Ichabod -
I just sent this email
response to WELS president Rev. Mark Schroeder. Please publish it, (if you will),
as it is meant to be an open letter:
Dear Rev. Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, President,
Mark Schroeder,
Consider this short email a
response to your last recent email to me, as I make reference to, in my
recently posted ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/ website published
posting:
I will be frank with you. As
the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod chief operating officer
"president," you sent me two emails of general nature. When asked by
me to be specific, your second email did not provide specifics, only to
(basically) say (in so many words) that you have taken exception to what I have
publicly communicated. Apparently, you either read the ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/
website, authored by Rev. Dr. Gregory Jackson, or someone sent you a copy of
some of my “Ichabod” comments and / or published articles.
But, be that as it may, I
assert that you need to come to the conclusion, admitting that WELS and some of
its member congregations (and pastors) have been errant in their teaching and
preaching. I have to conclude that you are apparently tolerant and / or in
agreement of such widespread practice of false teaching of Scripture that is
not in accordance with the Book of Concord as Luther taught the hallmark Biblical
teaching of "justification by faith alone." [Ephesians 2:8-9 ; Romans
1:17 ; Galatians 2:16] For further understanding, I leave you with an “Ichabod”
link:
I am convinced that you and
others in high synodical bureaucratic positions of influence in the WELS, have
been aware for some time now, how Dr. Gregory Jackson via his
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/ website, has clearly pointed
out the present doctrinal error in Christendom – that, being, “universal
objective justification" – the same false doctrine, as taught, preached,
practiced and promulgated in the denominational world of Lutheranism; WELS,
included.
Hence, I ask that you make
wise use of your time not wasting that time, emailing me, but that you rather
labor to cease the proliferation of false doctrine in WELS and also work with
your Lutheran synodical counterparts, in sincere efforts to stop the
anti-Scriptural teaching of universal objective justification and its sinful
cancerous [type] promulgating furtherance. I ask you to be brutally honest with
yourself; strip yourself of ecclesiastical pretentiousness and get on with the
work of the Lord. Please do that - I urge you, not only as a matter of Gospel
honesty and self respect, but for the high noble goal, - [that being] defending
the Christian Faith [Jude 3] - not denying and contradicting it.
Sincerely,
Nathan M. Bickel - emeritus
pastor
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
Email Copy:
To the “Ichabod” website as an open
letter:
