Louis to Holy Mother Rome is not so great.
The only solution is doctrinal. The Word of God must be taught in its purity at all times. That is the only way to accomplish God's will. Political tricks will never work. The old method is, "I will keep quiet and go along until I am in power. Then I will throw off the cloak of invisibility and reveal myself as an orthodox Lutheran, full of wrath and plans." That has never happened, but posturing Lutherans love posturing leaders. They can call one another Confessional Lutheran, grouse in their secret blogs, bellyache on their secret email lists, whisper low in Jerusalem lest they be heard on the streets of Gath.
