Fraud Detected Again, 12/10/18 Christian News - Universalism Hidden Under The Doctrine of "Justification"

Strange how people sell their Universalism by starting out with Luther and the Chief Article. Salesmen call it Bait and Switch. Magicians call it Misdirection of the Eyes. The Bible calls it Cancer or Gangrene.

As a side-note, to illustrate these devious trends, the Back to Luther Bog is all about Walther, Pieper, and Objective Justification. That is a feature of the LCMS and its surly brethren, replacing gold with fool's gold, gems with cheap glittery glass. But - let's return to the subject - another Christian News deception.

The True Lutheran Rev. Richard A. Bolland, Editor 

“Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing” 

according to Luther (sic) and Walther 

By Rev. Clint K. Poppe Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 

First Vice President, Nebraska District

“The thing that matters most.” What is the material principle of true Lutheranism? In a word, justification! We are declared righteous (justified) by grace alone, through faith alone, as revealed by Scripture alone, on the basis of the person and work of Jesus Christ alone (Augsburg Confession and the Apology, Article IV).

Although the author borrows a lot of language from Justification by Faith, the Chief Article, he never explains "We are declared righteous (justified) by grace alone..." As I have shown many times, these people merge the Atonement with Justification by Faith - as Walther, Stephan, and Halle did - and imagine God declared the entire world righteous (OJ) when Jesus rose from the dead.

The language is deliberately or ignorantly deceptive. The Holy Spirit, through Paul, says in Romans 4 that - like Abraham - we are justified by faith.

Faith is not opposed to grace, as Dr. Lito Cruz pointed out. Romans 4:16 KJV - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace... 

The author does not say everyone in the world is forgiven and saved, but those who know OJ say, "Hey! Hey!" They love that conflation that places them in the same bedroll as ELCA and all rationalists, Barth and his Commie mistress Charlotte Kirschbaum, and such notables as the esteemed authors of Braaten Jenson's Dogmatics. Yea, long before the LCMS Dogma-tanic was the ELCA Dogma-tanic, both hailing Universalism in the name of "grace" and loathe to express faith or name that word so odious ot them...faith.

This issue of CN has the word "justification" in it 19 times, but a big zero for "justification by faith." As shown on the Luther statue graphic, the proper term is Justification by Faith. "Means of Grace" is used once in this issue, which is one more time than usual.

A funny statement from Otten, who got Harrison elected:
"Harrison high-fiving such a liberal as Cardinal Cupich does not help. He should have questioned Cupich on evolution, higher criticisms, justification and homosexuality. Rome’s present position should be exposed."

So why does Otten sell popish books like The Facts about Luther? And who is he to question anyone about the Chief Article? He agrees with Matt the Fatt, the LCMS Dogma-tanic, and Stephan's pimp.

 Where does Luther abandon Justification by Faith and anticipate the Calvinist Huber in saying everyone is righteous? And where do the Concordists anticipate Halle's Pietism and claim that the Resurrection of Christ absolved the world of sin? And where does Jesus contradict Himself, when He said the Holy Spirit will convict the world of sin, because "they believe not on Me?"

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WELS Friendship Sunday - The Nightmare Continues. When the Gospel is denied, expect no fruits of the Spirit.

The totals make the WELS Discussions posts the top four and five read posts, all-time, but they do not show up on that list. Is someone bribing the Al Gore Rhythm?

Their numbers for the last 30 days - click on the links below to make them go even higher.

WELS Discussions on Facebook - Mark Schroeder Retr... Jul 27, 2015,	736
WELS Discussions Group on Facebook Links Lutheran ... Jul 28, 2015,	693

So we have a mystery like unto the Hyles-Schaap stealth statistics. People are constantly viewing these two WELS links, but the discussion links do not show up on the all-time list. See the top graphic - over 15,000 and 12,000 views each.

Are you not glad that I have kept those discussions easy to find and read? The WELS Discussions Security Detail pointedly asked me not to be a part of their discussions. Some said they would not participate if I were listed as a member of that group. I chuckled and gave myself the Left Foot of Fellowship by Proxy.

 The radical fringe rejects Justification by Faith as the Chief Article -
Carl Braaten, Justification.

Disturbing to Lutherans, Or Not?

Lutherans should be disturbed that the synod presidents who call themselves conservative, orthodox, or confessional...are not.

Matt the Fatt, Mirthless Mark, and Pope John the Malefactor are united by a common disbelief. They reject Justification by Faith but are too cowardly to say that. Instead, they "rejoice" that they agree about Universal Objective Justification.

Carl Braaten is no hero of mine, but he had all the advantages in his academic career, from Harvard to Paris. He identifies those who reject the Chief Article - Justification by Faith - as being on the far fringes of Lutherdom. Look - the three clowns above belong to the radical fringe. They are so twisted that they casually treat their favorite dogma as the Chief Article. In WELS it is popular to start on "Justification," use all the attributes of Justification by Faith, and then romp through UOJ-land like whirling dervishes on meth. See Mark Zarling, Frosty Copycat Bivens, and Steve Valleskey for the method - stored and preserved like holy relics in the precious WELS Essay File.

Hypocrisy Is Their Game, Conswervative Is Their Name: Con Artists Who Swerve Away from Luther

LCMS - the Synod President candidates use Herman Otten to put them over the top while pretending to hate Christian News. Paul the Plagiarist McCain worked secretly with Otten to get Al Barry elected. Meanwhile, CPH said to me, "We rejected Catholic, Lutheran, Protestant for publication because you write for Christian News."

Matt the Fatt's campaign team traveled to New Haven, Missouri to sing their Ballad of Herman Otten to him. However, anyone else communicating with Otten is a leper. In one class at Concordia Seminary (Our Lady of Sorrows), St. Louis, two people were denied approval by the John Johnson administration. Both men had superficial contacts with Otten - little more than one message sent. I was there when Johnson was faxing to Otten all the time. 

The editor of Northwestern Lutheran - currently named Forward for Fuller - told me, "If you write for Christian News, you cannot publish in our WELS magazine." However, the WELS minders are constantly in touch with Otten to have him spike the stories about criminal conduct by WELS workers. If he cannot spike a national story like Joel Hochmuth and the FBI raid at the Love Shack, he buries the lead on page 17, an old trick used to say, "We covered that one."

The "conservative" Lutheran leaders do not mind Otten at all. He is quite docile and cooperative. An extra favor for them is his service as a Judas goat, whether deliberate or not. When he publishes material from dissenters, he identifies them for termination. People talk, so everyone knows. "Anonymous" just means - Let the guessing begin. Thus the synod leaders keep and flatter Otten for their own self-serving public relations and for making the flowers bloom - so their heads can be cut off.

I do not mind being on the shun list of apostate synods. The CPH rejection led me into independent publishing, and the toxic leaders made it easy to be independent of their incompetence. 

Where else in Christendom can the entire group - ELCA/WELS/ELS/LCMS/CLC sic - be devoted to Church Growth and shrinking at the same time? UOJ and conswervative at the same time? 

 Doctrinal morons can be seminary presidents - ask Walther! Ask Valleskey!