Uriah 'Eep Sends Letter on the Humility of the WELS Grads.Ski? Glende? Patterson? Jeske? Kelm? Mueller? Gunn? Hunter? Doebler? Olson? Radloff? Valleskey? VP Huebner?

If drinking and decrepitating earned academic credit, they would all have DMins.


Although there has never been any interest in my well-being from the Synod since I left, there is still a strong interest in my capital.  Missouri hounded me for a week and when I didn't answer sent me a letter requesting money for their Seminary in St. Louis.  (I left in 1996).  WELS doesn't call, but the dumbed-down pleas for my living stash and a ghoulish interest in what I leave behind is relentless. To paraphrase my hero Superjock Larry Lujack: "If I have but one life to live, I'm sure as HELL not gonna give it for my Synod." 

Attached is a letter stressing the humility of this year's graduating class at the Sausage Factory.
Permission to print

Jim Becker

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GJ - I had to dab my eyes a bit when I read the letter. Only a man with a heart of stone could read that letter and not be moved...to gales of laughter.

1. This seminary approves the feminazi-Adam-as-a-myth NNIV.
2. They have promoted Fuller doctrine for decades.
3. Their faculty, even their former president, are Fuller-trained.
4. They train their students to plagiarize false teachers and lie about it.

Bruce Church - Squirrels

Bruce Church has left a new comment on your post "Squirrel Baffle Update: Spoiled Entitlement Squirr...":

My war with the squirrels began when they figured out how to climb a shepherd's crook. I think it was when a new and improved squirrel came to my yard since they looked more athletic, but also as the enamel paint on the poles (bars) and baffles dulls, it's easier for squirrels to climb. WD-40 on the pole is only effective until the first rain. I didn't feel like buying enamel paint and redoing the paint job since that could be an every year job to keep the pain shiny and slippery. That's when I inserted a shiny 6-foot 6" wide $6 chimney pipe over the pole, and they never make it up that more than a couple feet. The squirrels refer to it as the 6-6-6.

Then however, they resorted to jumping down on the feeders from the house roof, the wires, and the detached garage roof. It took a while for me to find a spot near the kitchen window where the squirrels couldn't jump to the bird feeder, moving it a few feet this way and that. Shepherds crooks are easy to move if you let a gallon of water soak in before lifting the iron out, or before standing on the iron to force it into the ground. Hot water will quickly unfreeze the ground, too. Else, you can wait for a good rain.

Once I found the perfect location that no squirrel could get to for an entire year, I replaced the crook with a 8-foot 4x4 from Menards ($6). The $29 post hole digger was on sale for $20. I dug the hole 2 feet deep. Since the post is treated, no concrete is necessary. The chimney fit over the 4x4. I drilled a 1/2" hole in the top of the 4x4 and inserted the top part of the shepherds crook. My crook has two hooks, on which I put a feeder with safflower, another with black sunflower seed, and in the middle I put a suet cage on a wire hook I made.

The juvenile robins, cardinals and black-capped chickadee really love suet, so I'm helping the next generation of birds by using year round suet. All the birds will at least occasionally eat from each feeder and suet cake. Woodpeckers eat suet 99% of the time, of course.

I'm really happy with "First Nature's Niche Waterer and Bird Bath" ($20). I tried hanging it up first, but the wind caught and all the water runs out. So I put in another 4x4 post (same as above). The waterer has a built-in mount for 4x4 posts. The birds love it.

Finally, I have a hummingbird feeder with a large homemade ant mote filled with water to keep the ants and earwigs out of the sugar water, plus out of one box bird feeder:

First Nature's Niche Waterer and Bird Bath
http://www.amazon.com/First-Natures-Niche-Waterer-Bird/dp/B000RHSS32/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308364725&sr=8-1

Ruby Prism Hummingbird Feeder
http://www.amazon.com/Trap-Moat-Hummingbird-Feeders-Bulk/dp/tags-on-product/B001BZNWVM

Water moat:
http://www.amazon.com/Trap-Moat-Hummingbird-Feeders-Bulk/dp/tags-on-product/B001BZNWVM

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Squirrel jumps off porch roof to defeat baffle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YlauyBzZdU&NR=1

Squirrel defeats double baffle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7VpKY3mPsM&feature=related

Squirrel using weld seam on baffle as grip to defeat it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwH30DAQttQ

Bruce Church Kicks One Through the Goal Posts

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Why suddenly all the mergers and "collaboration" among synods and groups of local churches? Success has many fathers, but failure is a orphan. Also, misery loves company.

