Scott E. Jungen has left a new comment on your post "Challenge to the Intrepid Lutherans (sic)":
bored,
Thank you.
Daniel,
From looking at your Facebook picture, you are young enough to be my son. That doesn't mean I'm really old, or you're really young. What it does mean is I've been around the WELS long enough to know that there is plenty of evidence and source material to remove any apostate WELS pastor that we wanted to be removed. The problem is having the will to do it.
Although I'm not from a WELS "family" I have gone through the prep system and college and ministry. I know the pull of the "good-old boy" network and the "don't rock the boat" mentality. It is as hard or harder to fight than teenage peer pressure. It just takes someone to lead the fight.
Come back in a few years when you have a career, a wife and kids and a mortgage, then you'll understand more of what our pastors have to lose. This is not an excuse, just an honest explanation.
I too am hoping that IL would be the place for the work to begin. For me, the jury is still out on them. Only the Lord knows how it will end, but rest assured His will will be done.
As for Ichabod, just enjoy it for what it is. I don't believe Dr. Jackson is out to save anything. I believe he enjoys poking men with an inflated sense of their own self-worth. Be thankful for what it has done for you, like getting your nose into that Book of Concord. For me, it has "connected the dots" on issues I've had with the WELS for years. And I know I'm on my best spelling and sentence construction when I post here. I know the Jackson "mighty red clicker" is looking over me. And that's what a good teacher does.
Scott E. Jungen
