Ebenezer Lutheran Church in San Francisco, better known as "herchurch," is a goddess worshiping church that is operating in good standing and with the full knowledge of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The ELCA has placed their stamp of approval on the worship of false gods by their knowledgeable allowance of it. Here is what herchurch has been up to lately.
What is better for Christmas than a prayer to the goddess Sophia, posted on their church Facebook page? -  Next month herchurch will be offering an opportunity to partake in the Spring Equinox Women’s Ritual called "Animal Medicine." Herchurch describes this three-hour ritual saying, "In the silence of the quiet mind, we create the sacred fertility in which we receive the messages of Spirit. The Equinox is a time to honor and balance polarities – female/male, dark/light, body/spirit, below/above. Through the Earth and Sky Animal Medicine Spread, each participant will connect with specific aspects of animal spirit guides to interweave her own polarities and create greater balance within, and in the world as a whole." (see here or view screenshot below) 
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ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Your Boy Mark Jeske Is Happy To Fund This Goddess Worship Through Thrivent.
And Your SPs Are Enthusiasts, Working with ELCA.
Next Emmaus Conference - At HerChurch.org
From 2008 - President of Bethany Lutheran Seminary -
STM from a Gay Lesbian Episcopalian Seminary.
No Wonder Jay Webber Got Away with an Online STM from an ELCA Seminary
Gaylin Schmeling, STM, Nashotah House
Gaylin R. Schmeling
President, Professor of Dogmatics, Homiletics and Church History
Phone: 507-344-7855
E-Mail: gschmeli@blc.edu
Education:
B.S. - Elementary Education-Dr. Martin Luther College, New Ulm, MN, 1973
M.Div. - Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mankato, MN, 1978
S.T.M. - History of Dogma-Nashotah House Seminary, Nashotah, WI, 1993
Nashotah House offers a variety of degree and certificate programs aimed at training clergy and lay leaders for ministries in the Church:
Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree
Transfer Students
Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)
Field Education
Teaching Parishes Program and Cross-cultural Ministry Experience
Master of Theological Studies (M.T.S.) degree
Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) degree
Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree
Master of Arts in Ministry (M.A.) degree
Certificate in Anglican Studies
Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) The Master of Sacred Theology program is an advanced degree, beyond the M.Div., intended primarily as continuing education for those who are already ordained. The STM is an interdisciplinary degree in Anglican Studies with two separate tracks. Applicants must select a thesis option or a non-thesis option. To be considered for acceptance into the STM program, applicants must hold the first professional theological degree (B.D., M.Div., or the equivalent) from an accredited seminary or university.
The Thesis Track is intended for persons contemplating an academic career and provides an opportunity to test such a vocation before making a commitment to a doctoral program. The thesis track requires a minimum residency of three (3) Petertide terms in the summer STM program. (The Petertide term is generally the month of July.)
The Non-Thesis Track offers opportunity to candidates for extending and deepening theological understanding in the light of their pastoral experience; it is generally considered to be a terminal degree. The non-thesis track requires a minimum residency of three (3) Petertide terms. The curriculum for this track includes a minimum of twenty-four (24) credit hours, at least half of which must be in the 200 - 299 series. The actual course of studies is planned by candidates in consultation with their faculty advisor.
In lieu of a thesis, the Faculty appoints primary and secondary examiners from the faculty who arrange a two-hour oral comprehensive examination with the student. The exam will cover the courses taken for the STM program.
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| The Assumption of Mary is so easily translated into the Assumption of Walther. He didn't sign the bishop's call - oh yes he did. He didn't know Stephan had female groupies - oh yes he did. He gave Stephan three choices - oh no, he didn't. |
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GJ - To earn an STM at Nashotah, the scholar must spend three whole months in residency. That seems to be a bit tougher than Fuller Seminary, where Larry Olson earned his DMin. From what Larry confessed in Christian News, he only had to drive by the campus in Pasadena and wave to Don McGavran from his rented bike.
