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Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Readers might be amused at the following examples of clergy who pretended to be so friendly and proved otherwise, listed in approximate chronological order. Try to suppress an ironic smile the next time one of them launches another tirade:
- Jay Webber, Ft. Wayne vicar, wanted to meet and also collected a vast number of free theology books from me. Later he was furious that I helped Patsy Leppien with research on What's Going On Among the Lutherans? He worked with the Stolzenburg fan club (Kovaciny, Stolzenburg - Ft. Wayne) in the Ukraine, a clear indication of his moral compass having no needle.
- Kincaid Smith, DMin in Church Growth, Ft. Wayne, imagined he was my handler. He took me to Ft. Wayne but was switching to the ELS at the time. He published a positive review of Liberalism, but apparently repented of that slip. The WELS Church shrinkers hate the book, and the ELS genuflects to WELS dogma.
- Paul McCain, Ft. Wayne student, walked over to meet me and Mrs. Ichabod at a bookstore. He wrote letters about how much he liked my articles in Christian News and invited me to tour the Purple Palace when he became Al Barry's assistant.
- Jack Cascione, Ft. Wayne, is related to a former church member. Jack explained how they bob and weave to get the "right DP" in the LCMS. The "right DP" turned out to be an ELCA wannabee. Jack linked McCain's plagiarized articles on his LutherQueasy vanity blog - and never noticed the deceit. Quite the scholar, Jack.
- James Heiser, Ft. Wayne, Malone bishop. He wanted to come to our conferences to sheep-steal. His ELDONUTs are so hostile and secretive, they have earned a title - The Silent Minority. The good news - ELDONA seminary enrollment has leveled off. Heiser and Cascione have the same aversion to telling the truth. That is one of the few strengths of a Ft. Wayne education. UOJ is another. They spend three years studying...what exactly...and graduate in Church Growth, UOJ, and Smells & Bells.
- Mordorites DP Buchholz and SP Schroeder. They asked my social secretary, Steve Spencer, permission to contact me. Apparently they wanted good PR for their vicious behavior. Herman Otten is much more amenable and far more rentable. He can bury or spike a story (given truckloads of adulation) even a story about multiple felonies at church headquarters.
There are others, free book friends, who could be counted on to come for free books from the ones I gathered at Trinity Seminary and other locations.
Clergy wonder why their sects are melting down, no matter how much money is wasted on their projects. Is it possible that the laity have grown as weary of their lies as I have? They profess to be great scholars but hardly grasp the basics of the catechism. What little they know from Luther, they reject in favor of their pet theories. They have privately objected to many abuses in their own denominations. But when opportunities for a deluxe call or free world travel arise, they are eager to prostrate themselves before the right people.
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