AC V has left a new comment on your post "Another Fuller Program Will Cure the Ills Caused b...":
Excellent observations, rlschultz!
Did you catch how Bivens described the pastor's role in the Divine Service rite of Confession/Absolution in his Q&A answer posted here on Ichabod (http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2011/10/false-teachers-mislead-students-at.html)?
"This is why (AC V - i.e. UOJ) we may speak to one another to say 'Your sins are forgiven' or 'In the name of God, I forgive your sins.' This is why a pastor, acting on behalf of all the Christians in the assembly, says the same thing."
That's not how the rite reads even in the WELS CW hymnal: "Therefore, as a called servant of Christ and by his authority, I forgive you..."
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GJ - UOJ extinguishes the concept of the Means of Grace and obliterates the real Gospel with a fake Gospel of all-forgiveness masking all-law, which is really their message for most people. For the right people, it is all-forgiveness, which means they can do whatever they want. Notice how they waver between excusing whatever they do while condemning everyone else.
