Pat the Bunny Plagiarist Matt Doebler, WELS - To Asian Seminary. "We Are Becoming More Confessional"

"You thought we hit rock bottom in Asia with Lawrenz and Witte?
No way!"

    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.

Search Easter egg hunts in WELS.

Search Easter egg hunt in the LCMS.



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"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."

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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.




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Tuesday, May 19, 2009




Doebler - District Popes Approve Rock and Roll, Copy and Paste Lutheran Church








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
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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. 

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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.

Divine Call - Thrivent Insurance Salesman

Kinda like a pastor selling insurance products as a divine call.

http://www.wels.net/about-wels/synod-reports/call-report-archive

Stern, Rev Jonathan D      Conference of Preside (sic) - Waukesha WI  12/15/2013
         Christian giving counselor, AZCA & SC districts

A requirement of Planned Giving Counselors is that they have an insurance license - so they can sell Charitable Gift Annuities and earn a commission.

I do not know if this is exactly the same, so I will wait for the official denial to confirm it.

Ski Replaced - Or Is Blumer the Designated Driver?Yes, They Found Someone Ickier Than Ski

Engelbrecht to Blumer:
"Those are some big beer mugs to fill, son."

http://www.wels.net/about-wels/synod-reports/call-report-archive

    Blumer, Rev Dustin S       St Peter - Appleton WI               12/08/2013
         Associate Pastor @ The CORE

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http://www.amazinglove.org/our-values

PASTOR



 It is one of my greatest joys to be the pastor of Amazing Love. I couldn’t be any more excited to be starting a church in this growing part of Illinois! It is my heart’s desire for everyone to know the great gift of love that is theirs (sic) through Jesus.

As you can see, I'm surrounded by the loves of my life. Kathryn is my college sweetheart, and our daughters are Bella and Nadia.

I graduated from Martin Luther College (New Ulm, MN) in 2004, and from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (Mequon, WI) in 2008. In my third year during Seminary I interned at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Charleston, SC.

And now I look forward to meeting and getting to know you. I think you will find our church has a lot to offer you. You will find a church family who is there to support you. You will find Biblical teaching made relevant for every-day living. You will find people pumped up about the amazing love of Jesus. We hope to see you soon!

Sincerely,

Pumped-Up Pastor Dustin Blumer
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OUR VALUES



1) Outward Focused - We must continue to ask and be driven by this question, “How can we reach others with the saving message of Jesus?” Driven by the needs of those outside, not the desires of those inside. Those with the food of the Gospel sharing food to the starving, not commenting, “I’m not sure I like how this meal tasted.” <<-- Incomplete sentence.

2) Relevant - We will seek to preach and teach today's timeless tosh in timely ways. Our various ministries are also designed for the age in which we live not for the 1500s, 1900s, or 1960s. As Luther took the German Bible and made the prophets speak German - our goal is to take the Bible and use the language and technology of today in order to speak to the heart of people, and not over the head of people. Got that, Dudes?

3) Compassionate - We will deeply care for and love all who (sic) we meet. This compassion will be displayed the very first Sunday people visit and thereafter. We will seek to serve and meet the various needs of our community, especially those outside the church.

4) Bringing Best - Sunday will be the best part of our week and will build us up. The best of God’s gifts on display in all elements of what we do as we gather around his Word. We reject that Jesus deserves our leftovers - as he gave his best, his life, so we give it our all and then some.

5) All Involved - We are together the universal priesthood of believers. We all have work to do as the body of Christ. Every member must be involved in this mission. The mission is a collective mission not the pastor’s mission. The pastor can’t do everything the body was intended to do.

6) Humility - In all things reflecting glory back to God - especially at times where God grants success or blesses the church with visible gifts or talents.

7) Inviting - We all will be actively inviting others to church in order to see the great gifts our God has for us.

8) Big Faith - The God who made the universe is the same God who is the Lord of his body the church. We have heard of his fame and wonder and want him to renew those great deeds in our day (Habbakuk 3) We expect great things as we look to do his will and further his kingdom. Standing on his promises we are secure - no matter how scary it seems.

I Am Healthy - But It Is Grading Season with Two Book Projects

Management by Objective - tossed out the window by Luther.
Why not try the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace?
Salvador Dali painting.

Dr. Lito Cruz wondered about my health, and Bruce Church asked about a missing post. The semester is closing, so I have grades to finish and post. In the midst of this activity I have - an extra faculty meeting, and a trip we took to Little Rock for a special conference.

My Lutheran Hymnal is finishing and the apologetic novel is starting. I have found the December-January academic lull a good time to get book projects done. Christmas gives me the only two weeks in the year without any teaching and four weeks without local classes.

Teaching is quite busy for the time being. As I expected, the time would come when the retirements and home-going of the highly trained Boomers would open up a lot more opportunities.