Lutheran Bunko Artist Working on His Clueless Prize from NWC's Voss

Luther is talking about WELS and Missouri here.

Luther Bunker has left a new comment on your post "The Light Sabre of UOJ":

I have read that blogging is on the way out. No doubt posts like this contribute to the trend since there is no substance. Really, it is a waste of bandwidth. I know, I know, 3100 views a day, right? 

But, how do you quantify why they are coming to your blog? Do they come for real, confessional and responsible reporting? 

Or, is it the sensational 'TMZ' pop/gossip style of reporting that is so passe? Really. Luther is rolling over in is grave if you think this is polemic. 

Rationalism is at the heart of UOJ and Church Growth,
both of which are abysmal failures among the SynCons.

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GJ - I have been looking for a way to mention the favorite content of the blog. The most popular posts are easy to look up. The summary is always published on the bottom of the page. Here is the insider's look at the last 30 days -

Posts

Entry	Pageviews
The Holy Spirit Teaches Man Better Than Books May 23, 2012	2911
Project Gutenberg - Apology of the Augsburg Confes... May 14, 2012	887
Famous Lutherans May 18, 2008, 5 comments	401
The Slandering So-Called Slander-Victims of WELS Jan 3, 2008, 2 comments	289
The Pileated Woodpecker Sighted Again Apr 9, 2012	262
Hochmuth Still on the Prowl: Sex Offender, Former ... Jan 23, 2013, 2 comments	151
Luther's Sermons - Luke 2:41-52.First Sunday after... Apr 22, 2012	132
Dr. Lito Cruz Asked That Bethany Add a PayPal Acco... Jul 5, 2011	115
This Blog Describes the Experiences of Others Jan 11, 2013, 6 comments	105
From One WELS District President - Intrepid Luther... Jan 18, 2013, 2 comments	100

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The top post is a quotation from Luther, and it is also the top post since Google began their statistics, with about 17,000 views. 

The second most popular is the Apology of the Augsburg Confession. I have posted most of the Book of Concord on the blog, and people use those posts all the time. One stop shopping for Lutheran Orthodoxy.

A sermon from Luther is on the top ten. I have also published the entire 8 volume Luther's Sermons set, edited by Lenker.

This only proves that people want what I favor the most - doctrinal content from the Reformation and the Book of Concord.

Compare FICKLE, run by women. There is no doctrinal content at all. John Brenner (Slick) used to call it The Ladies Home Companion, and that was before it really went downhill.

Or Prexy Pete's Infallible Epistle. Perhaps Bunko has read that. Perhaps he wrote it. What a leader! 

The WELS DPs could not lead six drunks to the restroom - and we all know they have tried their best at the COP meetings.

Photos: Joe Rosenthal and Iwo Jima - Plog

Photos: Joe Rosenthal and Iwo Jima - Plog:

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The Light Sabre of UOJ

Tim Rossow addresses justification by faith adherents as "you morons"
and erases all Steadfast (sic) Lutheran (sic) evidence of LCMS complicity
in sex abuse against minors.

bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "The Light Sabre of UOJ Ceremony. Gottesdienst Onli...":

If Rev. Rolf Preus ought to get the Saber of Boldness aware for leaving one synod, getting kicked out of another, and being stymied at getting back into the synod he left, then Dr. Jackson deserves the Saber of Boldness award four times over! :)

Anti-JBF Rev. Tim Rossow with his cat reminds me of an arch villian:

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Archdiocese says bankruptcy 'dire situation' but 'Church isn't going out of business' - TODAY'S TMJ4. WELS and Missouri Are Next

Archdiocese says bankruptcy 'dire situation' but 'Church isn't going out of business' - TODAY'S TMJ4:

RELATED AUDIO

The Milwaukee Catholic archdiocese is hemorrhaging money

MILWAUKEE - The chief of staff of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee says bankruptcy proceedings are putting Milwaukee's Catholic Church in a 'dire situation.'

However, Jerry Topczewski told Newsradio 620 WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Morning News" that "The Church isn't going out of business by any means."

