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Steadfast Lutherans » More on the Preus Era — Waldo Werning and David Settje review Burkee’s Book:

Jack Preus did a lot to get Chemnitz published in English and wrote a biography of the Concordist.

Robert Preus was respected by all conservative Protestants,
but hated by liberal Lutherans.

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Andy Stanley Cool Is Not Lutheran Worship

AC V has left a new comment on your post "Where Does Anti-Confessionalism End?Universalism a...":

Let's see now, that was a service and sermon about John Parlow, Mike Westendorf, Herod, Mary, Joseph, and YOU/ME, but....Jesus? Not so much.

Also, how hypocritical to preach against a secular Christmas, but then worship and preach in a secular setting: Pre-December on the calendar, but full Christmas decorations in front of the hidden altar (which is there to receive the offering plates apparently because Parlow made special mention that the ushers couldn't get to the altar because it was backstage behind the props), and Scriptural texts that are appointed for the church year calendar festival of Epiphany which always falls on January 6, the 12th day of Christmas. Remember that song?

And on and on and on....

Make no mistake about it, WELS readers, that way of "doing church" is being encouraged in WELS and along with it a (further) departure from Confessional Lutheranism.

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Referencing:

“and talk about a guy (Christ) whose life didn’t work out the way he planned….”

John Parlow

http://vimeo.com/user9457217/review/33918382/a96b8e812a.

http://stmarkpartners.org/go/downloads

Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Where Does Anti-Confessionalism End?Universalism a...":

My apologies, (W)ELS Pastor Parlow's statement about Christ begins at 32:00

Even more disturbing is Parlow's statements at 34:20 where he teaches the real message of Christmas - "The real story is not hat you are promised a merry Hallmark Christmas. It is the good news of God the child, born in a manger, died on a cross, laid in a tomb, risen from the grave, seated at the right hand of the Father, coming back one day to set the world right, your world right. And more importantly, right now for you, to make your messy world right."

REALLY?!? The message of Christmas is that Christ will return one day to make our messy world right? That is a New Age millennialist teaching.

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AC V has left a new comment on your post "Andy Stanley Cool Is Not Lutheran Worship":

And more importantly, right now for you, to make your messy world right.

Jesus is going to get my mother-in-law to go back home after Christmas?

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AC V has left a new comment on your post "Andy Stanley Cool Is Not Lutheran Worship":

Excellent article by John Pless linked below: "Delivering Forgiveness of Sins."

The reason WELS is so readily jettisoning the liturgy and replacing it with Evangelical worship forms is because of UOJ.

A few quotes:

The crisis over the liturgy is a result of confusion over the forgiveness of sins. As such it is a doctrinal issue and therefore, ultimately church divisive.

Liturgy, as it is divine service, delivers the forgiveness of sins. The liturgy does not exist to provide edifying entertainment, motivation for sanctified living, or therapy for psychological distresses, but the forgiveness of sins.

The forgiveness of sins has no real presence within the theology of Evangelicalism. At best, troubled sinners are pointed back to Calvary. The problem is as Luther has reminded us - that forgiveness was acquired at Calvary but not delivered there. Calvary is back there in time almost two thousand years ago. At its worst, Evangelicalism turns the troubled sinner inward to his own conscience.

The cultus of Evangelicalism exchanges the absolution for assurances of grace, the Gospel as the efficacious Word of salvation for a gospel that invites and requires a human decision, and the supper of the Lord's body and blood for a symbolic recollection of the upper room. Where is the forgiveness of sins?

Read it all:

http://www.confessionalsbytes.com/2010/02/john-pless-delivering-forgiveness-of.html  

Always Learning - A Message from a Layman

rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "Dunning-Kruger Effect in the Olde Synodical Confer...":

"The almost universal attitude among the clergy is - 'I graduated from x seminary, so I have nothing left to learn.'"

A critical analysis of this statement would reveal that this is really nothing to brag about. Being a perpetual student should instill a sense of humility. Here at Ichabod, I appreciate the fact that comments from laity are almost always posted and are often used to create a new post. For one of my hobbies, I write an e-mail newsletter with a very small circulation. In every issue, I solicit comments and feedback. When I get them, usually the first thought that crosses my mind is - "I did not know that".

The naive and unsuspecting are usually the first victims of expertitis. Perhaps, there is a connection between this and a faulty view of the doctrine of public ministry and the Office of the Keys.

So much of the CG nonsense creates the illusion of participatory democracy. As has been pointed out elsewhere here at Ichabod, this is usually done to draw out the dissenters and find the yes-men.

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GJ - I like featuring the thoughtful comments, like the one above, and the negative ones. But I fear that the Shrinker finally realized they were doing their cause harm by coming out in the open. They have nothing to lose by staying in their pestiferous lairs and plotting additional assaults on the sly.

