Lutheran Liars Club - And the Winners Are -

 The anti-Scriptural bigots cannot teach this, because they do not believe it.

Who are the Lutheran liars? The ones who -

• Talk Biblical inerrancy but deny the clear, plain teaching of the Scriptures.
• Speak glowingly of Justification but mean the Calvinistic, Pietistic distortions fashioned by Luther's enemies.
• Claim a quia subscription to the Book of Concord, but also say it is boring and irrelevant.
• Want a free ride on the Creation train, but reject the divine efficacy of the Word.
• Preach on John 16 but overlook that Jesus calls unbelief the foundational sin - "because they believe not on Me."
• Parade in their copes, capes, mitres, and chasubles through a cloud of incense but separate the Spirit from the Word, legislating from the throne of their hearts, like the Pope.
• Venerate a kidnapper, thief, and riot organizer, making him the only, true, infallible judge of Scripture, so all questions are answered by the Great Prophet Walther.
• Praise Jesus while tearing down the bridge to the Savior, the Means of Grace.

 Not apt to teach.  Not apt to teach.  Not apt to teach.

The Union of Anti-Scripture Bigots To Speak at Camp Trinity: Cascione (No Synod), Spencer (WELS), Mueller (WELS), Rolf Preus (ex-ELDONA)

Wayne Mueller swore on a stack of McGavrans that there was no Church Growth in WELS. But here is son Adam Mueller with a pack of CG gurus.

At least they admitted it. Camp Trinity is hosting joint worship and lectures by anti-Scripture bigots:

1. Pastor Jack Cascione
2. Pastor Steve Spencer
3. Pastor Wayne Mueller
4. Pastor Rolf Preus

They are Objective Justification fanatics. They deny the Chief Article of the Christianity - Justification by Faith.

They are going to parade their belief in Creation, but what does that mean when they make their money on repudiating the Master and Chief, the Prince, the article that judges all other articles of faith?

Professors Zarling and Bivens lectured this to WELS and posted their essays in the Holy of Holies, the WELS Essays File.

"The article of justification is the master and prince, the lord, the ruler, and the judge over all kinds of doctrines; it preserves and governs all church doctrine and raises up our conscience before God. Without this article the world is utter death and darkness... The doctrine of justification must, as I frequently urge, be diligently learned; for in it all the other articles of our faith are comprehended. And when that is safe, the others are safe too."
(E. M. Plass, ed, What Luther Says: An Anthology, 3 volumes. (St. Louis: CPH, 1959), 2:703-704.)

No, that justification is not Objective Justification, as the professors scandalously claimed. Luther, Melanchthon, and Chemnitz made it clear in the Book of Concord, which these Quia Marias pretend to honor.

6] This article concerning justification by faith (as the Apology says) is the chief article in the entire Christian doctrine, without which no poor conscience can have any firm consolation, or can truly know the riches of the grace of Christ, as Dr. Luther also has written: If this only article remains pure on the battlefield, the Christian Church also remains pure, and in goodly harmony and without any sects; but if it does not remain pure, it is not possible that any error or fanatical spirit can be resisted. 

Formula of Concord, SD, III, 3.

Their OJ arguments are exploded in the nearby section below, which they have never read, never comprehended. That is why they squawk, howl, and jibber about their precious OJ.

10] These treasures are offered us by the Holy Ghost in the promise of the holy Gospel; and faith alone is the only means by which we lay hold upon, accept, and apply, and appropriate them to ourselves. 11] This faith is a gift of God, by which we truly learn to know Christ, our Redeemer, in the Word of the Gospel, and trust in Him, that for the sake of His obedience alone we have the forgiveness of sins by grace, are regarded as godly and righteous by God the father, and are eternally saved. 12] Therefore it is considered and understood to be the same thing when Paul says that we are justified by faith, Rom. 3:28, or that faith is counted to us for righteousness, Rom. 4:5...

Formula of Concord, SD, III, 3.

 "We have pacified these people - Wayne - too bad their church had to close."
"Good work, Steve, and thanks for cleaning out the Intrepids."

WELS Lutheran High, Plymouth, Minnesota - Complain? - They Retaliated

http://www.fox9.com/news/-we-must-send-a-message-human-rights-dept-settles-sexual-assault-case-files-another

During the 2014-2015 school year, the school allegedly failed to protect a ninth grade student who was sexually harassed and assaulted multiple times by other students.

The Department claims the school retaliated against the student by preventing her from returning for her 10th grade year.

