Higher Things and Pope Francis - UOJ. LCMS George Borghardt Agrees with Rome. Unity Again! After 500 Years

 "God has given salvation to all! All! Everyone is saved! Everyone!"

 “The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class."

George was raised a Roman Catholic.

A reader wrote:

Pope Francis does not sound too different than the UOJ "Lutherans"

“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class. We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all. And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: We need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: We will meet one another there.” 
Pope Francis, Homily, May 2013

LCMS sem professor Edward Preuss 
became a prominent Roman Catholic author.
Walther did not get the connection -
one Enthusiasm led to another.

Greek Lesson - John 9 - The Keystone Kops Chapter

Parser link.

δε - post-positive, a good punctuation mark; the word before it starts the new clause.

γαρ is another post-postive

ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ 91550 Stephanus New Testament (TR1550)

9 και παραγων ειδεν ανθρωπον τυφλον εκ γενετης

2 και ηρωτησαν αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου, λεγοντες "ραββι τις ημαρτεν - ουτος η οι γονεις αυτου ινα τυφλος γεννηθη?"

3 απεκριθη ο ιησους "ουτε ουτος ημαρτεν ουτε οι γονεις αυτου αλλ ινα φανερωθη τα εργα του θεου εν αυτω."

4 εμε δει εργαζεσθαι τα εργα του πεμψαντος με εως ημερα, εστιν ερχεται νυξ οτε ουδεις δυναται εργαζεσθαι

5 οταν εν τω κοσμω ω (funny looking verb), φως ειμι του κοσμου

6 ταυτα ειπων, επτυσεν χαμαι, και εποιησεν πηλον εκ του πτυσματος και επεχρισεν τον πηλον επι τους οφθαλμους του τυφλου

7 και ειπεν αυτω υπαγε νιψαι εις την κολυμβηθραν του σιλωαμ ο ερμηνευεται απεσταλμενος απηλθεν ουν και ενιψατο και ηλθεν βλεπων

8 οι ουν γειτονες και οι θεωρουντες αυτον το προτερον οτι τυφλος ην ελεγον "ουχ ουτος εστιν ο καθημενος και προσαιτων?"

9 αλλοι ελεγον οτι ουτος εστιν αλλοι δε οτι ομοιος αυτω εστιν; εκεινος ελεγεν οτι εγω ειμι

10 ελεγον ουν αυτω πως ανεωχθησαν σου οι οφθαλμοι

11 απεκριθη εκεινος και ειπεν ανθρωπος λεγομενος ιησους πηλον εποιησεν και επεχρισεν μου τους οφθαλμους και ειπεν μοι υπαγε εις την κολυμβηθραν του σιλωαμ και νιψαι απελθων δε και νιψαμενος ανεβλεψα

12 ειπον ουν αυτω που εστιν; εκεινος λεγει ουκ οιδα

13 αγουσιν αυτον προς τους φαρισαιους τον ποτε τυφλον

14 ην δε σαββατον οτε τον πηλον εποιησεν ο ιησους και ανεωξεν αυτου τους οφθαλμους

15 παλιν ουν ηρωτων αυτον και οι φαρισαιοι,  "πως ανεβλεψεν?" ο δε ειπεν αυτοις "πηλον επεθηκεν επι τους οφθαλμους μου και ενιψαμην και βλεπω"

16 ελεγον ουν εκ των φαρισαιων τινες "ουτος ο ανθρωπος ουκ εστιν παρα του θεου οτι το σαββατον ου τηρει" αλλοι ελεγον "πως δυναται ανθρωπος αμαρτωλος τοιαυτα σημεια ποιειν" και σχισμα ην εν αυτοις

17 λεγουσιν τω τυφλω παλιν συ "τι λεγεις περι αυτου οτι ηνοιξεν σου τους οφθαλμους?" ο δε ειπεν οτι "προφητης εστιν"

18 ουκ επιστευσαν ουν οι ιουδαιοι περι αυτου  - οτι τυφλος ην και ανεβλεψεν  - εως οτου εφωνησαν τους γονεις αυτου του αναβλεψαντος

19 και ηρωτησαν αυτους λεγοντες "ουτος εστιν ο υιος υμων ον υμεις λεγετε οτι τυφλος εγεννηθη - πως ουν αρτι βλεπει?"