The Journal Sentinel reports that the Archdiocese filed court documents showing that it's losing so much money on legal fees that, under current legal demands, it will no longer be able to pay its regular operational expenses after Easter Sunday.

It's asking Federal Judge Susan Kelley to let them stop making payments to lawyers except for reorganization.

"It's a dire situation in the sense that the Archdiocese does not have a lot of resources.  A lot of people think the Church is rich.  Financially, the Archdiocese runs on a very small, balanced budget," explained Topczewski.

"The Archdiocese has expenses.  Those moneys have been eaten up by attorneys as we try to move through this bankruptcy in a responsible way."

He also detailed how money parishioners donated in offerings during Mass and other appeals would not go to pay lawyers.

"We've been very good caretakers of their money.  When they contribute, money (isn't) used for attorneys, for court fees.  Those monies go for service.  They know their money is going to help people."

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GJ - Archbishop Weakland, homosexual Roman Catholic priest, helped Milwaukee go downhill with his embezzlement of funds to pay off his boyfriend, and mismanagement of church funds. No wonder the Church and Changers wanted him to lecture the public.

Manti Te'o's Interview with Katie Couric: What We Can and Can't Believe | Bleacher Report

As George Orwell said before he died,
evasive answers are being as a substitute for the truth.
For tips on this, see WELS, LCMS, ELS, and the micro-minis.

Manti Te'o's Interview with Katie Couric: What We Can and Can't Believe | Bleacher Report:

The biggest lie, which Couric let dangle before moving on, was Te'o's interaction with Kekua on her trip to Hawaii. 

"I asked my dad if I could go sleep over one of my friend's houses and while I'm sleeping over we made plans. [I said] 'okay dad I'm going to try to make plans to meet up with her.' That night when I brought it up [to Lennay], 'oh, my brothers are using my car.' 

"Since she's not from Hawaii I know she didn't have multiple cars. They had one car, a rental car. And she said, 'they have it, I'm over at the hotel and I can't go anywhere, can you come over here?'

"It's one of those things where it didn't happen."

You know...one of those things.

This is an unacceptable answer and Couric did a disservice to the viewers by allowingTe'o to change the topic back to lying to his father about seeing her, not the fact that he doesn't have any viable answer for not seeing her at all.

If, at that point in the story, Te'o believed Kekua was alive, why didn't he drive to the hotel to see her? How long was she staying in Hawaii, and why did he make zero effort to see her over the course of her trip?

If her brothers were there and took the car, why didn't they offer to drop her off? Why didn't Te'o borrow his dad's car or ask the friend he was staying with to drive him?

Why didn't Te'o make plans to see her in the morning for breakfast? HOW WERE NONE OF THESE FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ASKED!?!?

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GJ -

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. 
George Orwell 

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgeorwe141761.html#7HTLVjy4H2oxcejI.99 

Live by Demographics - Die by Demographics

rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "Grace, St. Timothy Lutheran churches become one - ...":

Recently, I was discussing some changes in demographics with a friend of mine. I brought up the trend toward lower marriage rates in this country. The CGM used demographics as a tool to allegedly help them reach more of the lost. All of this has backfired on them. 

If the growthers were really serious, they would look at the fact that many simply do not care about institutions any more. The megachurch model is faulted with their "Bible studies" which are nothing more than a book of the month club. 

There is a latency effect as congregations simply cannot keep enough members to pay the mortgage on their expansion programs. Many cannot even cover their overhead. Anyone who thinks that this scenario will turn around soon is delusional. 

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GJ - Robert Schuller built a monument to himself, "to reach the unchurched," but the neighborhood changed and people moved away. He was stuck with an over-mortgaged Philip Johnson spectacular he could not support. When televangelists run out of money, they lose stations. When they lose stations, they get even less money.

WELS will keep excommunicating members and pastors until the last few share the endowment funds and Thrivent loot.

The Light Sabre of UOJ Ceremony. Gottesdienst Online

Gottesdienst Online:

"Sabre of Boldness ceremony Thursday
Thursday, January 24th, the annual Sabre of Boldness ceremony will be held at about 8:30 pm in the seminary commons area. This year we have amplification, so everyone should be able to hear just fine.  You may bring libations with you. In fact, if you don't bring libations with you, you might be without them.