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GJ - The Twin-Cities are a hive for Church Growth in WELS. The school hides its WELS affiliation but foolishly claims to be training youth to be Disciples of Christ - the denomination that gave us Don McGavran's Church Growth Movement!

"We look forward to building West Lutheran with his leadership and guidance as we prepare youth as Disciples of Christ."

"The mission of West Lutheran High School is to use the Word of God to prepare youth as Disciples of Christ by developing spiritual, intellectual, and social skills for dedicated service to their Savior."

 McGavran, behind Larry, was a Disciples of Christ minister and a sociologist.

New Management Team Badly Needed

As WELS Intrepid Leader Spencer said about Justification, "That is not a hill I will die on." He seemed to favor the Chief Article over Knapp, Rambach, Stephan, and Walther, but Steve asserted his thraldom and capitulated. He said WELS was very good at controlling people. Another observer would say, "No one is left in WELS but the compromised, the compromising, and the minders."

There are exceptions, but they are scarce as hen's teeth.

Mark Zarling and Frosty Bivens are great examples of Boomers who revolutinized WELS. As WELS Pastor Papenfus admitted to the families he kicked out - for denying the squalid idiocies of Objective Justification - "I never heard of OJ until I got to seminary."

Someone said, "The bubble is about to burst at Martin Luther College." But that fading school is more like a balloon in the garden, snagged by a plant after the summer birthday party, wrinkled and baggy, with just enough air left in it to retain its shape. No one is going to make MLC look bigger, better, or useful.

 WELS Luther Days spent thousands and attracted dozens.

The LCMS-WELS Boomers thought they were great, grabbing and keeping power. They used the scalpels of OJ in the right hand and Church Growth in the left hand to gut their synods of any semblance of Lutheran doctrine and worship.

Ancients called this a Pyrric victory, a win so bloody on the winning side that it is really self-defeating.

Watch and listen for their sociological excuses for the schools closing, their membership collapsing.

They are harder to cure than shingles, because no one is left to fight them.

Job Opening - President, Martin Luther College (nee Dr. Martin Luther College)

 Mark Zarling

Zarling is leaving a sinking ship early, like the Concordia's captain.

Help Wanted Ad - WELS Convention

"Active pastor, male teacher, or male staff minister for the position of president of Martin Luther College. No doctoral degree required. This is to fill a vacancy in the president’s office created by President Mark Zarling’s announced desire to retire on June 30, 2020."

Polish the diamond of Objective Justification in retirement, Mark.
That was a great paper - Bivens plagiarized it. 

 Stand in Awe of Justification, The Diamond Among the Jewels of Divine Revelation - M. Zarling

"The article of justification is the master and prince, the lord, the ruler, and the judge over all kinds of doctrines; it preserves and governs all church doctrine and raises up our conscience before God. Without this article the world is utter death and darkness... The doctrine of justification must, as I frequently urge, be diligently learned; for in it all the other articles of our faith are comprehended. And when that is safe, the others are safe too."
(E. M. Plass, ed, What Luther Says: An Anthology, 3 volumes. (St. Louis: CPH, 1959), 2:703-704.)

"The Chief Article"
( P. Melanchthon, "Apology of the Augsburg Confession," Article IV (II): "Of Justification," Concordia Triglotta. (St. Louis: CPH, 1921), p. 121.)

GJ - From the Chief Article to its repudiation, without blushing.

Zarling: "Universal justification" is a term denoting the doctrine that God has forgiven the sins of all men. Strictly speaking, the term "objective justification" expresses the thought that the sins of a man are forgiven by God whether he believes it or not. Objective justification is not necessarily universal, but if justification is universal it must of necessity be objective."
(Becker, S.W. "Objective Justification," an essay delivered to the Chicago Pastoral Conference, No. 9, 1982, page 1.)

 Bivens

The Primary Doctrine in Its Primary Setting: Objective Justification and Lutheran Worship

Frosty Bivens, 1996

“The article of justification is the master and prince, the lord, the ruler, and the judge over all kinds of doctrines; it preserves and governs all church doctrine and raises up our consciences before God. Without this article the world is utter darkness and death.”
(Martin Luther, What Luther Says, Vol. 2. p 703.)
Bivens - "Luther’s appraisal of the doctrine of justification is also ours. We hold it to be the primary doctrine of Scripture, that is, the central and most important teaching revealed by God for us sinners."

GJ - Does he agree with the Chief Article? Like Zarling, he repudiates it.

Bivens - "As revealed in the Bible, this declaration of God is made totally by grace and on account of Jesus Christ and his substitutionary life and death on behalf of mankind. To phrase it somewhat differently, God has justified acquitted or declared righteous the whole world of sinners. He has forgiven them." 