20 απεκριθησαν αυτοις οι γονεις αυτου και ειπον "οιδαμεν οτι ουτος εστιν ο υιος ημων και οτι τυφλος εγεννηθη"

21 "πως δε νυν βλεπει ουκ οιδαμεν η τις ηνοιξεν αυτου τους οφθαλμους ημεις ουκ οιδαμεν; αυτος ηλικιαν εχει  - αυτον ερωτησατε: αυτος περι αυτου λαλησει"

22 ταυτα ειπον οι γονεις αυτου οτι εφοβουντο τους ιουδαιους - ηδη γαρ συνετεθειντο οι ιουδαιοι ινα εαν τις αυτον ομολογηση χριστον αποσυναγωγος γενηται

23 δια τουτο οι γονεις αυτου ειπον οτι "ηλικιαν εχει αυτον ερωτησατε"

24 εφωνησαν ουν εκ δευτερου τον ανθρωπον ος ην τυφλος και ειπον αυτω "δος δοξαν τω θεω - ημεις οιδαμεν οτι ο ανθρωπος ουτος αμαρτωλος εστιν"

25 απεκριθη ουν εκεινος και ειπεν ει αμαρτωλος εστιν ουκ οιδα - εν οιδα οτι τυφλος ων αρτι βλεπω

26 ειπον δε αυτω παλιν τι εποιησεν σοι πως ηνοιξεν σου τους οφθαλμους

27 απεκριθη αυτοις ειπον υμιν ηδη και ουκ ηκουσατε -τι παλιν θελετε ακουειν μη και υμεις θελετε αυτου μαθηται γενεσθαι

28 ελοιδορησαν ουν αυτον και ειπον συ ει μαθητης εκεινου,ημεις δε του μωσεως εσμεν μαθηται

29 ημεις οιδαμεν οτι μωση λελαληκεν ο θεος τουτον δε ουκ οιδαμεν ποθεν εστιν

30 απεκριθη ο ανθρωπος και ειπεν αυτοις εν γαρ τουτω θαυμαστον εστιν οτι υμεις ουκ οιδατε ποθεν εστιν και ανεωξεν μου τους οφθαλμους

31 οιδαμεν δε οτι αμαρτωλων ο θεος ουκ ακουει αλλ εαν τις θεοσεβης η και το θελημα αυτου ποιη τουτου ακουει

32 εκ του αιωνος ουκ ηκουσθη οτι ηνοιξεν τις οφθαλμους τυφλου γεγεννημενου

33 ει μη ην ουτος παρα θεου ουκ ηδυνατο ποιειν ουδεν

34 απεκριθησαν και ειπον αυτω εν αμαρτιαις συ εγεννηθης ολος και συ διδασκεις ημας και εξεβαλον αυτον εξω

35 ηκουσεν ο ιησους οτι εξεβαλον αυτον εξω και ευρων αυτον ειπεν αυτω συ πιστευεις εις τον υιον του θεου

36 απεκριθη εκεινος και ειπεν τις εστιν κυριε ινα πιστευσω εις αυτον

37 ειπεν δε αυτω ο ιησους και εωρακας αυτον και ο λαλων μετα σου εκεινος εστιν

38 ο δε εφη πιστευω κυριε και προσεκυνησεν αυτω

39 και ειπεν ο ιησους εις κριμα εγω εις τον κοσμον τουτον ηλθον ινα οι μη βλεποντες βλεπωσιν και οι βλεποντες τυφλοι γενωνται

40 και ηκουσαν εκ των φαρισαιων ταυτα οι οντες μετ αυτου και ειπον αυτω μη και ημεις τυφλοι εσμεν

41 ειπεν αυτοις ο ιησους ει τυφλοι ητε ουκ αν ειχετε αμαρτιαν νυν δε λεγετε οτι βλεπομεν η ουν αμαρτια υμων μενει

Opportunistic Weeds, ELDONA, Christian News , LCMS, Etc

 The so-called conservative Lutheran seminaries have produced an
abundance of popes, Ft. Wayne being the most fertile of all -
Cascione, the Heiser faction, Paul McCain, and more besides.

We had at least four inches of rain over the holiday, plus the debris of a thousand July 4th rockets falling on the streets and gardens. I planted two sets of Buckwheat, because opportunistic weeds quickly take over sunny, mulched areas when blessed with sunshine and rain. The weeds survive with little of either, but grow ferociously with both. The crabgrass on an untended property near us is thick enough to trip someone on the sidewalk. They will  soon be sowing their seeds for next year.

