Not Mixed with Faith

Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel has left a new comment on your post "Advent Midweek Service, December 19, 2012":

Ichabod -

You make an interesting statement. You said:

>>>>>> ..... The mythological approach was to make her as divine and perfect as Christ – the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Romanist claim that she was born without any sin, that she never committed a sin during her lifetime. Her mythical Assumption is another affirmation of that approach.

Many more mythological details could be added, and they all add to the claim that Christmas itself is a myth.

That is why we should never let any human being get between us and the plain Word of God. Why? Because people reject the false statements and the truth of the Word at the same time. They mix the two together and throw both out together...... <<<<<

"They mix the two together and throw both out together:"

I could not help but think of the Hebrews Scripture where the Lord talks about those who:

Hebrews 4:2 - "For unto us was the Gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the Word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it."

Two grave and spiritually costly mistakes people make. The error which you point out; and then the error of unbelief when the Gospel is presented. On one hand they mix and toss. On the other hand, they toss because they haven't mixed the necessary faith.

Nathan M. Bickel

www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org

WELS and Real Estate - Not a Happy Situation

OK - desperate!

bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Report to WELS - Two Headquarters. Two Felony Arre...":

It would seem that all deals for buying the WELS HQs have fallen through, since otherwise we would have heard of good news by now.

Why the WELS can't sell its old HQ dual buildings is that there are plenty of vacant properties in good condition, and businessmen are getting great deals directly from cities to move businesses in and buy buildings, e.g., low interest loans (bond issues), no property tax and/or sales tax for years, and no broker's fee. Thus, why buy WELS' old HQs and pay a broker's fee when one is essentially paid to buy another building elsewhere.

Cities are dumping their brokers since they do better selling directly, and the WELS may have better luck selling the property on its own, say on CraigsList, or Ebay.

Just as they got a great deal on the new HQ bldg in Pewaukee, they might have to give someone else a great deal on their Milwaukee property since it needs so much fixing up. Yes, we know they are all hardshell Calvinists at heart and want to drive a hard bargain, but now may be the time to let their Lutheran side show, and give someone else a gracious break so the synod can move on. Besides, that is one ugly building:

Beloit: City buys back development right to 56 acres:

http://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/city-buys-back-development-right-to-acres/article_4e80e5fa-492d-11e2-b38b-0019bb2963f4.html

“Most of the business came through the public sector side, and did not come through the private brokerage side,” he said.

Under the original agreement, MLG received a brokerage fee and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of any land, Arft said.

“It’s quite clear that MLG is an albatross around our neck,” he said. “It didn’t intend to be that way, but that’s exactly what it is. If we are going to be flexible and be aggressive the only way to do that is to dispose of our relationship with them.”

Miss me yet?

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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Report to WELS - Two Headquarters. Two Felony Arre...":

I've sometimes thought that this ugly building right across the interstate from Ruel Schultz's old church in W Allis (Woodlawn) was designed by the same architect who built the WELS synod HQ:

http://goo.gl/maps/QULlB


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GJ - Where's my eye-bleach? That building is horrible.  Didn't the architect used to design Holiday Inns?