Ichabod, The Glory Has Departed: 03/09/12

Friday, March 9, 2012

Time for Bed

1. Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh;
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.

2. Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.

3. Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tend'rest blessing
May mine eyelids close.

4. Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep-blue sea.

5. Comfort every sufferer
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sin restrain.

6. Through the long night-watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.

7. When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.

8. Glory to the Father,
Glory to the Son,
And to Thee, blest Spirit,
While all ages run.

Hymn #654
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Proverbs 3:24
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865
Composer: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865
Tune: "Eudoxia"

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Tim Glende - AKA Anonymouse - Boiling Over on His Fake Blog,
Condemns Himself and His Own Pre-NIV Sect.

Another home run.
Squeak!

Anonymous said...
My response to Greg Jackson, and everyone else like him, (sic, comma in the wrong place) using the KJV, the version he and everyone else like him on the internet uses (sic, plural subject with a singular verb?) : "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (Matthew 15:14)

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GJ - The sentence structure, above, is so hopeless that I can hardly begin to unravel the meaning.

He quoted the KJV, so that means he considers himself a blind leader of the blind.

"He and everyone else like him" is an attempt at the guilt by association logical fallacy, but the limits to that group are unknown.

The claim made on his weighty blog - four posts already during 2012! - is that all KJV users are examples of the blind leading the blind.

That includes all the ministers, professors, and members of the Wisconsin Sect, before they forced the NIV on the masses. WELS did that by deliberating following the example of the Viet Cong.

The group also includes the entire English speaking world until 1960 and later, because nothing overtook the KJV until Murdoch's NIV bought the souls of denominational leaders by dragging a hundred dollar bill through each seminary faculty lounge.

Nineveh, another Murdoch fiasco.

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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Tim Glende - AKA Anonymouse - Boiling Over on His ...":

That would be a thousand dollar bill through the Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, faculty lounge, since those overpaid profs would turn up their noses at a $100 bill.

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Adolph Hoenecke has left a new comment on your post "Tim Glende - AKA Anonymouse - Boiling Over on His ...":

Served the church for 400 years and now it's a blind leader? Pleeeease! I could have used that cat at my house this week.

Ex-WELS Communications Director Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography - Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant, WI Patch

Perhaps this will be a beginning of true repentance among synodical leaders,
starting with honest reporting of the facts.

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Ex-WELS Communications Director Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography - Mount Pleasant-Sturtevant, WI Patch:

Ex-WELS Communications Director Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography
Waukesha man will be sentenced June 4 on felony charge after authorities found images at his home and on thumb drives at his work office in Wauwatosa.
By Sarah Millard Email the author 12:16 pm

The former communications director for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, Joel W. Hochmuth, who was fired from his position upon his arrest on child pornography charges, pleaded guilty Friday morning to one felony count of possessing child pornography.

As a result of the 52-year-old Waukesha man’s plea, two additional counts of possessing child pornography were dismissed. The Waukesha County district attorney’s office will recommend an unspecified amount of prison time when Hochmuth is sentenced at 2 p.m. June 4.

“We have gone over it ad nauseam,” said Paul Bucher, who is Hochmuth’s defense attorney.

“It is my decision,” Hochmuth told Judge Kathryn Foster shortly before pleading guilty to the charge. The case was set for a jury trial next week, which has been canceled as a result of the guilty plea.

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.

'via Blog this'

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Martin Spriggs, a Mequon graduate, is in charge of technology at The Love Shack. He is an ardent Church Growther who used to plagiarize Hybels, verbatim, in his sermons.

The thumb drives at 2929 are the smoking gun, but no one is going to offer any answers.

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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Ex-WELS Communications Director Pleads Guilty to P...":

No wonder Church Growthers in the WELS remain unemployed only for a matter of minutes before they receive their next call. Church Growthism on their resumes makes them qualified even for running technology at WELS HQs #1 (HQs #2 being Pewaukee). I imagine they can claim technology prowess after setting up all the satellite dishes and TiVos to receive all the televangelists broadcasts. (Regular pastors have problems getting even the WELS Connection DVDs to work, as many congregations have witnessed.)