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 Andrea's catechism is the original Gausewitz.

 Gausewitz was used throughout the Synodical Conference, so guys - quit lying to everyone about OJ always being taught.

GJ 

Bivens just happened to start his dishonest essay in the same deceitful way Mark Zarling began his. 

WELS originally taught Justification by Faith and used the King James Version. They ash-canned the JBFA Gausewitz and replaced it with Kuske's OJ catechism. Before that, WELS eviscerated the KJV in preparation for destroying the sect with OJ and Church Growth.

Greek Lesson - Mark 8:27 - 9:9. Peter's Confession of Faith and the Transfiguration

Parser - tells us the I.D. of the word

Lenski's Mark Commentary - download as a PDF

Mark 8

27 και εξηλθεν ο ιησους και οι μαθηται αυτου εις τας κωμας καισαρειας της φιλιππου και εν τη οδω επηρωτα τους μαθητας αυτου λεγων αυτοις "τινα με λεγουσιν οι ανθρωποι ειναι"

28 οι δε απεκριθησαν "ιωαννην τον βαπτιστην" και αλλοι "ηλιαν" αλλοι δε "ενα των προφητων"

29 και αυτος λεγει αυτοις "υμεις δε τινα με λεγετε ειναι" αποκριθεις δε ο πετρος λεγει αυτω "συ ει ο χριστος"

emphasis on you plural, then on you singular

30 και επετιμησεν αυτοις ινα μηδενι λεγωσιν περι αυτου

31 και ηρξατο διδασκειν αυτους οτι δει τον υιον του ανθρωπου πολλα παθειν και αποδοκιμασθηναι απο των πρεσβυτερων και αρχιερεων και γραμματεων και αποκτανθηναι και μετα τρεις ημερας αναστηναι

Lenski: "The verb αποδοκιμασθηναι means to reject after submit ting to a test. Inferior or spurious coins were care fully tested and then rejected. Jesus will be rejected by no less an authority than the Sanhedrin, the highest judicial and religious authority of the nation which was far more representative than the high priest alone would have been." Mark, p. 339

32 και παρρησια τον λογον ελαλει και προσλαβομενος αυτον ο πετρος ηρξατο επιτιμαν αυτω

παρρησια - Openly, very important later.

επιτιμαν - Jesus rebuked the wind. See how it is used here.

33 ο δε επιστραφεις και ιδων τους μαθητας αυτου επετιμησεν τω πετρω λεγων "υπαγε οπισω μου σατανα οτι ου φρονεις τα του θεου αλλα τα των ανθρωπων"

34 και προσκαλεσαμενος τον οχλον συν τοις μαθηταις αυτου ειπεν αυτοις "οστις θελει οπισω μου ελθειν απαρνησασθω εαυτον και αρατω τον σταυρον αυτου και ακολουθειτω μοι"

35 "ος γαρ αν θελη την ψυχην αυτου σωσαι απολεσει αυτην ος δ αν απολεση την ψυχην αυτου ενεκεν εμου και του ευαγγελιου ουτος σωσει αυτην"

36 "τι γαρ ωφελησει ανθρωπον εαν κερδηση τον κοσμον ολον και ζημιωθη την ψυχην αυτου"

37 "η τι δωσει ανθρωπος ανταλλαγμα της ψυχης αυτου"

38 "ος γαρ αν επαισχυνθη με και τους εμους λογους εν τη γενεα ταυτη τη μοιχαλιδι και αμαρτωλω και ο υιος του ανθρωπου επαισχυνθησεται αυτον οταν ελθη εν τη δοξη του πατρος αυτου μετα των αγγελων των αγιων"

Mark 9 

και ελεγεν αυτοις αμην λεγω υμιν οτι εισιν τινες των ωδε εστηκοτων οιτινες ου μη γευσωνται θανατου εως αν ιδωσιν την βασιλειαν του θεου εληλυθυιαν εν δυναμει

2 και μεθ ημερας εξ παραλαμβανει ο ιησους τον πετρον και τον ιακωβον και τον ιωαννην και αναφερει αυτους εις ορος υψηλον κατ ιδιαν μονους και μετεμορφωθη εμπροσθεν αυτων

μετεμορφωθη - In a butterfly, the caterpillar turns into liquid and the liquid becomes a butterfly, a greater change than we usually imagine.

