One Eponymous Archon (https://me.yahoo.com/oneeponymousarchon) has left a new comment on your post "Brief Confession 1932 Contradicts Itself, Just Lik...":
Dear Dr. Jackson,
You are so very right about church conventions. The old saying, “You cannot legislate morality,” is also true when stated in this manner with regard to Lutheran Church bodies - “You cannot legislate confessionalism.” When I was in Missouri that was tried and it failed. Some may remember “A Statement” from the New Orleans convention. There were many very good and fine doctrinal statements in it, but it was never enforced, and thus Missouri is no better off now that it was then – in fact, of course it is much worse.
I have come to the painful but inevitable conclusion that democracy and confessionalism are mutually exclusive. As long as “majority” rules in church polity, even so-called conservative Lutheran church bodies will be held captive by the masses of poorly educated, doctrinally weak, and fearful laity and Pastors. Frankly, I don’t know what system is best for the governing of a church body, especially in these latter days when so many are afraid for their jobs at the expense of theological integrity.
I have seen both resolutions to the WELS convention regarding Time of Grace. The first is very weak and nearly unintelligible, and the second is a disgustingly fawning piece of dung. The synod should be absolutely ashamed of itself for not being able to deal with this heretic, Jeske, many years ago. But then again, there are many other heretics who have thrived in WELS for decades without being dealt with, so no big surprise there. I’m just very happy to no longer be a member of this worthless, crypto-Arminian synod. But then again, I’m just –
One Eponymoous Archon
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GJ - Heretics are rewarded. People love wolf-preaching, as Luther observed. Anyone with a browser, a search engine, and a modem can figure out that Glende and Ski are blatant, unapologetic plagiarists. The result? The DP ducks meetings and supports the Terrible Twos in excommunicating a member who brought this out into the open.
That method was repeated in Austin, Texas, where Glende FB Friend Patterson removed Joe and Lisa Krohn for the crime of asking questions about Cornerstone's $45k windfall and UOJ.
No one inside the synods will identify and denounce false doctrine. The leaders are so busy managing their Thrivent business thatt they cannot be bothered with sound doctrine.
The only "sin" that sticks with Jeske seems to be his synod-straddling. The real issue is false doctrine. But - "Touch not the Lord's anointed!" - which really means "Do not disturb the Daddy Warbucks!"
