Experiences vary.
Below are identical sets of quotations from various catechisms and the Book of Concord.
Until the Kuske Catechism, WELS and Missouri taught justification by faith to the little ones.
Papenfuss, the Torquemada of Kokomo, admitted that he never heard of UOJ until he reached the sacred grounds of The Sausage Factory.
Now everyone seems to be utterly brainwashed in UOJ, endlessly repeating the talking points.
Universal salvation is mindlessly taught--and yet denied--by DP Buchholz.
Too bad these old catechisms cannot be shredded and forgotten. The copies remain here and there. Some people even crack open the Book of Concord, which is packed with misleading quotations about justification by faith. So is Romans.
No wonder the star graduates of Mequon steal their sermons, even their emails, from such nitwits as Hybels, Groeschel, Driscoll, and Stanley. If these WELS heroes post their "sermons" on the Net, people laugh at the obvious plagiarism.
Leaders like Deputy Doug Englebrecht offer this defense - "Many of our pastors copy from others."
This is a grand admission of failure:
- Failure to study and preach the Word of God.
- Failure to abide by the call contract.
- Failure to obey the civil laws against plagiarism and dishonesty.
- Failure to be honest with the congregation.
If a layman reports obvious plagiarism by a WELS pastor, he is blasted by the very official entrusted with supervision.