Here is the official list of nominees, in no particular order.  Not all the submitted names made this list.  Details pertaining to each, and the announcement of the recipient, will be posted.


1.  Bishop Amos Bolay
Lutheran Church of Liberia

2.  Rev. Jim Matthews
Grace Lutheran Church
Tacoma, Washington

3.  Rev. Joshua Gale
Shepherd of the City Lutheran Church
Philadelphia

4. Rev. Rolf Preus - Does not comprehend father's last book, declares war on JBFA. Bold!
three point parish
Mayville, North Dakota

5. Mrs. Katie Schuermann
Sherman, Illinois

6. Rev. Michael Frese
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Fort Wayne, Indiana

7. Rev. Tim Rossow - Calls justification by faith adherents "morons." Erases sex abuse evidence. Bold!
Bethany Lutheran Church
Naperville, Illinois"

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More Insanity in the US

bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Lutheran Bunko Squad To the Rescue. Saving the Wor...":

More insanity in the US. Everyone is sick of the federal govt bailing out people who build and buy homes in flood-prone areas, and areas behind levies and berms, which everyone knows are vulnerable to failure (the rodents make them into swiss cheese). Even New Orleans cement flood walls failed probably due to burrowing animals wanting a path to the other side. Why is the federal govt bailing out "beach front communities" after Sandy when everyone knew the risks before owning or renting there?! The foolishness of living just feet above sea level right next to the ocean w/o any flood walls!

Now people who bought homes behind levees with "100-year flood protection" are resisting more stringent rebuilding conditions put in place by FEMA after Hurricane Katrine, and want rebuilding waivers, AND they also don't want flood insurance hikes. They hope Congress will pass The Fire Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2012" to keep the insanity going, and also bankrupt the US one flood and hurricane at a time:

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/24/video-fema-wont-let-us-rebuild-our-home/

http://matsui.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3368&Itemid=400148

...to rebuild without elevation requirements, flood insurance rate hikes. 

WELS Shunning Is Worth Some Commentary

When these lupines warn others about wolves,
do not drink coffee near the keyboard.

bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Anonymous Defender Is Nauseated":

This is an example of WELS shunning, really. The WELS makes life so hard on their critics, or people who sin, that usually they leave even though they are supposedly forgiven. Even when they don't leave, they are assumed to have left, as may be the case of Hochmuth. Anyway, Nauseated says that since Hochmuth is no longer an employee, that no one ought to mention his name anymore. It reminds me of the Jews who say, "May his named be blotted out [from collective memory]":

Nauseated said: "Hochmuth is no longer a WELS employee so it is not a WELS issue." 

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GJ - One WELS layman said, "Even the guys I work with are disgusted by ministers fooling around. And those guys are no angels themselves. Unfaithful clergy really get discussed."

Here is a WELS Evangelism program - sleep with your wife, pastors, instead of your members. 

Yellow Appears Twice in a Few Days - Notes Brett Meyer

Brett Meyer has left a new comment on your post "Lutheran Bunko Squad To the Rescue. Saving the Wor...":

Interesting coincidence - after many years of contending against the apostasy in the Lutheran synods - how many times have you seen the adjective "Yellow" being used? I can only recall once and that was only a few days ago.

"Intrepid Lutherans I don’t read this yellow publication or any others of its ilk..." Peter J. Naumann
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2013/01/from-one-wels-district-president.html

And now having had his remarks published openly, Luther Bunker posts, "your yellow journalism is nauseating."

Interesting.

Whoever Luther Bunker is, he/she represents a majority opinion within the Lutheran Synods.

To determine the validity of the claim that Ichabod is a source of Yellow Journalism it's imperative to consider the content: 

Exposing the most heinous abandonment of Christ's doctrine and church - the adoption of the false gospel of Universal Objective Justification while simultaneously anathamatizing one Justification solely by Faith Alone. 

Exposing the Lutheran Synod's penchant for New Age Emergent practice and doctrine (remember (W)ELS The Core's sermon series titled "Satan's Sex Ed"?).

