Jury Trial Set for Ex-Church Official Charged with Child Pornography - Waukesha, WI Patch:
A jury trial has been set for former communications director for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod who faces up to 75 years in prison if convicted on three counts of possessing child pornography.
Joel W. Hochmuth will go before the jury March 13 and 14. A jury status hearing is scheduled for March 8.
Hochmuth was charged in November after detectives from the Waukesha Police Department met with a special agent from the FBI, who told detectives that Hochmuth was using the Internet handle “Skiguy10101” had child pornography on his computer depicting “pre-pubescent and adolescent boys engaged in various sexual acts,” according to a criminal complaint.
Hochmuth told authorities that the number of images found on his computer in Waukesha “was nothing compared to what they would find in his office,” the complaint states. Hochmuth denied downloading pornographic images on his work computer but police located three thumb drives at the WELS office in Wauwatosa, 2929 N Mayfair Rd., that had nine images and videos of young boys engaged in sexual acts, the complaint states. Authorities believe boys shown in the graphic pictures ranged from 10 to 14 years old.
Hochmuth was terminated from his position when the allegations came to light.
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GJ - My detective friend sent this to me. So far this is the only story posted. Will Christian News cover it or spike?
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"Telling anyone 'You are saved' without discerning faith in Christ alone for salvation, is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit at work in the Word."
It's important to notice that UOJ teaches that faith saves. Faith doesn't obtain Christ as Mediator, it doesn't regenerate, it is not that through which God's wrath is appeased and definitly not that through which we are forgiven of all sin. Faith simply saves which is the benefit of all the things listed above which God has given the whole unbelieving world while they abhore Him, curse Him in their Mortal sin being under the Law.
It is a different faith that they teach than that which the Holy Ghost creates solely through the Menas of Grace. Lito and I pointed that out in the BJS Justification thread. Some go so far as to confess faith is a work of man (CELC essay provides proof) and all reject faith as that righteousness of Christ which gives assurance of being in Christ through faith.
Sophistry is the name of the game and the way in which this heinous doctrine of UOJ has been taught to millions who do not practice Scriptural discernment. They say Faith saves but fail to explain the breadth of their confession and expose their insubordination to God's Word.
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Hi Pastor Jackson, as you may know, after not submitting items to Christian News (and not even subscribing for six years) for a long time, I have picked it up again, and am sending CN stuff for whatever the editor may choose to print. Pastor Otten does not surf the Internet (not sure how much his wife or children do), but he has expressed his appreciation for my sending him whatever I believe to be potentially CN-worthy, from whatever I may find on the Internet. I have taken note of this article. There is nothing new in it except mentioning a jury date. Once a not guilty or guilty verdict is reached, or a change in plea is made, or some other significant new development is published and documented, I will forward it to CN for their consideration. (Of course there is nothing stopping CN from citing the article apart from me if they want to.)
I will also comment generally that although I don't agree with everything you say or how you say it (though you are frequently laugh-out-loud funny), I do appreciate your standing up for what you believe and do believe your voice is important and worthy of consideration. I did go through the PDF file of your new book on Justification by Faith and do believe it is worthy of reading. I did wonder about the statement in your Foreword, "This book is dedicated to all the faithful Lutherans, often unnamed, who have encouraged research into this vital topic of justification by faith. Two of them became Roman Catholics in their frustration with the pitiful ignorance of the so-called conservative Lutheran leaders and professors." Two of them became Roman Catholics? How is that good?
One post that I agreed with that you wrote was at http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2011/08/universalism-everywhere-elca-rome-syn.html. You wrote, "Telling anyone 'You are saved' without discerning faith in Christ alone for salvation, is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit at work in the Word." God willing, I may address this issue in something I might send in the future to CN. I was concerned to read on Lutherquest, "the object of our faith is not something like; 'Jesus died for me and if I believe that, God will credit it to me as righteousness'. It sounds very pious to say that; 'Christ with his perfect righteousness and satisfaction is the object of faith', but our faith is not merely in the Atonement." I thought about arguing about that on LQ but figured it would be a waste of time and effort.
In any event, that's all for now, and hope you and yours have a blessed day.
Sincerely yours in Christ,
David Becker
"Telling anyone 'You are saved' without discerning faith in Christ alone for salvation, is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit at work in the Word."
It's important to notice that UOJ teaches that faith saves. Faith doesn't obtain Christ as Mediator, it doesn't regenerate, it is not that through which God's wrath is appeased and definitly not that through which we are forgiven of all sin. Faith simply saves which is the benefit of all the things listed above which God has given the whole unbelieving world while they abhore Him, curse Him in their Mortal sin being under the Law.
It is a different faith that they teach than that which the Holy Ghost creates solely through the Menas of Grace. Lito and I pointed that out in the BJS Justification thread. Some go so far as to confess faith is a work of man (CELC essay provides proof) and all reject faith as that righteousness of Christ which gives assurance of being in Christ through faith.
Sophistry is the name of the game and the way in which this heinous doctrine of UOJ has been taught to millions who do not practice Scriptural discernment. They say Faith saves but fail to explain the breadth of their confession and expose their insubordination to God's Word.
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