The fake blogger, also known as WELS Pastor Tim Glende, has ceased posting again. I am grateful that he has posted something about WELS sexual predators, his top post, with six manufactured comments. Eventually the rest of the synod will find out that hundreds or even thousands of felonious images were stored and used at the yet-unsold synod headquarters.

I learn the doctrinal quotes better by using them and even better by combining them with graphics. The more I quote orthodox Lutherans, the more hateful the "conservative" Lutherans leaders are. The more hateful they are, the more I value the lessons of Luther and the Book of Concord.

In sales, the takeaway close is effective. "You really cannot afford this car, sir. It is way above your budget." The answer, "I can too afford it. No problem."

When the WELS and Missouri leaders tell me that the Book of Concord is boring and irrelevant, I am sold on it. When I listen to them talk about evangelism or the basics of the faith I realize how little they know about Luther's doctrine, the spiritual wisdom of the Bible. They must know better. They studied under Fuller graduates (who lie about studying at Fuller, unless they are with allies).

Where Does Anti-Confessionalism End?Universalism and Crack-pot Sermons like John Parlow's

ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson and
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
have the same agenda.

I read the Lamentations of the Episcopal Church at Virtue Online, my looking glass into the future of the Lutheran Church.

Bishop Kate is busy suing her own congregations, to steal their property and drive away all traditional priests and bishops. Note her bio:

• She was an oceanographer, born in 1954.
• Ordained in 1994.
• Elected bishop in Nevada in 2000.
• Elected Presiding Bishop in 2006.

Bishop Mark has a similar background, with more parish experience.

• Born in 1946, his father a pastor of the ELC (Norwegian side of The ALC).
• Educated at the Devil's Playground (Union) and Luther Seminary.
• Ordained in 1974.
• Served three congregations, elected St. Paul bishop in 1995.
• Elected ELCA Presiding Bishop in 2001. Re-elected in 2007.

Both of them won national office through the power of the homosexual network in their denominations. Both bishops rewarded their followers by approving the ordination of homosexuals, a practice which had already been accepted for decades. Both are admired by mainline leaders for the way they are driving out all opposition.

Once the confessions are abandoned, anything is possible, and the radical extremes are quickly embraced. The liturgy and readings can keep faith alive during such crises, but church leaders are working hard to eliminate both in the name of being relevant and transforming lives. They also want to be sensitive and selectively diverse in a rainbow coalition of the Left, favoring the red and lavender shades.

Missouri, WELS, and the Little Sect on the Prairie supposedly prefer adulterous millionaires to the Lavender Mafia, although that is hard to believe with a homosexual serving as Director of Communications for WELS for five years.

When I was imprisoned at Mequon in 1987, I heard about a Steve Witte, whose congregation in the Appleton area had 5,000 members thanks to cell groups. He was quoted as saying, "I don't care what they study, as long as they have cell groups." Witte was a founder of Church and Change, along with Aderman, John Johnson, and some others, including Mark Jeske the Orange. (Watch him on Time of Grace - he is using Snooki's bronzer, making him look like a tall Oompa Loompa.)

Parlow: "Ski, you are not going to publish this photo, are you?"
Drive 08 Babtist Worship Conference

Appleton was anti-confessional 25 years ago. Now John Parlow is abusing the same parish. Here is an sample from Parlow:

“and talk about a guy (Christ) whose life didn’t work out the way he planned….”

John Parlow

http://vimeo.com/user9457217/review/33918382/a96b8e812a.

http://stmarkpartners.org/go/downloads

If I remember the phony doctorates right - 

1. Parlow got his DMin from Denver, 
2. Witte from Gordon Conwell, 
3. Kelm from St. Louis, 
4. Olson from Fuller, 
5. Richard Krause from an Ohio union group. 

All of them call themselves "Dr," which is really a belly laugh. When convenient, such as fooling the rich and gullible, or the rich buying indulgences, they are Lutheran. The rest of the time they are lazy, plagiarizing Universalists.

If you want to see the future of the Olde Synodical Conference, study The Episcopal Church. They were conservative traditionalists too, at one time. The "conservative" Lutherans are going the same way, but they will not have the same endowment funds to prop them up.

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Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Where Does Anti-Confessionalism End?Universalism a...":

My apologies, (W)ELS Pastor Parlow's statement about Christ begins at 32:00

Even more disturbing is Parlow's statements at 34:20 where he teaches the real message of Christmas - "The real story is not hat you are promised a merry Hallmark Christmas. It is the good news of God the child, born in a manger, died on a cross, laid in a tomb, risen from the grave, seated at the right hand of the Father, coming back one day to set the world right, your world right. And more importantly, right now for you, to make your messy world right."

REALLY?!? The message of Christmas is that Christ will return one day to make our messy world right? That is a New Age millennialist teaching.