The move to Pewaukee is starting to make more sense now. It can receive better satellite reception since Milwaukee is at 678 feet elevation, and Pewaukee at 853 feet.

Here's what WELS HQ #2 (aka Pewaukee Towers) will look like once the CG tech execs are finished with their "upgrades":

http://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/satellite-dishes-16.jpg

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LutherRocks has left a new comment on your post "Ex-WELS Communications Director Pleads Guilty to P...":

I have taken jump (thumb) drives with me to work that have data on them that I may or may not work on (view) to revise. To view the data as far as I know is not 'downloading'. Downloading or uploading as I understand is moving data to or from a server. Putting the best construction on Mr. Hochmuth's case by the facts presented would lead me to believe he brought his jump drives to work to view the data on his WELS owned computer; but that any downloading or uploading probably took place at his residence on his private computer. Of course none of my editorial lessens the seriousness of his transgressions.

I do pray for his reconciliation with his Lord.

Still what is disturbing to me is the counselling entity that was involved prior as reported by the media and documented in court records is never mentioned. From what I know of Wisconsin law is that any counsellor is bound by law to report illegal activities to the authorities. There are others culpable in this. Since Mr. Hochmuth was a WELS employee and was no doubt insured by WELS VEBA, most likely he would have been referred to WLCFS...a WELS entity...so who's talking??? I hear crickets....

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GJ - There is no best construction for heinous acts like this, Joe. The newspaper reporter was skeptical about the denial, which indicates background information. A good reporter for court news would be familiar with staff and get additional background details. I noticed spin on the story from the start, but I am not going to take time to unravel that.

When people asked who did the counselling, they received no answer from WELS, so I think you are right about WLCFS. Whoever kept silent joined the criminal ranks on this one.

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Joel Hockmuth

http://www.wisn.com/news/30646312/detail.html

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Scriptural and Doctrinal Graphics

One of my Moline classmates got me going on the Hebrews graphics, so I decided to post the Luther graphics together. I have more plans in this area, since Photoshop is so much fun to use.

In the last year or so I learned a lot about what works in moving from graphic to Photoshop to blog. For instance, graphics that are 640 pixels wide reproduce the best and keep the quotation from fuzzing up. For that I need large files at the beginning. Some older photos are great, but the backgrounds need to be removed for the right effect. The newest versions of Photoshop should fix that. Separating hair from a background used to be impossible. I understand it is now easy. I am on PS 3. The newest version is 6.

False teachers really despise the quotations. They hate being quoted and they loathe Luther's statements.

I would do these if only one other person read them. To gather them, select them, and illustrate them is an education itself. I found that linking a graphic with a quotation helped me remember and find it more easily. One of my favorites is the lion sharpening his claws, because I remember watching the cartoon as a kid. The graphic fits dealing with sects, because they sharpen our knowledge of doctrine (or not - in the case of WELS, Missouri, and the Little Sect on the Prairie).

I have seen the graphics zinging around the Net already. I am happy to see that. No one needs to ask permission. It is easy to right click and save as on the computer, then use the graphic. It is also possible just to right click or mark the graphic and "copy image." That works as long as the graphic stays in place on my blog, which is fairly likely.

First I am going to do some doctrinal collections: Melanchthon, Chemnitz, lesser known orthodox, and American Lutherans. Each will have its own post and a link.

Second, I will work on Biblical graphics, using Norma Boeckler's art. I will probably add to the Hebrews collection because it is one of the most colorful books in the Bible. Next would be the Gospel of John.

John Ciardi, the poet who translated Dante's Inferno (and spoke at Augustana College) had an interesting comment in his lecture. The future Mrs. Ichabod and I heard it. Ciardi said, "Steal from the best."

The alleged Lutherans today steal garbage from the false teachers, a fact I pointed out to David Valleskey, when he dumped his load of bilge on the Ohio Conference, WELS.

He was arguing "spoiling the Egptians," a concept he got from that Fuller fan Larry Crab, who got it from Augustine. Valleskey was not stealing from Augustine but from Fuller. He wanted the ministers to think that Fuller insights were precious metals and gems.