I began reading a column from Norm Fischer, originally from the Steadfast News group blog, reprinted in Christian News, p 5. I was surprised to find something good in Steadfast News, but then I realized Fischer is a layman. He is a clear writer and fun to read.
The issue has three or four steps, maybe more by now:
- Concordia, St. Louis questioned key issues in Creation, caving toward evolution - the length of a day and the age of Mother Earth. Chuck Arand either wrote the article or followed up on it.
- Two districts sent letters to Concordia to address the issue.
- The entire faculty accused every pastor in two districts of violating the Eighth Commandment.
- Matt the Fatt, who failed to get his doctorate at the seminary, joined in.
As always, Lutherans want to argue the fine points of the distraction rather than deal with the main issue, which is not Creation in this case.
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| Do the faculties teach this? If so, they should reject UOJ and fellowship with ELCA. |
Why is the Missouri Synod working religiously with ELCA?
Why do LCMS pastors join Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy?
Why do Walther's disciples agree with WELS/ELS about Church Growth and Justification without Faith? and
Why are they fudging on Creation?
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| The Jackson Rose Garden grows flowers without chemical fertilizers or chemical toxins. Neighbors wonder, "How do you do that?" It is Creation gardening, I explain. God mulches and so do I. The best pest destroyers spin webs and fly around the roses. |
We went to see a famous Calvinist talk about religion and politics. The attendance was small. I looked him up and he was quoted saying - "We have to compromise on evolution or we will become irrelevant to the modern world."
The problems with the LCMS/WELS/ELS seminaries will never be solved until they believe, teach, and confess the efficacy of the Word. There are little proofs of their apostasy, such as working with ELCA, going to Fuller, scarfing down Thrivent dollars, and teaching against the Chief Article - not to mention not knowing the Chief Article at all.
The question is not -
- Do you believe God created the universe in six 24-hour days? but -
- Do you believe the Son is the Creating Word of John 1:3?
- Does the Gospel Word plant faith in our hearts through the work of the Holy Spirit? or
- Do we hear the entire world has been absolved of sin, without faith, and say - Yes, I have decided that is true!
All the Lutheran synods are swarming hives of Enthusiasts, always buzzing about this and that, filling the world with their nonsense while insisting on being taken seriously. The synod leaders are no better.