Exposing the condoning silence of the Lutheran clergy as the laity are abused by the arrogant and malicious actions of the next generation of unbelievers to graduate from WLS - one (W)ELS pastor just had a dream that Christ wasn't coming soon and is leading his church off the cliff into full blown emergent Pentamethobapticostalism.

Exposing the deceptive and manipulative actions and teachings of (W)ELS Seminary and administration officials as they lead the Synod to adopt the NNIV which was translated by adherents to the Methodist, Baptist, Jewish, Catholic false religions with the result of creating one of the most heinous translations available.

Exposing the horrid culpability of the Lutheran Synods as they finance through Thrivent - ELCA called worker abortions, New Age Antichristian teachings of the New World Order's United Religions Initiative and New Age Green religion, the bloody slaughter of men, women and children through the United Nations.

Exposing the blatant and public false doctrine and practice adopted by the Lutheran Synods and condoned and encouraged by the glutinous Synod administration and apostate clergy.

These are only a few of the subjects exposed on Ichabod with the Light of Scripture applied in it's fullness mixed with the faithful explanation of the Christian Book of Concord.

Many people in the Lutheran Synods do not want their involvement exposed and when they are they become angry and vindictive - to the point of deriding the people who care enough to expose their actions to God's Word.

Judge for yourself - are the false teachings and practice worthy of being defended and protected?

Is it right to continue to cover the public news stories regarding homosexual pedophile Hochmuth - (W)ELS Communications director? 

If you don't think so then tell the laity why the (W)ELS COP recently refused to provide a Seminary student's request for Synod policy regarding pornography addicted clergy?

The Lutheran Synods are a stage show. Ichabod shows the few concerned clergy and laity what their hiding behind the curtain. 

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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Anonymous Defender Is Nauseated":

This WELS cartoon in the last frame mentions the chance of Hochmuth and Piepenbrink going to jail. It only took Hochmuth less than a year. If Piepenbrink screws up in the next twenty years of probation (good chance of that), it will be judged prophetic:

http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/09/report-to-wels.html  

Lutheran Bunko Squad To the Rescue. Saving the World from One Abusive Sect at a Time

Twilight in the Wilderness, by Church

Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel has left a new comment on your post "Anonymous Defender Is Nauseated":

Ichabod -

I don't judge you for publishing this nasty "stuff." I don't think I would do it. But, that is just me - my thinking at this present time.

Although I can somewhat understand "Luther Bunko's" contention; I don't think he can fully understand yours and appreciate your particular perspective.

It is obvious that Bunko doesn't feel compelled to do the public web work you do. Therefore, he cannot extend any significant understanding on his behalf for your reporting of what already has been made public. And, I suspect that he is one of those many religious goose steppers who will not speak out against any of church hierarchy's shortcomings.

As my mother would quote Shakespeare: [Paraphrase] "The world's a stage and we are all players in it." Somehow me thinks that "Luther Bunko" only cares to play one part.

Nathan M. Bickel

www.thechristianmessage.org
www.moralmatters.org 

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GJ - The bunko squad on the police force dealt with scams and con men, so I am the Lutheran Bunko Squad. 

I report church-protected criminals because no one else does. 

Not everything reaches the blog's audience. I know of many cases of abuse. People write and phone me. They send legal papers.

One form of abuse is letting a known adulterous pastor into a parish and letting him wreck another congregation. Next, an innocent pastor has to follow and try to repair the damage.

In one recent case, not Lutheran, one minister was in prison for sex abuse of a member. The other one was in treatment for his addictions. I could walk to that congregation from my house.

Silence protects the criminals, but it is far worse than that. The synod officials crush and starve faithful pastors - for being faithful - and promote known deviants. Mrs. I thinks she knows why - they are the same stripe.

I will offer one example. I do not know what happened, and I will not disclose names or locations. One ex-WELS member said, "Thank you for the Hochmuth coverage. I am glad I got my family away from them. You confirmed our decision."

Behavior follows belief - or the lack of belief combined with universal salvation. We are all sinners, but apostasy leads people into degraded and shameful actions. Look at the DPs, for example.