The Chief Article of Christianity is justification by faith, but the primary passion of the established Lutheran synods in America is justification without faith - Universal Objective Justification:
- ELCA - everyone is forgiven, without faith, without the Word, without the Means of Grace.
- LCMS - everyone is forgiven, without faith, without the Word, without the Means of Grace.
- WELS - everyone is forgiven, without faith, without the Word, without the Means of Grace.
- ELS - everyone is forgiven, without faith, without the Word, without the Means of Grace.
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| WELS is becoming more confessional: two of his staffers have confessed to felonies in the last year. |
Various bloggers will posture about Luther for a few moments today, but their own dogma rejects the Gospel of the Scriptures.
To make matters worse, they hide their dirty little secret and pretend to teach justification by faith, but they shun, excommunicate, and suspend anyone who teaches what the Reformer risked his life to proclaim.
I remember Jay Webber scoffing at the stupidity of the Kokomo Statements, but now the Torquemada of Ternopil is hard at work enforcing Kokomo. That is how double-talk works: say one thing, mean the opposite. Webber and Buchholz pursue justification by faith with the single-mindedness of Inspector Javert.
Today the Lutherans are obsessed with works and sell indulgences to wealthy adulterers. The "Good News" today is - You were born forgiven, so leave your wife for your mistress. Mess up your children for life. But build us some cathedral-chapels and everything will be fine. The angels will sing and everyone will praise your name.
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| No Call Paul still clings to the nonsense of Edward Preuss, the St. Louis professor who became a Roman Catholic advocate. Something about Preuss resonates with McCain, who styles himself a "confessional Lutheran." |
Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Martin Luther - Spurned by Lutherans in Name Only....":
Just a note. The singular UOJ refrain given the four synods above maybe misleading. Some may get the impression they all teach the same false gospel. The truth is that they all teach a version of Universal Justification but even within the (W)ELS and LCMS there are multiple versions which contradict each other. Read through (W)ELS DP Jon Buchholz' 2012 UOJ essay, much like his 2005 essay, and you'll find a significant amount of time spent deriding various versions within and without his own denomination. [GJ - True, and yet he sounds just like J. P. Meyer, whom he has criticized.]
What the false teachers of UOJ won't admit is that in the world today there is no concord on their man-made rationalist doctrine. That's why those who lead the parade must write long winded defenses every so often. It is the only way to curb their members enthusiasm. And I do mean enthusiasm in the Lutheran sense.
For instance: Buchholz will deny their are saints in Hell. Saints being an individual who has been forgiven of all their sins. (W)ELS Siegbert W. Becker reluctantly walks the reader of his essay through the process step by step to end up with saints in Hell. The LCMS clergy of LutherQuest boldly pronounce that all of the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah who are now in Hell were declared righteous in Christ and were forgiven all of their sins.
Contradiction, inconsistency and lies are the nature of the beast.
