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Doebler, Rev Matthew D East Asia Administrative Committee 12/03/2013
Professor, Asia Lutheran Seminary
Doebler got a $20,000 grant for this? Are WELS congregations in Texas so devoid of the Gospel that they need live bunnies and an Easter egg hunt to draw visitors? Kudu Don Patterson did this last year, so I borrowed the bunny photo and replaced Dom Perignon's face with Doebler's. WELS Church Lady says Doebler is confessional. If Doebler is a confessional Lutheran pastor, then Glaeske is a conservative DP. For all you missionaries looking for a call, any call, and all the congregations and schools that are out of money - rent a bunny suit. The grant-givers love a touch of fleece. I am sure the ELS and WELS boards of doctrine will jump on this like hobos on a hotdog.---"We rejoice where God has brought us and look forward to where God is taking us for 2009 and beyond."Audio here. Part 1 - Long illustration about Pastor Matt being sick and taking Nyquil. A real nail-biter. Part 2 - More about Matt Doebler being ill and anxious. Part 3 - Paul and Thessalonica. Part 4 - Rock and Roll Church is three years old. Make it or break it time. Lost some major WELS synodical grants. Hoping for some other grants. [GJ - Church and Chicanery teaches its disciples how to eat high on the hog.] Part 5 - Typical statistics about the unchurched in Round Rock, Texas. Assumes that people who do not go to church "have no relationship to Jesus Christ." [GJ - Maybe they are sick of apostasy from the pulpit, marketing the Gospel, and rock-n-roll seeker services.] Part 6 - Calls Law and Gospel "theological mumbo-jumbo." Members are "filled with the Holy Spirit." Some baptisms coming up. Praising members up and down, especially for setting up and taking down [GJ - routine for most mission churches]. Part 7 - Pastor Matt is "totally excited about the new year." "God is working here, guys." [GJ - I am interested in these awesome new liturgical words. Grace, mercy, and peace, guys. I totally like it.] Part 8 - Paul enters the sermon again. Briefly. "God wants grace to come to this community." Does a little voice quaver, which is popular among the Reformed. Part 9 - Typical Church Growth section about outreach, Law-based. Everyone has to reach out and "love our community." Get on a ministry team. Sunday is not "just about us." Focus on the guests. Love them. This may be our only chance. [GJ - I would feel like a guest at a Herbal Life sales meeting.] Part 10 - Hamburger joint section. "All about the experience." "How many have been to Mighty Fine Burger? They want you to have an experience." Oh, Oh, Matt just discovered another Church Growth principle - We should emulate Mighty Fine Burger. More Law - we have to show how great things are for us. We have to represent God and say we are "mighty fine." Part 11 - Goals. Call a worship leader. What is Matt? Go to multi-site (GJ - which is the Mars Hill and the North Point model). $210,000 grant to Antioch request. Decide by January 10th. That is a "huge, huge deal." We need a worship coordinator. Start two to three sites by the end of 2009. "Someone donated, like, three computers." Small groups. Four non-church people for every Rock member. "It's time to draw the line in the sand. This is the point." "We have to step it up." *** GJ - I do not know what this Antioch grant thing is. A doctor of divinity found an Antioch Foundation in La Crosse, Wisconsin, giving grants to WELS. There are many overlapping Emerging Church, Becoming Missional, and Church Growth businesses known to all the Church and Chicanery pastors. C and C pastors drop names and jargon which go right over most people's heads. Only the insiders understand. Suffice it to say, the epicenters of learning are still Fuller Seminary and Willow Creek Community Church. The Enthusiasts to emulate are Mars Hill, North Point, and a few others.---Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Doebler - District Popes Approve Rock and Roll, Copy and Paste
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Why are WELS sermons so Calvinistic? Answer: They are Kelmed. Matt Doebler's sermon: Hasnt Christianity been an Agent of Oppression hypocrisy, Jesus Christ, oppression, church. This sermon and more from Presbyterian minister Tim Keller can be found here: Right-click "Download" and select 'save target/link as' to listen to sermons related to Tim Keller's book The Reason for God from the series The Trouble with Christianity: Why it's so Hard to Believe it.Exclusivity: How can there be just one true religion? 1 John 4:1-10 Download Suffering: If God is good, why is there so much evil in the world? 1 Peter 1:3-12 Download Absolutism: Don't we all have to find truth for ourselves? Galatians 2:4-16 Download Injustice: Hasn't Christianity been an instrument for oppression? James 2:1-17 Download Hell: Isn't the God of Christianity an angry Judge? Luke 16:19-31 Download Doubt: What should I do with my doubts? (AM) John 20:1-18 Download Literalism: Isn't the Bible historically unreliable and regressive? (AM) Luke 1:1-4; 24:13-32 Doebler Sermons: Dont we all have to find truth for ourselves? Matt Doebler 05-03-2009 4 listens How can there be only one true religion? Matt Doebler 04-19-2009 9 listens Open the Gates for the King of Glory! Matt Doebler 04-05-2009 7 listens The Rebel's Guide to Joy in Poverty (another borrowed series - Mark Driscoll) Matt Doebler 03-15-2009 30 listens The Rebel's Guide to Joy in Exhaustion Matt Doebler 03-01-2009 18 listens The Rebel's Guide to Joy in Temptation Matt Doebler 02-15-2009 20 listens The Rebels Guide to Joy in Death Matt Doebler 02-01-2009 25 listens The Rebels Guide to Joy in Loneliness Matt Doebler 01-18-2009 16 listens The State of the Church 2009 Matt Doebler 01-04-2009 56 listens The Hero Follows Through Matt Doebler 12-21-2008 11 listens The Hero Delivers Matt Doebler 12-07-2008 14 listens The Hero Sacrifices Jim Radloff11-23-2008 15 listens The Hero Heals Matt Doebler 11-09-2008 24 listens --- Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Doebler - District Popes Approve Rock and Roll, Co...": One day the light bulb will come on at the Sausage Factory with the answer: WELS central will prepare all the sermons, and email them out to the local pastors. Of course, the local pastors will gladly pay several thousand dollars of offerings each year for the service. *** GJ - I heard there was a sermon service from The Love Shack. I cannot verify it. At one meeting I suggested shutting down Perish Services and getting everything from Fuller Seminary - direct, instead of filtered. Shocked laughter followed.