Gone are the days when the Little Sect on the Prairie was led by scholars with earned doctorates. Ylvisaker wrote a classic Lutheran study of the Gospels. Jack Preus, who taught at Bethany, earned a doctorate in Latin and translated orthodox Lutheran books. B. W. Teigen did his doctoral coursework at U. Minnesota, but the ELS treated him like dirt for agreeing with the Book of Concord. Teigen should have gone to Fuller or Nashotah. Those are the schools where confessional Lutherans are hatched. Many schools offer drive-by degrees. Study as little as possible for the shortest possible time, pay for tuition, and voila, a graduate degree. A master's degree today usually involved two years of study or one year of residency plus a master's thesis.
Pope John the Malefactor has no advanced training at all. In fact, at Bethany he was hired to teach New Testament on the basis of not graduating from college. To be fair, he finally earned a college degree. The Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie can boast: "All our faculty members must have high school diplomas to receive a call, and we encourage them to graduate from college as well."
Martin Chemnitz was required to earn a doctorate to become a superintendent (bishop).
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| The Archbishop of Ukraine and Adjoining Soviets approves this message. |
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| "To the City and to the World... just practicing in case." |
From 2012 - Paul McCain Channels His Inner Lucifer,
Raging Against Justification by Faith
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| WELS DP Jon Buchholz is Facebook friends with McCain. |
Lutheran Pastor Suspended.
It doesn't happen often, maybe, some would say, not often enough, but it was encouraging to me to learn that the Wisconsin Synod has suspended from its ministry one of its pastors, Paul Rydeki (sic), who denies the teaching that on the cross God paid for and forgave the sins of the world.
Yes, you read that right. I know, it's crazy, isn't it? How could any Lutheran pastor d
(sic) was asked two simple questions and failed to answer yes to each:It doesn't happen often, maybe, some would say, not often enough, but it was encouraging to me to learn that the Wisconsin Synod has suspended from its ministry one of its pastors, Paul Rydeki (sic), who denies the teaching that on the cross God paid for and forgave the sins of the world.
Yes, you read that right. I know, it's crazy, isn't it? How could any Lutheran pastor d
eny what Scripture teaches so clearly?
Pastor Rydeki
Pastor Rydeki
1) “Did God forgive the sins of the world when Jesus died on the cross?”
2) “Has God justified all sinners for the sake of Christ?”
God has acted, very objectively, in Christ to forgive and justify the entire world through the death of Jesus. Each individual receives this gift of forgiveness and justification, subjectively, through the blessed means of grace. It's just that beautiful a truth and that simple.
Kudos to the WELS.
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GJ - McNasty is infamous in all synods. At least this is making apostates give a clear confession of their confusion.
McCain's Roman Catholic expert, Jack Kilcrease, thinks the Book of Concord is primitive.
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| A feckless captain ran the Concordia onto shoals, because he was showing off. Concordia Publishing House has the same kind of leadership. |
Paul T. McCain Pastor Webber: Thank you for your extremely important comment, clarifying the flat-out lies and distortion being used by Rydeki (sic) and his supporters to try to bolster his position. Let us all pray he repents of his sinful rejection of Biblical truth.
GJ - Let us pray that McCain learns how to spell the names of the people he denounces with Satanic glee.
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| In McCain's world of rationalistic Pietism, babies are born already justified, forgiven, absolved. Why do we baptize the little saints? Naturally, McCain lied about Rydecki, who never denied the Atonement. |
Here are a few of the notable books Pastor Paul Rydecki has published - a staggering contribution to doctrinal research in Lutheran Orthodoxy.
What has Paul McCain published? His blog was so riddled with plagiarism from The Catholic Encyclopedia and his friends' Lutheran blogs that he wisely erased it - but without apologizing for his dishonesty, duplicity, and stupidity.
This famous Photoshop, lovingly shared by the Paul McCain fan club, shows the full painting that McCain used - in edited form - on his blog. If you fail to notice, a Roman Catholic saint (mental case) is being breast-fed from a statue of the Virgin Mary. This is a miracle, of course, a miracle of self-delusion. A graphics editor more skilled than I added Paul McCain looking on with pious satisfaction. This is an historic photo because McCain could still see his shoes in those days, long past. In 2012 he was already making almost $200,000 salary and benefits - as an editor. Ponder the irony - an editor plagiarizing without apology and earning a princely salary. No graduate degree; parish experience - about two years.
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