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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Katy Perry - WELS Poster Girl for The CORE and St....":
Pastor Jackson,
You have gone too far in posting this. It is one thing to criticize Ski and Glende for their photos with Perry, but it is another thing to post offensive material which has nothing to do with those men or The Core.
It is one thing to link an offensive video that is topical in your endeavor to expose Lutheran apostasy, it is another thing to post offensive material that is not topical--even in an attempt to be humorous.
This post makes you no better than the students you criticize for doing the same thing.
Though it is to be expected of sinful people, it is disappointing to see your slip into hypocrisy with this post.
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GJ - It is disappointing that you anonymously attack someone for posting news and connecting it with WELS. But I am glad you opened this up for discussion. I appreciate your sanctimonious sanctions.
Ski and Glende were so proud of posing with female celebrities, even when partially dressed (like Katy Perry and MariQueen) that they posted those pictures on their Facebook websites, for everyone to see. Glende featured his Katy photo on his main page for weeks. They are the only two men I know (not to mention pastors) who have emphasized photos with other women. After a few weeks of exposure on their public websites, the open access was shut down, but that does not mean anyone apologized or took away the pictures.
Katy Perry is so infamous that even an old unhip guy like me knows who she is. My college students know all the facts about the younger celebrities, so I wonder what this culture approach at WELS in Fox Valley says to that crowd. We are just like you? We will try anything--except God's Word--to reach you? That is juvenile, pathetic, and on the low end of the Reformed way of thinking.
Ski's office is also full of his favorite photos. He is the only male groupie I have heard about. That seems to be far more than a part of his life - it is his life.
Why should anyone forget that Fox Valley is the face of Church and Change? Kelm has a call there and was helping Parlow with that Willow Creek Community Church in Depere. Ron Ash at Freedom is chairman of Church and Change. Ski was listed on the board.
Fox Valley is famous for studying Babtist Andy Stanley's book, as part of their circuit study. What? They need to be even more Babtist? Is that possible?
So Katy Perry and her pal, showing their immaturity on the Net, are a perfect backdrop for WELS Church and Change.
Katy, I learned, began her music career as a Gospel singer, but flopped. Later, her first big hit was "Ur So Gay," followed by "I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It."
The Internet news showed Katy Perry going with a British lout known for his vulgarity.
This all belongs with walking together, hoof and claw, with servants of their Father Below.
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Katy Perry - WELS Poster Girl for The CORE and St....":
Well said Pastor Jackson!
Ski, a married man and a pastor, showing scantily clad Katy Perry photos with himself publicly, is so way beyond the pale--even for the WELS ministerium.
Due to the WELS anti-Pietistic stance regarding sanctification, they are always pushing the moral outrage envelop further and further out.
They get away with it at synodical schools due to mob rules. If anyone objected, they would be sorry they had year after year after year, because the mob has a memory like an elephant.
I think that God, frustrated after trying all the normal routes to disciplining, had Al Gore create the Web just so he could get at the WELS ministerium.
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GJ - Of course, I also got a few nasty comments from the usual WELS crowd, the ones who confuse gross name-calling with wit. As Reagan said about Gary Hart's affairs, "Boys will be boys, but boys don't become president." Unfortunately, immaturity is no barrier to ordination in WELS.
