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| Pastor Steve Spencer, the first to quit the Intrepid Lutherans, told me he was responsible for Jon-Boy Buchholz being elected WELS DP. I would never admit to such a crime. |
Doubtless rumors are roiling the booze-pacified waters of WELS about the sudden and tragic resignation of Pastor Ricky Johnson. Yes - Ricky.
No one is going to tell me - and that is O.K. As I said about someone who recently asked for some erasures from the blog, "The problem is with the leadership."
Buchholz is a perfect example. Like Mirthless Mark Schroeder, he was elected as a reformer. Like Mark, he could not lead six drunks to the loo at Hooters.
The previous DP got rid of eight pastors in that tiny district and was the pick of Church and Change to be Synod President! Buchholz was equally bloodthirsty, but not with Church and Changers. No, a posting on the infamous unsecret Church and Chang listserve showed that writing in favor of Church and Change - "pure gold" - Patterson - was an insurance policy that never got canceled from repeated accidents.
Buchholz sent me the long, posturing email about Ricky Johnson and contemptuous worship, then hosted a huge grant for the bloke.
Buchholz said he was opposed to the UOJ of JP Meyer and promoted an even worse version. Although Jon-Boy said to me, face-to-face, that WELS never taught Universalism, he clearly did so in his Mistaufen essay to the WELS convention. That was a singular honor - to lay an egg in front of that august company of snoring, hungover clergy and laity.
The majority admire someone who tells two entirely different stories all the time. They say, "He is an adroit church politician." These District Presidents - much like John Seifert and other faux-conservatives, market a furtive frown as disapproval of the latest disgraceful actions. Funny how Seifert seemed so disapproving as a pastor, and yet so willing to absolve all false teachers as a DP. Did he block the Kelm-Olson-Huebner love fest for Church Growth, for which they charged an enormous fee? No. Did he question the Tiefel pan-denominational (minus the ELS) Worship Conference at ELCA's Carthage College? No, he encouraged attendance.
But the final result of such cleverness is to believe nothing and to overlook everything except the truth. These universalists - absolving the Hindoo and Eskimaux, like Ed Preuss - will pounce on the truth like a hobo on a hotdog. Look at UOJ stylists Glende and Ski! Everyone is forgiven - except the husband of the woman they verbally abused and exposed to porn. Him they took to court, to silence him forever and hate him out of the synod.
The lawyer who proved the plagiarism of Tim? Him they excommunicated with gusto, without remorse. No wonder Paul the Plagiarist (McCain) and Kudu Don Patterson welcomed Ski and Glende as friends in blogging and Facebooking.
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| Tim Glende not only wrecked his first congregation and urged it to close, but also got the building sold to a Babtist church thriving on Justification by Faith. Cornerstone has built onto the new building Glende abandoned, and the Eastern Orthodox love his original church building, which was not up to Tim's high standards (no coffee bar). |
