Ingrid Schleuter had the same problem in the SWD with DP Wille.
So what’s the recourse for a member? Take it to the court of public opinion and create information in the field to be shared with others. The Lutheran Witness is no longer sole arbiter of controlled information.
I lifted this lament from a mother who writes about the children abandoning the Lutheran faith. source. "
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That graphic has always made me laugh!
I think Pastor Rydecki is getting synod fatigue. My hope is that he's getting close to understanding that proponents of Objective Justification really honestly do believe in Universal Justification. His conversation with Adam Peeler on Intrepid is illuminating what he really believes--the correct understanding of justification. To an extent, however, he's still using the old terminology and that's getting him nowhere with the UOJ stormtroopers. Let's hope that he has an epiphany that helps him move beyond trying to describe Atonement with the word Justification.
Mr. Brett Meyer, if you're out there, Rydecki is exactly the sort I was talking about when I said there are people who say they believe something, but don't really believe it. We all fall prey to this in some area of our lives/beliefs. I think we need a "Seven Stages of UOJ recovery"
1. Denial of the problem, ignoring dissenters.
2. Denial of the problem, patronizing dissenters.
3. Denial of the problem, appealing to authority (This step is the beginning of the upward turn, because the subject returns to the source material)
4. Trying to make the incorrect language fit the truth
5. Getting lost in a myriad of circular conversations
6. Acceptance of UOJ falsity
7. Promoting Justification by faith alone
Bored, somewhere in your seven step you could include Dr. Jackson's realization--that the LCMS, WELS and ELS are nothing but a bunch of pietists posing as true Lutherans while rejecting some of the most important true Lutheran doctrine (atonement, justification, election, etc.). At least other Lutheran denominations are more forthcoming about their true background, like the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations: www.aflc.org
True 'nuff, Bruce. True, nuff.
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