- It's like baseball, where nothing happens without the ball. Nothing happens without the Word of God.
- Those who deny the efficacy of the Word in the Sacraments are opponents of the Word, but Lutherans who go along with this are traitors.
- God gives grace only through the Means of Grace; that includes forgiveness (justification).
- Faith justifies, while unbelief condemns.
- The Word brings the cross: when in doubt about this, ask Jesus.
- The entire world may be wrong, but that does not negate a single truth of the Scriptures.
ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.