Liberals love ecumenism since liberalism causes churches to shrink and members to donate less (the less religious give less and have fewer children generally), so one must share resources regardless of doctrine. Also, the realization is that the liberal church is failing, so liberals band together so "everyone and no one" "owns" the failure.

The same goes with so-called conservative churches. Doctrine becomes less and less important as the need for "everyone and no one" to own the failure rises, that is, the larger the failure becomes, and the greater the need for merging resources, the more people look for unions.

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GJ - Bruce Church is correct. Congregations "merge" because it sounds better than closing. Parochial schools (Appleton) pool their resources to fulfill the Latin motto - out of many, one.

The history of the mainline denominations is one of mergers. Andover merged with Newton. Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago is comprised of Maywood, Augustana, Central, and perhaps one more. But LSTC added McCormick on the same site, a Jesuit school, and who knows what else. LSTC was a dream, a Lutheran school next to the famous University of Chicago. Now the school is a nightmare of financial meltdown.

Northwestern College in Watertown and Martin Luther College in New Ulm merged to form Martin Luther College in New Ulm.

Missouri no longer needs two seminaries and the Little Sect does not need its palatial digs at all. WELS seminary classes are shrinking as fast as WELS. Since they have all shared the same womanizer as donor, they can pool their resources in many different ways, often in one place.

In keeping with the practice of other mainline denominations, the Little Three could fund a campus at Fuller Seminary, with one administrator and a couple of instructors to maintain the Lutheran mirage. Each empty campus could become a for-profit school or a low security prison.

Salaries and benefits will not shrink but staff sizes will. The LCA once did a "study" about staff, hiring a famous outside consulting firm. Many were kicked out but the survivors received the large raises suggested by the experts they hired.

The economy is speeding up what was already happening in the Little Three. The administrators will still have so much power and money that clergy will continue to play nice in order to keep the gravy train on the right track. No one will dare get in the cross-hairs of a DP or SP. Instead, they will direct their congregations into new opportunities for sharing resources and greater cooperation.

I remember when The ALC and LCA hailed the exodus of the Seminex faculty and the formation of the AELC. Richard Jungkuntz, from the little WELS college in Watertown, was a leader in this liberation. So was Gehrke, also from NWC.

Hearts were gay as Lutheran liberals salivated at the thought of everyone getting together. The AELC fueled every bad concept knocking around both denominations, which were only 20 years old at the time. Conrad Bergendoff opposed a merger because the LCA had not really merged yet. Nevertheless, the radicals kept the momentum going and ELCA became an enormous operation with a collapsing budget, failing schools, and congregations fleeing from the wrath to come.

Today's ELCA is a portrait of what the Little Three will become in a few years.

Squirrel Baffle Update: Spoiled Entitlement Squirrel Uses Baffle To Reach Food

Here is someone's video, showing how clever squirrels are.

I have been placing peanuts on the window sill, mostly for the squirrels, but also for any birds (like blue jays) that love them.

The new baffle from the hardware store was working well since Sunday - so I thought.

Today I watched a squirrel reach the squirrel-proof bird-feeder and eat from it, using the bush as one foot-rest and the bottom of the baffle as the other. He was a little unsteady but ate continuously and happily.

Some may remember that I faced this Olympic athlete before. I cut away all the bush props at the other feeder, because he reached up into it with his tiny paws. After losing the lower perch, he dangled down from above, his hind legs allowing him to clutch the bush while his front paws scooped seed from the bird-feeder.

Brett Meyer - On the Syn Conference Covert Agenda Becoming an Overt Merger

The moderator enjoyed this vision of the real Emmaus Conference.


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The psuedo conservative Lutheran blogs are drooling over the possibility that the (W)ELS might regain open fellowship with the LCMS. The 2011 Emmaus conference was the first public expression of the hope they all have.

Each synod is brimming with false doctrine and practice being promoted or, in large part, at least condoned. SP Harrison was honest in admitting that at the conference - the (W)ELS SP's not so much. What's interesting is the Lutheran blogs talk about recovering confessionalism in their denominations but only plan to do so by trying to convert existing pastors and "called" workers. They all ignore the wellspring of false doctrine and practice which is established in their colleges and seminaries. Their approach to resolving this horrendous problem is not to heedlessly apply Law and Gospel when need, as needed, but to quietly address the most blatant issues without offending those directly involved. This approach raises relationships, fellowship and emotions above God's Word, above the Living Water, above Christ.