3 και τα ιματια αυτου εγενετο στιλβοντα λευκα λιαν ως χιων οια γναφευς επι της γης ου δυναται λευκαναι

4 και ωφθη αυτοις ηλιας συν μωσει και ησαν συλλαλουντες τω ιησου

5 και αποκριθεις ο πετρος λεγει τω ιησου ραββι καλον εστιν ημας ωδε ειναι και ποιησωμεν σκηνας τρεις σοι μιαν και μωσει μιαν και ηλια μιαν

6 ου γαρ ηδει τι λαληση ησαν γαρ εκφοβοι

7 και εγενετο νεφελη επισκιαζουσα αυτοις και ηλθεν φωνη εκ της νεφελης λεγουσα ουτος εστιν ο υιος μου ο αγαπητος αυτου ακουετε

8 και εξαπινα περιβλεψαμενοι ουκετι ουδενα ειδον αλλα τον ιησουν μονον μεθ εαυτων

9 καταβαινοντων δε αυτων απο του ορους διεστειλατο αυτοις ινα μηδενι διηγησωνται α ειδον ει μη οταν ο υιος του ανθρωπου εκ νεκρων αναστη

Beyond the Imagination. Plant It and They Will Come to the Creation Garden. Butterflies, Birds, Hummingbirds, Bees.

Ranger Bob got a large envelope today. We won an appeal on a tax matter. I served as his helper and managed an appeal for him. He was a big winner, and we celebrated with Mokka coffee: Bob, Mrs. Ichabod, Sassy, and I.

We all sat and watched from the front porch, so comfortable in the shade. The hummingbird feeder was one day old and attracting two different birds at the same time.

Sassy joined us for treats and crackers.

The hummingbirds love the feeder, but they spend most of their time flitting around the:

1. Mountain Mint
2. Joe Pye Weed
3. Daisies
4. Bee Balm
5. Borage
6. Clethra (cinnabon tree)
7. Cat Mint.

Hummingbirds love the sweetened water, but they need tiny insects and spiders for food that sticks to their tiny ribs. The absence of toxins allows all the creatures to flourish, feed, and be fed upon.

Soon after I learned that dragonflies also like Joe Pye, one (order odonata) flew by, shimmering in the sunlight.

Everyone likes to see the pollinators working over the blossoms. The mailman may not appreciate the bumble bee swaying Bee Balms near our mailbox, but he has not been stung.

Another Vista

I had to check the Butterfly Garden, once a scene of disappointment and disaster. The long-term plants needed time to grow and become strong. Now the BG has very healthy Joe Pye, a giant Comfrey, several blooming Yarrows, and my only surviving Hidden Lily.

On top of the Yarrow was a swallowtail butterfly, calmly resting a few inches from my face. I was expecting a need for some watering since the promised deluge for the week never arrived.

The beneficial insects and bees were flying and buzzing around. I wish people would realize they can stand next to the plants and view God's creatures impossibly close.

Katy Perry's Likely Defense - "If Tim Glende and Ski Can Do It in WELS, I Can Do the Same in My Career"

Jury: Katy Perry’s ‘Dark Horse’ copied Christian rap song

By ANDREW DALTON

"LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Monday found that Katy Perry’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” improperly copied a 2009 Christian rap song in a unanimous decision that represented a rare takedown of a pop superstar and her elite producer by a relatively unknown artist.

The verdict by a nine-member federal jury in a Los Angeles courtroom came five years after Marcus Gray and two co-authors, first sued in 2014 alleging “Dark Horse” stole from “Joyful Noise,” a song Gray released under the stage name Flame.

Full Coverage: Entertainment

The case now goes to a penalty phase, where the jury will decide how much Perry and other defendants owe for copyright infringement.

Questions from the jury during their two full days of deliberations had suggested that they might find only some of the defendants liable for copyright infringement. The case focused on the notes and beats of the song, not its lyrics or recording, and the questions suggested that Perry might be off the hook.

But in a decision that left many in the courtroom surprised, jurors found all six songwriters and all four corporations that released and distributed the songs were liable, including Perry and Sarah Hudson, who wrote only the song’s words, and Juicy J, who only wrote the rap he provided for the song. Perry was not present when the verdict was read.

Other defendants found liable were Capitol Records as well as Perry’s producers: Dr. Luke, Max Martin and Cirkut, who came up with the song’s beat."

 Who defended the boys?

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Time of Grace graduates are lacking in grace, lackeys of Fuller Seminary.

GJ - WELS encourages its poorly-trained seminarians to plagiarize. Therefore, many have been caught plagiarizing Church Growth sermonettes word-for-word.

Glende and Ski excommunicated a lawyer for speaking directly to them about the plagiarism. The DP supported Glende and Ski.

Later, the same dynamic ambiguous-about-doctrine duo took a WELS member to court for telling the truth.

