Two people greatly encouraged me today. One urged me to continue writing on justification by faith. Many people are participating in studying the issue, and I enjoy doing my little part. Unlike the UOJ Hive, I am only too happy to represent the other side of the issue. That has clarified the issue for many people.
I enjoy writing about justification by faith, because that was Luther's Biblical theme. Justification by faith is the Gospel. UOJ is Pietistic, rationalistic nonsense.
Another message of encouragement came from a rant posted by the Tim Glende crowd. It sounded like Paul McCain again, but they all sound alike. The Glende blog is the Groundhog Day of cowardly, badly spelled invective, endlessly repeating itself.
Eighth Commandment
One of McCain's pals cited the Eighth Commandment against me because I called SP Harrison's campaign manager a plagiarist and Romanist. When I pointed out the way McCain appeared to write articles he was only copying, the LCMS pastor said, "That's his MO."
I know about the modus operandi of plagiarists. I deal with them from time to time. That does not make stealing the original words of another person legal or ethical. At a university, plagiarism can be the sole cause for expulsion, whether done by a faculty member or a student. But a supposed editor at a church publishing house? - that is a lot of money to pay for copy and paste.
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McCain's St. Mark Plagiarism
In one recent case, the citation came at the end, marked only as a link to "Source." In APA, that means the article was based on the insights of that source, but using the writer's own words.
Instead, McCain's post was verbatim from The Catholic Encyclopedia. I had no idea at the beginning of the article that he did not write a word of it. Secondly, I did not know it was verbatim from The Catholic Encyclopedia until I opened up a second window and compared paragraph after paragraph. And yet, McCain linked it on LaughQuest as an article from HIS blog to read.
Five or more words in a row, from another source, should be clearly marked as quotations from that source.
Bugenhagen Plagiarism
I suspected that more of this was going on, so I did a tiny bit of checking and found another McCain post, on Bugenhagen, copied directly from a Lutheran blog (Northwoods Lutherans) - no citation at all. But Paul wanted LaughQuest readers to study HIS momentous words, so he linked his post on LQ.
Chrysostom Plagiarism
I did another quick check tonight and found McCain's Chrysostom post extremely well developed, with tons of extra research information at the end. The Chrysostom opening is stolen from here (Concordia and Koinonia), and not attributed. The rest of the article is from The Catholic Encyclopedia, which is named at the beginning. However, it is not clear that the rest of the post is verbatim from the Roman Catholic source.
Take Your Own Medicine, Pope Paul
McCain just congratulated Rolf Preus for apologizing. The time has come for McCain to repent and apologize for defrauding his readers and sources. He is stealing the work of another to pose as a scholar with a vast knowledge of many subjects.
Even Ski and Glende know how to copy and paste. Their spelling and editing is almost as bad as McCain's. No wonder he feels at home on their blog.
bruce-church (http://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Two Encouraging Comments: From 29A and Pope Paul t...":
So Rolf Preus apologized over his past statements about the non-orthodoxy of the LCMS? Also, I just looked at Cyberbrethern for the last week, and didn't see any comments on Rolf's apology. Did McCain make the comments on LaughQuest? Thanks for filling me in:
http://cyberbrethren.com/
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| Pastor Rolf David Preus (Rolf) Senior Member Username: Rolf Post Number: 7058 Registered: 5-2001 |
In March of 2005, shortly after Reverend David Mahsman and Mr. Leonard Pranschke lost the positions they held in the Missouri Synod, I posted here on Luther Quest an unkind and unbrotherly attack on these men, gloating over their misfortune, and saying I was “overjoyed” that they lost their positions. Dredging up in my mind the synodical conflicts of the past where these brothers and my dear father were at odds, I thought that I was somehow honoring my father by attacking these men. I was wrong. I was not honoring my father at all. I was dishonoring myself. Our love of orthodoxy and the pure doctrine of God’s word is love for the truth that God, for the sake of Christ’s holy and vicarious obedience and suffering, forgives us all our sins and sets us at peace with him. The faith that receives this forgiveness and peace is the faith that issues into a love for the brethren and a desire to live at peace with all men, especially our fellow Christians. When a minister of the Word writes mean and hurtful things that militate against the gospel of reconciliation he does positive harm to the cause of the gospel. For that I am sincerely sorry. I apologize to Rev. Mahsman and to Mr. Pranschke. What I wrote was mean-spirited. I am sorry I wrote it and I retract it. I never should have written it. Pastor Rolf David Preus | ||
     Paul T. McCain (Ptmccain) Advanced Member Username: Ptmccain Post Number: 851 Registered: 4-2009 |
Now that's an apology. Thank you, Rev. Preus. We, fellow sinner/saints, rejoice with you that the blood of Jesus, His son, cleanses us from all sin. Thanks be to God. |
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bruce-church (http://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Two Encouraging Comments: From 29A and Pope Paul t...":
Rev. David Mahsman and Mr. Leonard Pranschke were longtime Bohlmann acolytes. Mahsman was editor of The Lutheran Witness and Reporter and Pranschke held various positions in the Purple Palace and headed up the law firm that the LCMS Inc. retained:
Jesus First leader Jon J. Coyne wrote about Rolf in 2005:
http://www.jesusfirst.net/2005May01.htm
Snippet: I will also share one statement by Rev. Rolf Preus, a former LCMS pastor and brother to Christian Preus (current member of the BOD), Rev. Daniel Preus (former LCMS 1st VP) and Rev. Klemet Preus (writer for Consensus). Pastor Rolf Preus writes on a public website the following:
“There is life outside of Missouri! But as a former member of "our" Synod I must say that I am overjoyed at the fact that Pranschke and Mahsman have both been fired. The wheels of justice grind very slowly. But they grind very fine . . .”
Later Rev. Preus continues his statement with these words:
“Back in 1989 (during the days when the LCMS had an adjudication system) Ralph Bohlmann engineered the firing of my father as president of CTS (Concordia Theological Seminary) in Ft. Wayne through his lackeys on the BOR (Board of Regents) at CTS by means of a fraudulent "honorable" retirement. During my father's efforts to regain his office through the adjudication system of the synod, Mahsman regularly distorted the facts of the case by means of selective reporting that deliberately left out crucial information. He, Pranschke, and many other members of the permanent bureaucracy at the Purple Palace regularly carried water for Ralph Bohlmann in Bohlmann's vendetta against CTS, Robert Preus and anyone else in the confessional movement who might threaten Bohlmann's hegemony over the LCMS. Mahsmann pretended objectivity in print while spreading rumors about how the BOR "honorably" retired Robert Preus to spare him embarrassment.”
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bruce-church (http://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Two Encouraging Comments: From 29A and Pope Paul t...":
The Rolf Preus situation might explain the recent remarks in the DP's sermon at the Ft. Wayne Call Service, namely, about how it is "twisted" for one pastor to take another brother to task via blogs in the name of correcting that brother. See comments here:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/05/stern-warnings-from-concordia-ft-wayne.html
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bruce-church (http://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Two Encouraging Comments: From 29A and Pope Paul t...":
Apology from Pr. Rolf Preus
http://www.lutherquest.org/cgi-bin/discus40/show.cgi?tpc=13&post=264820#POST264820
