Will DP Glaeske be kicked out of WELS for daring to question the NNIV at the convention?
Silly rabbit, kicks are for Lutherans.
In the article by R. Koester briefly referenced on Ichabod, he undertakes to critique and analyze what he correctly identifies as flaws in NIV2011 re: gender neutral language. He concludes his critique referring to WELS dilemma: "I think our pastors and members have been put into a difficult position. Zondervan has forced denominations either to make quick decisions or to make a slower decision without the havoc that it creates." Not so! Zondervan hasn't FORCED any denomination, or synod into anything. The denominations rushed headlong into NIV territory. Those who chose NIV 1984 made a disastrous choice all on their own which is only now being manifested with in your face repercussions. R. Koester concludes his article: "Lessons learned in wrestling with NIV 2011 translation issue will help our people grow in their understanding of Bible Translation and interpretation."
One would only hope that would be true, but if the "people" rely on synod leaders who saw the old NIV as acceptable ( and that includes every official and pastor who either embraced or went along with the decision even if reluctantly), there is little hope that the "people" will ever be exposed to the deeper issues of reliability of differing manuscript evidence between that which Luther, Wycliffe, Tyndale, and KJV used, compared to the family of manuscript evidence used to some extent for every so called modern or contemporary translation since the late 19th Century. When WELS and other denomination, threw out the tested and proven KJV, the downward slide was inevitable and predictable. The voices along the way who did object or protest, were excised from the "body WELS", as obstructionists, out of touch with the times, unable to accept change, etc., etc., etc.