Open fellowship between the (W)ELS and LCMS is the next step and it's being promoted and prepared for in some interesting ways.

For instance, LCMS SP Matt Harrison is retranslating Walther's Church and Ministry. This is one doctrine which is keeping the three (two-ish) Synods apart. He stated at the Emmaus conference, in regards to the possibility that differences could be overcome between the synods, that in his translation he is finding that Mueller didn't translate Walther properly and that the Synods may not be that far apart. There are many references to Harrison's statements regarding his translation, here is one.

http://swd.lcms.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=LKITv%2Fpw4Nk%3D&tabid=3928

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GJ - Yes, charge with smoke blowing "Church and Ministry," while all three sects fail to come clean on justification by faith, Fuller dogma, and union with ELCA.

That is how the Prinz Eugen got away from the historic sea battle that sank the Bismarck. The British ships turned away when Eugen charged, so a smaller ship got away from all the larger ships.

In the next week I will have an interesting post that will change minds about Holy Mother Synod.

Glende the Bully Published a Private Email

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Yes, I sent those remarks to "Glende" about a week ago. It was a personal message, so rather he posted the comment or not, made no difference to me. What is with these 39 year-old pastors? Do the Church Growth leaders give these young guys papal dispensations which allow apostasies to go unpunished? I was only looking out for his best interest.(which would be his spiritual life, of course)Take a look at some of these 29-30 year-old pastors. These guys are preaching Confessional Lutheran Doctrine! Many have been outspoken against Mark Jeske and the likes. These same pastors are also the main ones(there are others) speaking against the adoption of the NNIV. I almost forgot about Daniel Baker.(laity) He is under 21 and plays the church organ on a regular basis.

All I can say about the older church growth pastors, Cornerstone Ministry directors, and TV preachers is "Follow The Money!"

In Christ,
Rebecca

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GJ - The blogger, who is most likely Glende, refuses to list his name and predilections, but publishes a personal email without permission?

That is standard behavior for the Changers. One Changer accused a Missouri professor (suspected of being orthodox, most likely) on Facebook of being my source. The Changer is on the Love Shack staff. That was funny, since my alleged source has never been in contact with me, apart from agreeing to be a FB friend.

A WELS DP demanded to know how an ELS pastor knew me, not in a complimentary way. That is another Shrinker/UOJ approach - assume guilt and wait for a denial or apology.
One ELS contact unfriended me lately, but so did David Scaer and Pope Paul the Unlearned, many moons ago.

Hint - Leonard Sweet and Waldo Werning are among my FB friends. So are some of the leading lights of Fuller Seminary and Lutheran Shrinkage.

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“The blogger” is a coward engaging heinous acts while posing as a divine leader. The same holds true for the conspirators who ousted Rick Tecklin. It all shows just how corrupt and evil religious orders can become when headed by leaders putting their personal interests and delusions over the Word.

Racing Toward Survival: WELS and Missouri Are Just Like ELCA, Closing and Cutting Back To Stay Alive

Patterson's Easter Bunny Comforts Child.
"Everything will be just fine, after Cornerstone tugs at our purse-strings heart-strings."

Finding sustainability for Racine’s struggling Lutheran churches

STEPHANIE JONES stephanie.jones@journaltimes.com | Posted: Friday, June 17, 2011 6:34 am | 1 Comment

What is the future of the Catholic Church in Racine County?

In Racine County, east of the Interstate 94, there are 11 Catholic parishes, counted Julie Wolf, communication director for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Similar to the Evangelical Lutheran churches, she said there is a focus on having churches work together. “The trend archdiocese-wide is for more collaboration,” she said.

In the past the church has been more “top down,” with recommendations coming from above, she said.

Now the focus is more “bottom up,” Wolf said.

In 1998, five churches merged to form St. Richard’s, 1509 Grand Ave. But she did not know about plans for any future mergers.

RACINE - In the past, "sheep stealing" was not uncommon in area churches, said Rev. Mary Janz, a pastor at Racine's Emmaus Lutheran Church.

That is the practice of competing to try to bring members from other churches into your own church, Janz said.

But now with some area churches struggling, local Lutheran churches are shedding sheep stealing in favor of herding together.

Starting earlier this year, members from most of Racine's ELCA congregations (Evangelical Lutheran Churches in America) joined together to discuss the future of area churches. The group is looking at the gifts the churches have and thinking about future partnerships to become one community-minded church instead of a dozen-plus separate churches. Those future partnerships could include mergers and consolidations of the Racine area's ELCA churches, said Rev. Michael Mueller, a pastor at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 1015 Four Mile Road. But the focus is on working together first, he said.

