Augustana College - Named after the Augsburg Confession, Proves My Point about Anti-Confessional Attitudes In the Synodical Conference

Augustana College in Rock Island, Illiniois,
formed to fight the anti-Confessionalism of the General Synod,
the Church Growth Movement of its day.

Augustana began with Pietistic unionism but joined orthodoxy because of the influence of key, early leaders, one of them trained at Capitol Seminary, now ELCA, in Columbus Ohio, where Lenski and Leupold taught a little later.



Exposing the ELCA:

ELCA affiliated Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, is hosting a lecture on Jan. 13, 2011, by Dr. Peter Ochs. Dr. Ochs is a “(p)rofessor of modern Judaic studies at the University of Virginia and founder of a revolutionary approach to reading scripture . . .” (read here)

Dr. Ochs will lecture about “scriptural reasoning” and will have a demonstration of how it is done. “Scriptural reasoning is a way of studying scripture with people from different faith traditions.” This includes studying the Qur’an with Muslims.

The press release put out by Augustana College says, “Ochs' lecture will show students and community members the importance of scriptural reasoning for peace and understanding between traditions. ‘Divine voice(s) are not heard deeply without learning and effort — and, we add, without listening to those who hear in ways that are slightly different,’ he said.” (read here)

You may want to read the above quote again. Augustana is bring Dr. Ochs in to their college to “show students and community members” this method where “Divine voices” are heard in other faiths.

This is another example of an ELCA-related entity that is introducing false doctrine. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the one true God. They are not the god of the Muslims or any other religion. (read more about this here)