Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback - WSJ.com. Can the Official Team of the Wisconsin Synod Supplant God's Quarterback?

Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback - WSJ.com:

On a brisk Thursday evening in mid-November, I sat high in the stands at a Denver Broncos home game, covering the ears of my 4-year-old son as the fans around us launched f-bombs at Tim Tebow, the Broncos' struggling second-year quarterback. Mr. Tebow was ineffective and off-target for most of the game, and one of his more voluble and obnoxious critics was standing right in front of us.


But the heckler's friend wasn't joining in. "Just wait until the end of the fourth quarter," he said. "That's Tebow time."

And so it was. In the waning moments against the New York Jets, Mr. Tebow manufactured a 95-yard game-winning drive, punctuated by his own 20-yard touchdown dash. He brought the Broncos back from imminent defeat, just as he had done in previous weeks against the Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs.

And when the shouting was over, Mr. Tebow did what he always does—he pointed skyward and took a knee in prayer. In postgame interviews, the young quarterback often starts by saying, "First, I'd like to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" and ends with "God bless." He stresses that football is just a game and that God doesn't care who wins or loses.


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A Tale of Three Wives: Life on the Campaign Trail | Newt Gingrich 2012

A Tale of Three Wives: Life on the Campaign Trail | Newt Gingrich 2012:

GJ - I think they meant "three lives." Spelling counts, Mequon grads.

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Yahoo News wrote:


Get Me Re-Write: Gingrich Site Mentions '3 Wives' By CHARLES BABINGTON

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rick Perry isn't the only one to have an "oops" moment in the Republican presidential contest.

An article on Newt Gingrich's official website is headlined "A Tale of Three Wives: Life on the Campaign Trail."

It's a short, feel-good piece about Gingrich's wife, Callista, and the wives of Perry and Jon Huntsman. It might, however, remind viewers that Callista is Gingrich's third wife. His divorces from the first two — he has acknowledged marital infidelity in both marriages — are a subject of campaign conversation and perhaps some difficulty with religiously conservative voters.

The religious network CBN News wrote the article. Gingrich's campaign posted it, headline and all, on his website, Newt.org, last week. It's commonplace for campaigns to reprint such articles on their sites, said Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond. He declined further comment.

In last Saturday's televised GOP debate, moderator George Stephanopoulous asked whether "a candidate who breaks his marital vows is more likely to break faith with voters?"

Church transforms into coffee chain - LarkNews.com - A Good Source for Christian News. Hope for Grace (WELS) in Milwaukee

This article is satire,
but the one below about Grace, WELS, Milwaukee, is real.
I consider the Grace information self-satire.

Church transforms into coffee chain - LarkNews.com - A Good Source for Christian News:


DENVER — Connection Metro Church, which used its foyer coffee bars to attract visitors to its eight satellite churches in the Denver area, has decided to abandon ministry altogether to focus on coffee.

“People liked the coffee a lot better than the ministry, according to congregational surveys, so we’re practicing what we preached and focusing on our strengths,” says former teaching pastor and now chief marketing officer, Peter Brown.

Many in the congregation seem downright relieved.

“The sermons were okay, but the vanilla frappes were dynamite,” says one woman who regularly attended the church for two years so she could enjoy the special brews. “I even brought my Jewish neighbors and they loved them.”

The staff of Connection Metro Church began noticing last year that more money was coming in through the coffee bar than in the offering.

“People complimented us about the pastries and mochas but didn’t really mention the teaching,” says Brown. “After feeling disappointed, we got pragmatic about it and realized God was telling us where to put our efforts.”

The church renovated each of its locations into Connection Coffee Houses and removed most traces of its spiritual past. Now crowds are up and many former members are flourishing.

“Who knew I was so gifted at making foam?” says the former head usher, now the head barista, as he makes a heart-shaped design on a cappuccino.


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Fuller-trained WELS VP Huebner,
who replaced
"There's no Church Growth Movement in WELS" Wayne Mueller.

God’s grace welcomes you, no matter who you are or where you come from – and so do we. We invite you to enjoy life-related messages and inspiring music in the services, Milwaukee-roasted coffee in the Grace Place coffee shop, friendly people, and helpful information on this site.

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Grace Place Coffee…
a place to congregate

Grace Place Coffee is located on the main floor of the Grace Center at the main entry on Juneau and is open to the public. This full service coffee shop proudly serves a variety of Stone Creek coffees, espresso drinks, teas and pastries. Free WiFi is available. Come relax and enjoy your drink while browsing the internet, watching TV, or studying with friends. Grace Place Coffee regularly hosts performances and fun events, so keep an eye on the what’s new page.

Grace Place Coffee welcomes you!

Grace Place Coffee is available for meetings, weddings, or for those renting the Grace Center great hall. The space seats up to 30 people and even more with overflow into the atrium. A large screen TV is available for presentations. View a virtual tour of Grace Place.

