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| David Valleskey advocated "spoiling the Egyptians," using the precious gold and jewels from Fuller Seminary, where he did or did not study, like his pal Frosty Bivens, who did or did not study there. |
Timid Tim Buelow was always filling me in on the standard propaganda of WELS. One deception was - "Brug and Brenner were added to the seminary faculty to balance Mequon with more confessional Lutherans."
I said, "Just by claiming that, you admitted Mequon is a union seminary with two different doctrines."
He conceded that was so.
But of course, Brug and Brenner were picked for their willingness to slither along with the rest of the false teachers while feigning some kind of difference with the general decline of the faculty, which was never that great.
Unfortunately, because WELS was so nasty and stupid during the Protest'ant conflict, the fools-gold standard for faculty has been ever since - mediocrities who will not rock the boat. They like smooth criminals like Valleskey who will smile and play one role (cautious about Church Growth) and then another role (gonzo for Church Growth) - depending on the audience. I have that description from a WELS pastor, who added, "I don't think he is being deceptive." Really? Chameleons are not deceptive - they are just trying to blend in - it's their nature.
As I wrote more than once before, Valleskey got frightened and denied going to Fuller when I asked him. But he bragged about it to Dave Koenig (CLC Church Growther, pal of Paul Tiefel, CGer).
And then Valleskey was angry with Koenig for telling me the truth, and Koenig was angry with me for posting the truth.
Some posts may seem unusually dense and packed with far too many details and links, but they are provided so people can start to do their own research. My only goal is to have people study the Scriptures, Luther, and the Confessions.
On the recent Gems list from Luther, Volume 7 - Our two kinds of armor against the devil are the following.
Two Kinds of Armor Against the Devil
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These are the two kinds of armor, two weapons of defense, whereby the devil is
vanquished and of which he is afraid: First, diligence in hearing, learning and
practicing the Word of God, that instruction, comfort and strength may be
received; second, sincere petitioning upon the authority of that Word, a crying
and calling to God for help when temptations and conflicts arise. One or the
other of these weapons of defense must continually be in active exercise,
effecting perpetual intercourse between God and man — either God speaking to us
while we quietly listen, or God hearing our utterances to him and our petitions
concerning our needs. Whichever the weapon we wield, it is unendurable to the
devil; he cannot abide it. Christians need both equipment’s, that their hearts
may ever turn to God, cleave to his Word, and continually, with ceaseless
longing, pray a perpetual Lord’s Prayer. Truly, the Christian should learn from
the temptations and straits wherewith the devil, the world and the flesh
constantly oppress him, to be ever on his guard, watching for the enemy’s point
of attack; for the enemy sleeps not nor rests a single moment.
Exaudi, Volume 7
