Greek Lesson - Mark 7:15 - 37- That Which Defiles. The Deaf-Mute Healed. 7 PM Central Daylight Time

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15 ουδεν εστιν εξωθεν του ανθρωπου εισπορευομενον εις αυτον ο δυναται αυτον κοινωσαι αλλα τα εκπορευομενα απ αυτου εκεινα εστιν τα κοινουντα τον ανθρωπον

16 ει τις εχει ωτα ακουειν ακουετω

17 και οτε εισηλθεν εις οικον απο του οχλου επηρωτων αυτον οι μαθηται αυτου περι της παραβολης

18 και λεγει αυτοις ουτως και υμεις ασυνετοι εστε ου νοειτε οτι παν το εξωθεν εισπορευομενον εις τον ανθρωπον ου δυναται αυτον κοινωσαι

19 οτι ουκ εισπορευεται αυτου εις την καρδιαν αλλ εις την κοιλιαν και εις τον αφεδρωνα εκπορευεται καθαριζον παντα τα βρωματα

Lenski, Mark, p 297: " The αφεδρωνα  (the Greeks use) is not a "draught" or a "drain" and does not refer to the bowel but means a place to which one retires (αφ) and sits down (εδρω, seat)."

Hi point is that most translations avoid the term in various ways, but Jesus is clear. 

20 ελεγεν δε οτι το εκ του ανθρωπου εκπορευομενον εκεινο κοινοι τον ανθρωπον

21 εσωθεν γαρ εκ της καρδιας των ανθρωπων οι διαλογισμοι οι κακοι εκπορευονται μοιχειαι πορνειαι φονοι

22 κλοπαι πλεονεξιαι πονηριαι δολος ασελγεια οφθαλμος πονηρος βλασφημια υπερηφανια αφροσυνη

23 παντα ταυτα τα πονηρα εσωθεν εκπορευεται και κοινοι τον ανθρωπον

24 και εκειθεν αναστας απηλθεν εις τα μεθορια τυρου και σιδωνος και εισελθων εις την οικιαν ουδενα ηθελεν γνωναι και ουκ ηδυνηθη λαθειν

25 ακουσασα γαρ γυνη περι αυτου, ης ειχεν το θυγατριον αυτης πνευμα ακαθαρτον, ελθουσα προσεπεσεν προς τους ποδας αυτου

26 ην δε η γυνη ελληνις συροφοινισσα τω γενει και ηρωτα αυτον ινα το δαιμονιον εκβαλλη εκ της θυγατρος αυτης

27 ο δε ιησους ειπεν αυτη αφες πρωτον χορτασθηναι τα τεκνα, ου γαρ καλον εστιν λαβειν τον αρτον των τεκνων και βαλειν τοις κυναριοις

28 η δε απεκριθη και λεγει αυτω ναι κυριε και γαρ τα κυναρια υποκατω της τραπεζης εσθιει απο των ψιχιων των παιδιων

change from dogs to little dogs

29 και ειπεν αυτη δια τουτον τον λογον υπαγε εξεληλυθεν το δαιμονιον εκ της θυγατρος σου

30 και απελθουσα εις τον οικον αυτης ευρεν το δαιμονιον εξεληλυθος και την θυγατερα βεβλημενην επι της κλινης

31 και παλιν εξελθων εκ των οριων τυρου και σιδωνος ηλθεν προς την θαλασσαν της γαλιλαιας ανα μεσον των οριων δεκαπολεως

32 και φερουσιν αυτω κωφον μογιλαλον και παρακαλουσιν αυτον ινα επιθη αυτω την χειρα

33 και απολαβομενος αυτον απο του οχλου κατ ιδιαν εβαλεν τους δακτυλους αυτου εις τα ωτα αυτου και πτυσας ηψατο της γλωσσης αυτου

34 και αναβλεψας εις τον ουρανον εστεναξεν και λεγει αυτω εφφαθα ο εστιν διανοιχθητι

35 και ευθεως διηνοιχθησαν αυτου αι ακοαι και ελυθη ο δεσμος της γλωσσης αυτου και ελαλει ορθως

36 και διεστειλατο αυτοις ινα μηδενι ειπωσιν οσον δε αυτος αυτοις διεστελλετο μαλλον περισσοτερον εκηρυσσον

37 και υπερπερισσως εξεπλησσοντο λεγοντες καλως παντα πεποιηκεν και τους κωφους ποιει ακουειν και τους αλαλους λαλειν