The struggle
Mueller serves half-time at his parish because of budget constraints, he said, and he has not had as much time for spiritual teaching opportunities. He knows of eight other Racine area congregations in the same situation.

"A lot of us are struggling. We wouldn't be half-time if we weren't," Mueller said. The struggle is a combination of the loss of members and the economic downturn, he said.
Our community has changed, Janz said. Growing up in the 1950s stores were closed on Sundays and people went to church in part because there weren't as many alternatives, she said. The family structure has also changed, she said. Financially her church is also struggling, but her membership is up after recently adding a Hispanic ministry.

Discussions about larger partnerships go back 15 years, said Janz, who has been with Emmaus, 1925 Summit Ave., for 20 years. It hasn't worked in the past, but she thinks it will be different now.
"Because of the financial crisis there are more people who are willing to sit honestly at the table," Janz said.

Recent merger
In 2006, Good Shepard, 5040 Northwestern Ave., joined with Holy Communion, 2000 West Sixth St., to form one congregation together.

Good Shepard Lutheran Church was struggling, said Stephen Samuelson, the interim pastor at Holy Communion. Since the two churches merged, they still have services at both churches. But they now operate under one budget and share resources. The two parishes are doing well, Samuelson said.
That is one example of how churches could work together, Mueller said. Another example is that Emmaus and St. Andrew both offer a Saturday afternoon service that few people attend, Mueller said. Possibly they could combine services in the future to help share resources.

The partnership process
To help figure out what the next step is for the area ELCA churches, representatives from area congregations are working with Sandra Chrostowski, the director of evangelical missions for the Greater Milwaukee Synod., the body which represents 137 ELCA congregations in southeastern Wisconsin.

"We are taking a journey together," Chrostowski said. Leaders in area congregations are meeting with people in their congregations and community to see what area needs are and to see where resources can be pooled, she said. Then they are coming together. Possibly more formal relationships could be formed where congregations merge together, she said.

"We don't know," Chrostowski said about the final outcome. "It's not a top-down decision ... It's about congregations really faithfully listening to one another."

Squirrel - Proof Friendly Feeder Raises Score to 11-0.Squirrel Baffles Humans, Defeats Squirrel-Proof Feeder

For Father's Day last year I got a squirrel-proof bird feeder. We were all enchanted with the blue jays nesting in a bush outside the bedroom window, within eyesight of my computer desk. The squirrels are abundant, so I got the model illustrated above, with weight on the bar keeping the seed locked up.

Birds are so light that many can feed on that bar without lowering it and shutting off the food supply.

This worked well for an entire year. I fed the squirrels field corn and a new composite type of corn. When I bought a bag of peanuts in the shell, for snacks, I decided to share them on the window sill. I lift up the window, place some peanuts on the ledge, and watch them feed.

Recently two fed at once on the window sill. I thought they would fight, but instead, one groomed the other, chewing through the pal's fur. Suddenly they sat up and faced each other. Turf battle? The Sill-marillion? No, they touched paws and faces in a quick little friendship move. Grooming resumed after.

For Father's Day this year, the squirrel decided to defeat me again. He climbed the pole of the bird-feeder, held on with one arm, and pumped the bar to jiggle sunflower seed out into his mouth.

I had my wife come and watch the show. She said, "Time to take down the feeder!" I said, "No, this is entertaining. Besides, I can put a baffle on the pole."

Sassy Sue and I went to hardware store for a baffle. Duncraft sells a large one for about $30. I can imagine an ad saying, "Perfect for our formerly squirrel-proof feeders!"

Sassy went outside with me to install the bracket under the baffle. Unlike the photo above, our land is fairly level and Sassy's friends live next door. They love to have her walk over and greet them. I have to watch them, since Homer is a grouch who thinks Sassy is too peppy and loud. Sometimes he sits in the corner and looks disgusted. Once he bowled her over. Sassy watches for cues from me. I call her back after a few seconds of mutual greetings.

Sassy Sue is quite popular around town. At the dog park, children love to throw her ball and watch her snatch it out of the air, bringing it back. Very few dogs retrieve balls. I have not seen one that brings it back to the owner's hands.

More significantly, Sassy Sue astonishes the audience by jumping up with her three legs to get the ball. No one is surprised when she plants herself and catches the ball with a loud "Swak!" sound on the way down. But when she is running full speed away from me and grabs it before it hits the ground, everyone says, "How does she do that?" I am still impressed, after seeing it done many times.

