to the distinguished older actor.
I added Faithful Service to the blog list because it gathers plenty of information about ELCA.
Lutheran News is another one, but its linkage does not always work from Ichabod, probably because of its advanced, faulty software.
I find it amusing when people try to demean my research and writing as "bitter." I am genuinely saddened by what the apostates have done to all the Lutheran groups, from ELCA down to the micro-minis.
Just to give a little perspective - The LCA church where I was confirmed in 1964 would have given the WELS Church-and-Changers the boot in a nano-second. We had liturgical services at all times, even at Luther League meetings. We sang Lutheran hymns. The sermons were Biblical, not coaching, self-help, name-it-and-claim-it travesties copied from the Schwaermer. Nor was my last LCA call any different in its use of liturgy, creeds, and hymns. I was happy to be much more grounded in better Lutheran hymns while attending LCMS and WELS congregations.
I wrote a book-length manuscript about ELCA apostasy in 1987. Christian News published it as a special issue. The conservative Lutheran synods were all embarrassed about Out of the Depths of ELCA because they were working with ELCA and dividing up the AAL/LB loot while doing it.
One chapter in the manuscript was about homosexual activism in the ALC, LCA and mainline groups. All of it was carefully documented.
Everyone continued as before, as if the Flood was not going to happen. Every joint meeting and joint ministry with ELCA only encouraged the apostates to do even more, and they did so with great zest and flair. One cannot separate the current fruit of their labors from the vast number of earlier ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS ecumenical projects funded with AAL/LB/Thrivent dollars. The hypocritical CLC (sic) has also participated through Thrivent, in spite of their nuanced, Pharisaical claims. WELS has stopped its "ill-advised" projects with ELCA.
The Munich Pact with the Episcopalians started the howls of outrage in ELCA. I believe the surrender to Rome in the joint statement on justification came before the episcopal debacle. Both employed the Delta technique of feigning mass participation while directing a predetermined goal. The vote against Biblical standards in August was another example of the same techniques.
I am glad ELCA finally outed itself brazenly as a dictatorial, dishonest, thuggish, and brutal organization. I have been astounded at members putting up with all the previous onslaughts. Now they no excuse.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Faithful Service - New Blog Listing":
"The hypocritical CLC (sic) has also participated through Thrivent, in spite of their nuanced, Pharisaical claims."
Your ministry was always full of lies, and so is this a lie. Prove it!
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GJ - AAL published on the Net the participating members of their branches. Several were CLC (sic) congregations. After that was discussed, one congregation mysteriously disappeared from the published list. The large one in Mankato was known for participating in AAL. That was funny, because the CLC (sic) was always defining itself as so pure, so concerned about fellowship, and so much better than the others. One CLC (sic) pastor was kicked out by Pope Dan Fleischer for discussing the Mankato situation. I heard the audio tape. Eggs Albrecht, the previous president, quit the CLC (sic) in disgust, with his two congregations. Someone said he rejoined later.
I recently told a pastor, "The CLC exists to make people thankful that there is something far worse than the worst parts of WELS."
