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| Three blind guides, three blind guides, See how they grin. See how they grin. They all ran after the Fuller growth For UOJ they all take oaths Did you ever see such useless blokes As three blind guides? |
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2018/06/lcms-has-been-hatching-denial-of.html
Hi Greg,
The information included in the post http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2018/06/lcms-has-been-hatching-denial-of.html is the clearest I remember reading in regard to present day LCMS official teaching in regard to UOJ.
It certainly makes the LCMS look less appealing as a place to recommend for people looking for a church.
When considered in conjunction with the "ban" on public discussion of theological topics by non-ministers (is this still a valid thing - I had a hard time finding backup for this via a quick search), would you consider the LCMS to be "holding steady", "continuing to slip", "falling quickly", or something else?
Alec
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GJ - The LCMS convention ban on discussing doctrine - outside of having an official title - that scared people into silence, but the discoussion boards had already banned Justification by Faith and anything less than abject brown-nosing of synod leaders. This new weapon just made it easier to kick any pastor out who dared to think on his own, a deliciously ironic way to celebrate the Reformation's 500th.
WELS is the worst synod because of its concentration of abusive pastors, teachers, and leaders, all driven by their fulminating infection of false doctrine. But there are faithful pastors out there. If I mentioned names, the axe would fall on them. The CLC cult and the ELS are almost gone and good riddance.
The LCMS's strength is its lack of uniformity, which ranges from ELCA-love to formally declaring CFW Walter a saint and a Doctor of the Church, the only one who can explain the Bible to us mortals. Somewhere in that mix are pastors who teach the Means of Grace and Justification by Faith.
I believe the LCMS congregations will have to struggle to remain Means of Grace Lutherans as the older generation of pastors move into retirement. A total reallignment of remaining Lutherans may be necessary.
The ELDONUTs ignored UOJ for years while palling around with the Rolf Preus Sect, even though Heiser was supposedly against UOJ, after reading what UOJ really meant. Check out his conversion in 2000 versus their sudden reversal years later and the exodus of the final Rolfians. Now the ELDONUTs act as if they discovered Justification by Faith. And - as a treat - they boast of the vast superiority of Concordia, Ft. Wayne, where they were taught UOJ. And, of course, they have a boss who went out seeking pastors who would call him Right Reverend Bishop. Hint - the word in the New Testament means supervisor - not "one who wears a fish-hat, carries a $400 stick, covets the Eastern Orthodox, and expects abject obedience."
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| They were incensed that I posted this photo, which they took. Note the EO beard. |
