Brett Meyer reports that the first session went well. He spoke to a lot of laity and pastors. Most were quite friendly and interested. Some were friends of mine, some by Internet, others from way back to Mequon.
I expedited 60 copies of Luther versus the UOJ Pietists: Justification by Faith to Brett. They left Memphis just before the flood warnings began to arrive. About half the copies were given out the first day. Brett also had an equal number of Jesus Priceless Treasure. They also were picked up by participants.
Brett's commute was 30 miles! He will be back tomorrow. Some synod officials are there in addition to the named speakers.
Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Synod Trifecta Going Well":
I thoroughly enjoyed the first day. Many people were extremely polite and friendly. I had a chance to speak to many people from the WELS, ELS, LCMS, CLC and ELCA.
Most who came to my table were unaware of any struggle for a sound doctrine of Justification in the Lutheran Synods and appreciated the free books and material. Some even brought other people back multiple times to share the information.
Pastor Buchholz brought Pastor Rydecki over to meet me. It was an unfortunate that I was talking to a old friend of Pastor Jackson at the time and I asked them to come back. I hope to have a chance to talk with him tomorrow.
All books and material were given out for free and along with the books noted in the post above were 5 page comparison of doctrinal statements by the Synods and theologians promoting UOJ and the Book of Concord and Martin Luther teaching Justification by Faith alone to the exclusion of UOJ, and a one page comparison of two versions of the Gausewitz Small Catechism without UOJ and the Kuske revision showing the insertion of the doctrine by the (W)ELS. The Justification by Faith information table can be seen in the far right side of the photo above. It was the only table offering information at the event.
Looking forward to the conference tomorrow.