The Buckwheat grew waist-high, even chest-high in the rose garden. I had two new rose areas under fresh mulch and cardboard, meaning a layer of composted turf was underneath. Once the Buckwheat germinated, the plants burrowed their roots down into that compost. One moment they were tiny plants - next they acknowledged the heavy rains by growing with immoderate speed.

As I told 29A - a reader so covert he only has a hexadecimal number -"Fifteen thousand (15,284) posts have not budged WELS, Missouri, or anyone else from their downhill spiral of apostasy."

The LCMS and its rogue splinter sect, ELDONA, are honoring Luther's 500th anniversary with an emphasis on Gerhard.

Some MDiv is promoting his series on the Book of Concord. I asked if he taught Justification by Faith Alone and excluded the false dogma of Halle Pietism, UOJ. No answer so far. I will keep everyone posted. The usual responses to that question are:

• Silence
• Incredible vulgarity - like Father Hollywood's
• Facebook unfriending! Oh, the horror.

Meanwhile, the opportunistic weeds are busy growing. Cascione and Christian News are crowing that Kloha took a big promotion to leave the seminary and work for a Hobby Lobby Biblical museum. I am sure the Green family will be amused by the tabloid, if they have even heard of it.

But Cascione and Otten are part of the same trend, to reject the New Testament text in favor of people setting up rules and deciding which is the best reading. Otten tried excusing Beck by saying his manuscript mentor left the ending of Mark alone but footnoted the alternative view. But dropping the last 8 verses of Mark came from the Tischendorf miracle of warming the monastic library with burning leather. Yes, Tischendorf rescued the potential Kingsford charcoal starter manuscript from the flames, a claim so fantastic that only NT scholars would believe it. Yet, as improbable and self-serving as his tales appear, the Lutherans have waddled after the Tischendorf example ever since and defended the modernistic translations and paraphrases that line so many nasty little pockets.

The Chief Article is Justification by Faith - Not Universal Salvation

Let us pause to remember the Reformation and Justification by Faith - not so much the man Luther but the Biblical doctrine he taught persistently, with little variation.

The small end of the Lutheran spectrum (LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC sic) teaches against Justification by Faith. They agree with ELCA that grace means everyone is forgiven and saved. That is why they cheerfully work with ELCA on ELCA's terms, through Thrivent and government agencies.

Their so-called free conferences at Emmaus refuse to discuss or allow the teaching of the Chief Article.

Left-wing Toadies

These notorious chatter-boxes are not conservative and certainly not Lutheran. Instead, they are supine toadies of apostasy. They sound quite Pietistic in their protests against this and that, as long as the crimes are committed far away. If they are directed to their own actions, companions, teachers, and leaders, they erupt in anger, sometimes in shocking vulgarity.

1. Otten, Cascione, and their endless Kloha obsessions - never mind Beck and their rejection of the English Luther Bible - the KJV. If Dr. Robert Preus was so great a theologian, then why have Cascione, Rolf Preus, and the Preus clan never read Justification and Rome?
2. John W. Montgomery, UOJ partner. So, Dr. Dr. Dr. Montgomery, if the entire world is already forgiven and saved, why does Kloha matter?
3. Matt the Fatt, Paul the Plagiarist, and the rest of the Purple Palace gang - just go away. You made your fortune in salary and plumped up your pension plan. Retire in dignity and let competent Lutherans have a chance.
4. Pope John the Malefactor, the ELS professor who was hired to teach New Testament at the seminary without even having a college degree. Another Bishop Stephan! Another UOJist. As one ELS member said, "He can't teach and he can't preach, so he is left in office."
5. The CLC (sic) gang - such a fun bunch. The greatest compliment they deserve is that they make WELS look good in comparison.

This is a point by point refutation of UOJ,
which I nicked from Justification and Rome.

Nothing will change the fact that Justification by Faith, through the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace, can be found easily, consistently in:

1. The Old Testament, Genesis 15, Isaiah 53 and 55, etc.
2. The New Testament, especially the Gospel of John, but also Romans 3 and 4, Galatians, etc.
3. Augustine
4. Luther's entire body of work
5. Melanchthon
6. Chemnitz
7. Gerhard
8. The LCMS - such as their KJV catechism
9. The WELS - Gausewitz
10. The previous entities of ELCA, especially the General Council.

Paul's "no other Gospel" means
no other justification, even if a graduate of Ft. Wayne.