LCMS Pastor Benjamin Kjendal joined the stream of Concordia, Ft. Wayne graduates semi-poping (joining Eastern Orthodoxy). Strangely, the congregation's website still has his photos and his sign off letter. The website has all kinds of clues about his preference for Eastern Orthodoxy. Perhaps Kjendal is the only one with the website's password.
A recent graduate of The Fort, as they call Concordia, Ft. Wayne (with no trace of irony), wrote me about his experiences. He saw a graduate join Eastern Orthodoxy each year. He and his friends discussed how this could be, but there was not a general knowledge of where it was coming from.
I remember reading an awful paper from a Mequon student (Lord, Liar, Lunatic - the old argue-them-into-the-Kingdom stuff). I asked the student, "Where are you getting this garbage from?" He clammed up. Later I learned the topic had Valleskey's and Kelm's drool all over it. Mequon has talked up the Evangelicals and Pentecostals so much that a number of graduates have floated off to where the real Church Growth events are taking place.
Ditto Ft. Wayne. I asked Archbishop Heiser where the Romanism and Eastern Orthodoxy were coming from. His answer was "Weinrich." He may have added "Scaer." If not, I would definitely add Scaer to the list. David Scaer loves to talk about being a priest. One has to wonder where worship crosses the line from formal Lutheran worship to Eastern Orthodox aping.
The great thing about this trend is the secretiveness. Who wants to be publicly known as an LCMS student (except for tuition gifts) when it is so exciting to be on secret email lists and reading forbidden websites?
The Fort invited Father Richard J. Neuhaus to lecture their ministers on how he became "The Catholic He Always Was." Heiser reported that half the audience of pastors nodded agreement with Neuhaus as he spoke.
My source said he would no longer recommend seminary training for anyone. We have not had an extensive correspondence. If we did, I would say little about it. I know how vindictive the apostates are when their apostasy is highlighted.
Here is Gary Gehlbach, telling his LCMS audience about another one of his obsessions besides infant communion.
I am disgusted with the apostasy of the Lutheran leaders, especially the conservative Lutheran leaders, but I do not blame Lutheran doctrine for that.
Lutheran doctrine has not been tried and found wanting. Lutheran doctrine has hardly been tried at all.
Stay tuned for more on the Book of Concord.
