The Apostles of Love have tried to sell their wares for many decades now. No one laughs harder than I do when hearing from the Slander Machine (WELS grapevine) that I an "uncharitable."
Pietism always worried itself over carnal sins, so they taught that the Law will cure the problems revealed by the Law. In other words, if an x-ray shows a broken bone (good diagnosis), an x-ray will also cure it (an early remedy that led to cancer and lost limbs).
Alcoholism was a problem, so Pietists had people take the pledge not to drink any alcohol, not even in Holy Communion. The Methodists built their denomination on the pledge. My friend in at a Methodist college school learned that Adam and Eve fell from grace because of a fermented grape, not the often-blamed apple.
Pietists want to transform the world, so they skip justification by faith and apply their Law:
- You must be in a cell group because small groups are the true Church.
- You must follow the orders of your cell group leader.
- You must shun those who do not share our deep, deep insights.
The Pietists love-bomb people into their groups and hate-bomb anyone who sees their hypocrisy. Banning all alcohol led to Prohibition and an explosion of crime through the high value illegal hooch. Making love the cause of conversion turned Pietists into selective love machines. They love large grants and bad music, but they have no love or tolerance for anyone not serving their interests.
Pietists move from the state of
- true-cellulite thinking to
- obvious hypocrisy
- to atheism and hedonism.
KJV John 16:8 And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on Me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see Me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
The Holy Spirit reproves the world of sin - the sin of not believing in Christ for justification (forgiveness). Jesus Himself teaches that the unbelief is the foundational sin. Therefore, justification by faith is the primary work of the Holy Spirit.
But the Pietists do not tolerate the simple, plain words of the Bible. They offer themselves and their love as the reason for people converting. And yet the three nastiest websites in the Free World are:
- LutherQuest
- Cyberbrethren
- The fake blog (when they are sober).
All three are so "passionate about Jesus" that they expend their limited vocabularies in mindless attacks. Several UOJ gurus managed to satirize themselves recently when they snarled at Rolf Preus (another UOJ Stormtrooper) for daring to come back to the Missouri Synod. An unrepentant Paul McCain demanded repentance from Rolf Preus, although both of them were born forgiven, according to their own imaginations.