One father was far away with several small children. Soon they were all behind me, watching the show. Next they were participating. More than one girl has said, "Sassy is a bossy dog!" I usually answer, "They gave her the right name." I have not heard a dog talking so much at the park. Sassy tells me to hurry up when we walk toward the gate. She barks loudly at her friends inside the park.

People see the loving nature of Sassy right away. She has a shy smile that invites petting, and she asks for more. She recently sat in my lap, put her paws around my neck, and hugged me. If she can involve two of us in petting her at the same time, that is perfect.

I happened to stop at Dairy Queen without Sassy in the back seat. The young woman gave me the cone I always share with the family and asked, "Where is Sassy Sue?"

Sassy's new duty includes watching for the fox in our yard. Our daughter-in-law first spotted it last year, but I thought that was just a chance sighting, an animal walking through. The fox must live in the wooded lot and prowl our yard a lot.

Sassy's perch is on top of my pillow, looking out the bedroom window that faces the wooded lot. This is where she keeps track of everything on our little street. Dogs and cats do not trouble her (except on TV) but that fox sends her into hunting mode.

I have seen the fox walking back into the woods, thanks to her alarms.

When I go to the kitchen, three dogs follow me, in case I am getting something they like. They love the sound of things being unwrapped. When I make a cheese sandwich, they expect some, lining up shoulder to shoulder.

I normally ask, "Would the Three Little Piggies like some cheese?"

They move forward one step, in unison. When I told this story in a sermon, Sassy's ears perked up.

Sassy Sue Vocabulary
I have lost track of how many sounds Sassy Sue can make. She has a German Shepherd vocabulary and all the strange vocal habits of the Cattle Dog, derived from the wild Dingo which is part of the breed's DNA.

She rarely warbles, but it is fun to hear. One night she saw her reflection in the bedroom window, since the inside light was on. She sat up and warbled, warning us about the dog in the window.

When I stop at the bank or post office, she sticks half her body out of the window and gives me a loud bark, once or twice. She grins at me and sits on my seat until I return. People find it comical when they see her in the driver's seat.

Last week I stopped at the vet's office to pick up medicine. Sassy's last trip earned her some shots. I left the window down. She stuck her body out and gave a long warbling warning cry. I understood. "No more shots!"

Hiding Out - The Syn Conference Method For Getting Things Done

This photo illustrates the Syn Conference method of dealing with doctrinal issues: allow plenty of room to disappear and hide.

Our old Sheltie used to bark away the trucks on the street, as long as she was safely behind the pool fence.

The Lutheran blogs are welcome to copy this as their logo. I have several designs, illustrated below. Feel free to copy and paste. That is the way to get the big grants today - copy and paste.

"They Adorn Their Venom With My Labor"

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I love the caption on the photo but it may be more appropriate to call them the Appleton Dumbpling Gang or the Dumb Appleton Gang.
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Two months of hissy fits from the UOJ crowd has me in a merry mood. Tim Glende has another post, where he "reveals" the WELS Church Lady while trying to conceal his own.

He asks, "Why do you call me Tim Glende?" But he never addresses the question.

We have many data points indicating Tim Glende as the anonymous bully.

1. He blogs from Appleton on a Mac, but stopped sending comments here when I identified him.
   
2. He responds with great fury about Appleton and The CORE.
   
3. He was a bully in high school and college.
   
4. He is a mean-spirited and vindictive bully in his parish. The evidence is his treatment of a member, Rick Techlin, excommunicating him for asking questions about plagiarizing Groeschel and other foul, dishonest deeds.
   
5. He had the Doctrinal Pussycat replace the Circuit Pussycat for daring to address his plagiarism. Incidentally, he lied about copying Groeschel.
   
6. He grew up in a non-WELS, Masonic Church Growth congregation, where a pastor kicked out of Missouri for adultery was allowed to run the WELS circuit and promote false doctrine.
   
7. He became Facebook friends with Kudu Don Patterson in May.
   
8. He had a special post, when I told the truth about his classmate Aaron Frey being canned as MLS president.
   
9. All co-inky-dinks, I am sure.
   

The quotation in the headline is from the Smalcald Articles (Luther). I knew the Sausage Factory grads would never recognize it. The statement made me laugh as I thought about the LutherQueasies and Tim Glende. Together they fume, excommunicate, and name-call to perfection. They clearly hate justification by faith and denounce anyone who follows the Scriptures and Luther on the essential content of the Gospel.