Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel has left a new comment on your post "Just Like Bishop Stephan, STD - The Founder of the...":
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Ichabod -
It is inconceivable that C.F. Walther was not privy to what was going on. How could he not know of Stephan's grievous sins?
As Penn State is considering taking down Paterno's statue, perhaps, some statutes of the LCMS second founder need to be considered for dismantling as well......
Nathan M. Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
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Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel has left a new comment on your post "Rev. Harrison - Tear Down That Idol!":
Ichabod - You have outdone yourself!
What a magnificent photo of the whitened Walther! I wonder how many gallons of solution, it has taken (over the years) to maintain his pure appearance.
Do you know if visitors to this graven image are required to wash their feet in LCMS holy water before venturing in on this festal concrete and stone garden? And, who pays for all that holy water? Does LCMS receive an annual grant from Thrivent?
Nathan M. Bickel
www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org
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bruce-church (http://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Rev. Harrison - Tear Down That Idol!":
Stephan is similar to Joseph Smith, and Walther to Brigham Young. Smith is the scandalous founder of the LDS who moved that sect around the US, and the less scandalous Brigham Young moved the sect to Utah where it stayed, and spread out from there. The mega-scandalous Stephan founded the LCMS and brought it to America and SE Missouri. Then the less scandalous Walther moved it to St. Louis where it headquartered and spread out from there.
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GJ - Your analogy limps. Dr. Church. Bringem' Young had 30+ wives, expanding upon the example of Joseph Smith, who had quite a few of his own. Young thought the day consisted of 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep, 8 hours of fun.
Phoenix has the densest population of Mormons outside of Salt Lake City. There were many plural marriages - perhaps 10,000 of them in the metropolis. I had some classes where most of the students were Mormons, and some where the entire class deeply resented the Mormon influence in local business.
I learned a lot.
