Jim Becker WELS has left a new comment on your post "From Appleton - The Entertainment Capital of WELS ...":
KATY PERRY AND RUSSELL BRAND TO LIVE TOGETHER?
Jan 20 2010. Posted by Adam
* katy perry
* russell brand
Katy Perry and Russell Brand
KATY Perry and her fiance Russell Brand have fueled speculation they’re set to move in together — after they were seen paying a visit to Bed, Bath & Beyond in Hollywood earlier this week.
The I Kissed A Girl singer and the British comedian got engaged on New Year’s Eve after a whirlwind romance.
Russell — who owns a $3 million home in Los Angeles and recently put his North London pad on the market — was pictured loading up a trolley with the kind of necessities most couples would require when they move in together.
The trolley contained items such as a Bialetti Moka Express 9-Cup Espresso Machine priced $39.99; a Cuisinart Griddler Panini and Sandwich Press, $49.99; and a Cuisinart Stainless Steel Microwave Oven, priced at $149.99.
Katy recently revealed that she and Russell are yet to set a wedding date.
“We love each other and we desperately want to be with each other, so we’re going to take it as we come,” she said.
“I think the right time will be the right time.”
Guess Ski's evangelism efforts toward Katy Perry were fruitless.
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GJ - The efforts of Ski and Glende were not entirely fruitless. They made themselves the poster boys for WELS Church and Change, the public face of private apostasy.
Both of them finally hid their infamous poses with the half-clad Perry. They cannot hide their in-your-face attitude, which manifests itself in so many ways.
People expect teen-aged boys to be awestruck and proud that they got to pose with Miss Perry, who apparently forgot to finish dressing that day. But no one expects middle-aged men with wives and families to remain emotionally frozen in the teen years, especially when the pastors offer themselves as youth leaders.
"Avoiding the appearance of evil" is for chumps, Church and Change says.
I am glad Church and Change chose this pair to show everyone what the organization could do. A lot of money was spent in Columbus, Ohio, to show what Church Growth could do. Glende knows because his big, old non-WELS congregation went along with it. Shrinker Stolzenburg did his work and the church is much smaller than it was in the past.
The question is how long members and pastors will put up with the DPs running interference for these louts.
Remember the Church and Change playbook:
- Pretend to be doing something no one else can or will do.
- Deny the facts, especially when supported by evidence.
- Erase the evidence.
- Anonymously attack anyone who doubts the supreme virtue of the apostates.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "WELS Church and Money Changers Fail To Convert Kat...":
We have not made the world more Lutheran, but the world has made us more worldly.
That's what happens when you try to copy what the rock stars are doing.
Here's and example from the evangelical camp at large: Contemporary Christian Music. I remember 30 years ago when it was their aim to be a bridge to the lost. The lost would heard the message in music that they liked. 25 years ago Amy Grant came out with "Crossing Over" with very little if any "Gospel" message in the music. It was to be a bridge to bring people to a comfort level that would perhaps lead them to checking out the scriptures. Amy's legacy as a purely pop star is well known. Now you have "God is my girlfriend" type music that is hard to differentiate from any other secular pop.
There is no longer any message in the music. But boy does it sell!
It seems the Ski and Glende types have taken lessons from they folks described above. Now their banal and insipid attempts at being "real, relavent" has left them with a bag of nothing.
But, man are they cool.
Where's the message?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "WELS Church and Money Changers Fail To Convert Kat...":
Thank you for your comments Mr. Jim Becker. We are all glad so see lay-leader(elder?) men taking an outspoken stance against apostasy.
Ski and Glende middle-aged? Those guys are under 40! Fifty-two is the new middle-age. My pastor was born a fuddy duddy; however, he did go through the ages of 12 and 20. Pastors are supposed to be squares, it comes with the job description. The Bible says that pastors are to be ABOVE REPROACH. I pray for the poor wives. Give it six months, a year at most, at least one wife from that circle will go ballistic.(always happens)
I remember the CCM from 30 year ago. Amy Grant went through a divorce. Sandy Patty had a little trouble with the 6th commandment. Showmanship is a far cry from just singing in the church choir.
In Christ,
from WELS church lady
