From the Real Brett Meyer

The Real Martin Chemnitz

brett-meyer (http://brett-meyer.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Basic Tenets of UOJ Denied":

For those in the Lutheran churches who are orthodox Lutherans by holding a quia subscription to the Confessions here is a continuation of the quote above which declares the righteousness of faith and rejects the false gospel of UOJ and it's perversion of the Holy Spirit's faith given to and strengthened in men through the Means of Grace:

10] These treasures are offered us by the Holy Ghost in the promise of the holy Gospel; and faith alone is the only means by which we lay hold upon, accept, and apply, and appropriate them to ourselves. 11] This faith is a gift of God, by which we truly learn to know Christ, our Redeemer, in the Word of the Gospel, and trust in Him, that for the sake of His obedience alone we have the forgiveness of sins by grace, are regarded as godly and righteous by God the father, and are eternally saved. 12] Therefore it is considered and understood to be the same thing when Paul says that we are justified by faith, Rom. 3, 28, or that faith is counted to us for righteousness, Rom. 4, 5, and when he says that we are made righteous by the obedience of One, Rom. 5, 19, or that by the righteousness of One justification of faith came to all men, Rom. 5, 18. 13] For faith justifies, not for this cause and reason that it is so good a work and so fair a virtue, but because it lays hold of and accepts the merit of Christ in the promise of the holy Gospel; for this must be applied and appropriated to us by faith, if we are to be justified thereby. 14] Therefore the righteousness which is imputed to faith or to the believer out of pure grace is the obedience, suffering, and resurrection of Christ, since He has made satisfaction for us to the Law, and paid for [expiated] our sins. 15]

For since Christ is not man alone, but God and man in one undivided person, He was as little subject to the Law, because He is the Lord of the Law, as He had to suffer and die as far as His person is concerned. For this reason, then, His obedience, not only in suffering and dying, but also in this, that He in our stead was voluntarily made under the Law, and fulfilled it by this obedience, is imputed to us for righteousness, so that, on account of this complete obedience, which He rendered His heavenly Father for us, by doing and suffering, in living and dying, God forgives our sins, regards us as godly and righteous, and eternally saves us. 16] This righteousness is offered us by the Holy Ghost through the Gospel and in the Sacraments, and is applied, appropriated, and received through faith, whence believers have reconciliation with God, forgiveness of sins, the grace of God sonship, and heirship of eternal life.

17] Accordingly, the word justify here means to declare righteous and free from sins, and to absolve one from eternal punishment for the sake of Christ's righteousness, which is imputed by God to faith, Phil. 3, 9. For this use and understanding of this word is common in the Holy Scriptures of the Old and the New Testament. Prov. 17, 15: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord. Is. 5, 23: Woe unto them which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Rom. 8, 33: Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth, that is, absolves from sins and acquits.
http://www.bookofconcord.org/sd-righteousness.php

The Real Story Behind the Shut-down of WELS Perish Services

The WELS Tones sing,
Hymns to Hum

Paul Calvin Kelm had a great idea about introducing Contemporary Charismatic Music to WELS congregations.

"Wally has a great voice and Ron has good legs. We'll get another guy from the drama department at DMLC. With bouffant wigs and the right make-up, we can sneak CCM into WELS."

Ron warmed to the idea, faster than Paul expected. "We will make a record and use fake names. No one will know!"

No one told Ron that vinyl was out, so the Love Shack was stuck with a zillion albums like the one above.

"It doesn't matter. It was an insurance grant. If we didn't spend the money, the evil Missouri Synod would have spent it."

WELS issued a statement later, saying, "No records were made. If any records were made, they were in accordance with the Scriptures and the Confessions. Anyone who denies this is violating the Eighth Commandment and Matthew 18."

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GJ - Seriously folks. I have confirmed that Kelm and Stroh went fishing for funds at WELS Kingdom Workers.

"There was probably no single program more polarizing among the WELS ministerium than that of Perish Assistance."

Moreover, Kingdom Workers would not have gone around asking to revive something just shut down by the synod convention.

This is another pathetic attempt to pull a stunt, cover it up, and call the truth-tellers liars.

In other words, Church and Changer Modus Operandi.

Stop Hiding Behind That Asteroid

One of the Shrinker fans has honored Brett Meyer by writing fake posts in his name. That is the only way to tell when the WELS false teachers have figured out the score. They cannot engage in a doctrinal discussion, so they engage in sneak attacks.

Surprise - the overnight comments dropped almost to nothing, because I set up Open ID.

Here is one way to get an ID to use:

Just go here to get an OpenID:
https://www.myopenid.com/

"Your OpenID URL is how sites that accept OpenID know you. You can use your name or anything that you want to be known by."

The comments will still come to me first, via email.

Many bloggers turn off comments because they get tired of the anonymous, destructive, childish comments that flow in. The anti-anti-CG and anti-anti-UOJ bloggers cannot keep up with this site, so they try to hitch a free ride in an attempt to have an audience larger than their family reunion.