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LutherQuislings Continue Their Straw Man Witticisms - But Spelling Still Counts

Alan Lubeck (1431) Senior Member Username: 1431 Post Number: 1947 Registered: 11-2004	Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 - 11:03 pm:       Of what use is an atonement and ressurection (sic) that justifies no one? You have to believe in something that apparently ain't there to be justified(according to the Jacksonites). Makes me wonder if they really confess the Lords (sic) Body and Blood for each communicant...even those without faith.
Steve Schmidt (Sschmidt) Advanced Member Username: Sschmidt Post Number: 668 Registered: 3-2017	Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - 11:16 am:       GJ likes to snip comments and mock. Good Christian behavior led by the Holy Spirit. He won't snip, however, any of the pages of quotes from Luther's Easter sermons, or Galatians commentary, or the Lutheran Confessions that clearly speak to objective justification. Maybe he hopes no one will notice they exist.

GJ - I enjoy discussing matters with people who cannot spell and do not read.

Our little group has published 11 volumes of Luther and even a volume of Luther's best sayings. Moreover, the first eight volumes of Lenker are already available free as PDFs. The House Postils will also be available free to all.

So far, people can also get most volumes for 99 cents or whatever is the lowest cost on Kindle.

I posted the Lenker set on this blog, so some of those sermons have been viewed thousands of time.

The more ardent losers - on that strictly OJ and trivia blog - build their little Straw Man fallacies. That means they construct an argument I have never made and destroy it with their aluminum foil swords and cardboard knives. The whole world trembles - with laughter.

Pietism from Another Perspective - Swedish Pietism, the Augustana Synod

Bishop Hill, Illinois is not far from Moline and Rock Island, where many Swedes came to work for John Deere and organized congregations.

 Erin Jansson left Sweden and took many Swedes with him - to Bishop Hill, Illinois.

The rationalistic Church of Sweden and the plague of alcoholism combined to fuel many separatist movements that led to immigration to America.

Eric Jansson, a layman, used fiery preaching to call out the dissatisfied and start new in America. His group had many of the problems faced by the followers of Bishop Martin Stephan.

John Deere improved on the plow and moved his business to Moline to take advantage of river transportation and hydro to power his factories. Swedish Pietists were encouraged to come to Moline to work in the factories.

Anything but the Church of Sweden looked good to the Swedes as they left. In fact, many joined the Methodists and the Mormons when they arrived. However, the Swedish clergy who came over were shocked by the many extremes of American freedom, such as Bishop Hill, only 47 miles from Moline.

Tiny Augustana College moved around quite a bit until it settled in nearby Rock Island, adjacent to Moline, and began to attract faculty and students. They even had a prep school to get students ready for college. One layman has often remarked to me about the success and academic standards of the Augustana colleges and the low standards and dissolution of the WELS-LCMS schools.

The Pietists took on that new name - Augustana - for the Augsburg Confession, but they never denied their origins in Pietism. Various leaders and Passavant encouraged them to make the Book of Concord their standard rather than continue in the lax attitudes of Pietism.

 Taking Lutheran doctrine to the Perryville LCMS - donated books.

That Alien Walther Mythology

Many people wonder, lost in astonishment, about the worship of Walther in the LCMS. Others simply find it repulsive and blasphemous.

Clearly, the highest authority for many is not the Scriptures but Walther.

At first, I was impressed by the lies and evasions of the Walther myths, but a lot of details did not add up.

Not worthy! We stood beneath the shadow of the Pietist who organized a riot, stole all of Stephan's gold, land, books, and personal items - and kidnapped the bishop to Illinois. "Dream big!" their Church Growth leaders tell the LCMS today.

Walther is portrayed as the founder of the LCMS, the source of many tall tales. The Loehe pastors invited the Perryville cult to talk with them, where there was no agreement. Then Missouri changed their tactics and unity occurred.

They closed their eyes to pray. When they opened them, Perryville and St. Louis were the founders and Loehists were the disruptive hangers-on. Loehe is still a bad word for the Walther worshipers. Not all Missourians worship CFW, but it is better to pretend.

The Walther circle? - they were all Pietists. They formed around one abusive Pietist guru. When he died, they looked for another Pietist guru and found Martin Stephan - also abusive. The Walther circle identified with cell groups, as all Pietists did, and had them in America, too. Stephan was called to a Pietist congregation, which he turned into a Pietist fund-raising operation for himself.