KJV Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Several sources in WELS have told me that "calls are few and far between now."
I was astounded. "How can that be, after 30 years of Church Growth in WELS?" The WELS schools are all in trouble with sky-high tuition. Parochial schools are closing faster than bars after a Carry A. Nation visit. Congregations are merging to disguise how many are failing.
My quip drew a "LOL" from Pennsylvania. Finally the Wisconsin Sect went sour on their Church Shrinkage Movement. As Jesus admonished us, the non-believers are often wiser than the Christians.
Non-believers would have canned or caned the Church Shrinkage leaders for their poor results. All those CGM clowns ever talked about was growth, but they never produced the statistical growth they used to swat the conservatives.
Non-believers would have asked, "Why did we do so well previously when we are hitting the skids now?"
Reason must be captive to the Word, but that does not mean we should abandon common sense.
The Church Shrinkage leaders were never for anything. They were and are against:
- The Lutheran Confessions;
- The Inerrancy of the Bible (in lock-step with Fuller);
- The Clarity or Perspicuity of the Word (g-r-e-y areas of Scripture, dontcha know);
- The Efficacy of the Word;
- The Means of Grace;
- A scholarly educational system (because any idiot can be a Church Shrinker).
Church Shrinkers are definitely for unionism. Apostates are unionists; unionists are apostates. Reu had that figured out 100 years ago. A True Blue WELS member can listen to a Roman Catholic priest teaching the Word at a WELS college (WLC) and say, without blushing, "That c-a-n be understood correctly."
Church Shrinkers say they want love, but they really promote hatred. That is why I call the WELS headquarters The Love Shack. Church Shrinkers are angry, hateful, and completely intolerant of anyone who disagrees with them in the slightest. While crying out "Slander! Eighth Commandment! Matthew 18!" they violate the laws of common decency with their facile fabrications.