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    Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1209 North Broadway Milwaukee, WI 53202 | (414) 271-3006

Pastor Daron Lindemann
dlindemann@gracedowntown.org
(414) 271-3006, ext. 104

In 1999, Pastor Lindemann became the first associate pastor in Grace's history. His ministry responsibilities include Grace Group supervision and shepherd coaching, new member nurture, leadership and staff development, evangelism, volunteer support, and counseling, along with regular preaching and teaching. He also preaches regularly for the Message from the Master radio broadcast and is a fully-trained barista for the Grace Place coffee shop.

Pastor Otten Buries Joel Hochmuth Arrest on Page Seven! A Month Afterwards, With a Brief Spin Editorial from David Becker

The WELS Director of Communications wore this prison
anti-suicide garment for his first court appearance.
His pricey lawyer contradicted the Criminal Complaint, where Joel already admitted to downloading and sharing the man-boy rape videos and graphics.
In WELS, repentance means changing the story.

Evidence Hearing - December 16th - unless...

I was waiting for Christian News to acknowledge the biggest crime story in the Olde Synodical Conference in decades. Nothing. Nothing. Finally, a month later, David Becker's spin on the story appeared on the page 7! - in a small box easily overlooked.

Otten had the story that a WELS vicar molested a minor girl in the congregation where he was working, but he spiked that news completely. The vicar, Scott Zerbe, went to state prison. Fred Adrian, who tried to cover it up, is back in the WELS ministry. (I left the room every time Adrian, DMB chairman, opened his yap.) Those who rush to cover up the truth wonder why the same crimes keep happening and growing worse.

How many times has the FBI revealed a homosexual child porn ring at a synodical headquarters, rading the place? If this had happened at ELCA headquarters, a big story might have been on page one. But in Christian News, page one is always reserved for breaking news, like Waldo Werning's latest claims, or the results of the Iron Man contest, senior division, or a new Babtist book being published.


KJV Luke 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea,
than that he should offend one of these little ones.


The date of the evidence hearing might be changed for various reasons. Or Hochmuth's attorney may waive the right, which will skip the rehearsal of all those disgusting details fully described in the Criminal Complaint, the basis for the search warrant.

WELS is busy spinning the story. This is my take on the crimes that took place at WELS headquarters:

1. SP Schroeder denies knowing that Joel Hochmuth was a homosexual child pornographer. However, someone did know, since Joel confessed to it and told the police that he and his wife went to counseling for it.
2. Whoever covered up this on-going crime was complicit in its spread. Little boys were raped by grown men to provide the material swapped on these peer-to-peer sharing groups. The Internet files will exist forever, as shown by the recent discovery of a man arrested with 500,000 files. Hochmuth and his protectors helped in the re-raping of these children.
3. SP Schroeder claims that WELS is not paying for Hochmuth's lawyer. That is likely true, since the synod has to pay for its own lawyers in dealing with a host of issues, such as future lawsuits. It would probably be unethical for Hochmuth's attorney to defend the criminal and the synod. People still wonder how Hochmuth managed to find the priciest lawyer in the state on short notice.
4. Schroeder was in a hurry to announce Hochmuth being forgiven, because the child pornographer's lawyer glibly claimed it was an adult pornography issue that required counseling. Since the attorney only says what the client allows, the public has a written record of Joel's lack of contrition. Expect a plea-bargain to lesser charges, such a j-walking or unpaid traffic tickets.
5. Meanwhile, WELS is still promoting homosexuality with its Facebook page - Bring Back Party in the MLC. Although the video was finally pulled from YouTube (again!), the original is linked on the FB page, with almost 1400 people liking it.
6. WELS is receiving full recompense for decades of slandering anyone who dared to address grave problems, whether doctrinal or criminal.

I have been ordered not to criticize SP Schroeder. However, I do not engage in the personal attacks so dearly loved by WELS. I am simply identifying the incompetence that makes Gurgle look good in comparison.

The founders of Church and Change (Jeske, Witt, Parlow, Aderman) have been rewarded generously by Schroeder, who protects them by claiming how helpless he is.

Gurgle was horrible in finances, but he never owned two headquarters at the same time, in the middle of a commercial real estate depression.

For sale, cheap. Needs fumigation.

KJV Luke 16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Newt Gringrich - Another LCMS Member Who Poped

"Missouri Synod, Babtist, Roman Catholic - all about the same.
I poped to please my  mistress, I mean, my wife.
I don't know how Marvin Schwan got his second wife to switch from Rome to Lutheran."
The speech above was invented, but the facts were not.

I say this item is interesting because when I interviewed Gingrich recently for our radio show “The American View,” he wasn’t all that interested in God’s rule over the civil government. Here’s part of that interview in which we discussed his latest book “Winning the Future: The 21st Century Contract with America” (Henry Regnery). Gingrich says he was “born a Lutheran, raised in the Missouri Synod, converted as a young adult to being Southern Baptist.”

Calista is a life-long Roman Catholic who graduated from Luther College in Iowa.
She began her relationship with Newt when he was 50, married, and she was 27.
Calista's spooky eyes are not Photoshopped.

The American View