Tim Glende unburdened himself again on his anonymous blog. At least he did not steal one of my copyrighted Photoshops this time. But, I still see graphics, stolen from me, on his blog. Someone should remind Tim that he is not above the law, even if his uncle teaches at The Sausage Factory.
I have urged Tim to continue publishing his blog. His quarterly rate of posting seems to have picked up a little, but his logic is still at the repeat-after-me stage. Sadly, the WELS clerics learn little critical thinking on their way to that cherished diploma. Tim is a good example of that shortcoming.
Because a free copy of Schmid is linked on my blog, Glende thinks that his copied quotes from Schmid prove I am a false teacher. Do not warm Ichabodians to our task, o Tim the Plagiarist. You are the one who has stolen entire sermons and graphics from Groeschel, to keep St. Peter Freedom from dying (!?). Tim, the unrepentant, you had the Doctrinal Pussycat fire the circuit pastor for daring to confront you about plagiarism.
Besides, your own publishing house has translated and printed Schmid's History of Pietism. You are indicting yourself, your publishing house, and your synod. If it is wrong to refer to Schmid, how much worse is it to publish the alleged heresiarch?
My copy of Schmid is from the Mequon book sale, so Tim is accusing all the clergy of WELS, since Schmid was quite popular at one time in WELS. All Schmid did in his excellent book was collect orthodox quotations from various sources. There is nothing quite like it in Lutheran publishing. Tim would not know that, since he concentrates on the real, relevant, and relational stuff from the Enthusiasts.
Schmid was quite learned but not the best writer. His History of Pietism could not be repeated by anyone today.
Tim is a bullying liar. He has to come out of the blogging closet and reveal himself, no longer staying anonymous, if he wants anyone to take him seriously. (Anyone besides Englebrecht!)
Here is an example of his fractured sentence construction:
"But from what we have seen on his blog, and in spite of the degrees he boasts of from such illustrious liberal and Roman Catholic institutions as Yale and Notre Dame, we doubt he has the capacity to do that."
I did not know Yale was a liberal Roman Catholic institution!
Glende expects a lawyer from his congregation to be in awe of the superb education at Mequon and NWC - an education so vast and deep that no one is worthy of debating any doctrinal topic with Herr Pastor. However, whenever Tim tries to write, he reveals himself as a clown who needs Groeschel to write his sermons, Driscoll to do his thinking, Stanley to guide his worship, and Satan to give him power.
A married pastor with children should not publish a photo of himself posing with a tart like Katy Perry. First of all, it shows no respect for his wife, family, or congregation. Secondly, it reveals the temperament of a cheat. WELS has a multi-faceted portrait of Max und Morris, Tim and Ski - both eager to pose with skags and false teachers, but loathe to study and teach Biblical Lutheran doctrine.