Objective Justification training works well in the Wisconsin Sect - do not doubt it.

Pastor Palangyos Has His Copy To Translate

 The covers and illustrations are created by Norma A. Boeckler.

I have uploaded the Word file for Pastor Palangyos. I have another one being prepared for the second Philippine language.

 Pastor and Mrs. Jordan Palangyos.
Her first name is Amabel.

LutherQuislings Unleash Their Latest Weapon - The Wrong Biblical Citation

 "This will be our devastating weapon, the Muler."

LQ's Nadler:
Curiously, today on the latest Ichabod post Dr. Jackson singles out 1 Tim. 5:16 (sic) "justified in the Spirit" as NOT teaching Objective Justification; however, it is this passage that one of his heroes, Dr. Walter A. Maier, II, adduces as the passage of Scripture that teaches Objective Justification.

 "And furthermore, as I was saying..."

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GJ - I do not know what their Nadler is jabbering about. He exudes supreme confidence combined with intellectual buffoonery. I suspect too much coffee or other mood enhancers. His Biblical citation is wrong, so little does he know about his own doctrinal errors. 1 Timothy 3:16 is the passage on which the Pietists hang their hates (yes, hates) - Rambach, Webber, etc.  What he imagines WAM II teaches is irrelevant - the ruling norm is the Scriptures, not his grab-bag of authorities.

If someone wants to claim knowing the position of another, he needs to cite sources for  that, too. Having access to a keyboard does not grant automatic credibility.

I have been publishing on this topic since Y2K, but I have never seen the LutherQueasies raging and foaming at the mouth like this. I blame myself for focusing on the key Scriptures about Justification.

They keep trying to quash the Chief Article by dancing around the issues, hoping their ignorance will dazzle their tiny audience of relatives and therapists. Concentrating on Genesis 15:6 and Romans 4 will be their undoing, so they keep racing around with little posts on their little blog for their little friends.

When I mention that their Synagogue for Satan is full of straw man fallacies, they respond with another fallacy - tu quoque. I realize it is their therapy, not a response. I should stop agitating them, which only makes their hides bristle, James 2:19.

Someone Asked Some Questions about Objective Justification

 This Edward Preuss nonsense was praised by Walther, Robert Preus, Jack Cascione, and Paul McCain. "Justified before birth" - consider that.

Objective Justification is simple -

• "God issued a decree that the entire world is forgiven." (sic) 
• That is largely based on their false reading of 1 Timothy 3:16 - "The entire world was declared forgiven when Jesus rose from the dead." (sic)

The raising of Jesus declared that He was without sin, justified, but His justification was not like ours. The fact of His rising showed the world that He was not a sinner like us and therefore not mortal, like us.

They are keen to say that OJ is not the same as the Atonement, because OJ is the divine declaration. What they do is blend the two together, Atonement and justification, leaving everyone confused by their confusion.

Mission creep and the lack of Biblical knowledge combine to give the 21st century OJists many Moments of OJ -

1. The Empty Tomb
2. The Cross
3. The Angelic blessing at His birth
4. The Garden of Eden.

Subjective Justification is so weak an emphasis that it is almost invisible. Indeed, it has dropped away among the mainline theologians, who assume everyone is already forgiven and saved, period. That sounds like WELS DP Jon-Boy Buchholz, doesn't it?

 The Easter absolution of the world is also attributed to the cross, the angelic proclamation of His birth, and the Promise of a Savior in Genesis 3:15.

In fact, SJ is nothing more than deciding in favor of universal absolution without faith. As Walther wrote, "Every one who wants to be saved must accept the general absolution (OJ)."

So Walther has everyone in the world forgiven but they must also make a decision for OJ to be really forgiven.

Needless to say, that makes SJ tough to teach, so they rave about OJ and call Justification by Faith every possible name - Calvinism, Arminianism, Pietism.

Pieper, Mueller, and Scaer cleverly lumped together the contradictory terms of Justification by Faith, Objective Justification, and Subjective Justification. That allowed people to think that OJ is the Atonement and SJ is Justification by Faith. If those three LCMS leaders really believed that, they would not have railed against the Chief Article, Justification by Faith.

 If their dogma cannot be taught with Biblical words alone, then it must be false. If their dogma contradicts the Scriptures, it must be repudiated and rejected.

WELS Synod Convention, 2019 - First Draft

 M.S. - "Do not run any of those screen shots from Ichabod, OK?"

Synod convention begins July 29

2019/07/16/in Together [M.S. - this is just the first draft. For pity's sake do not post it on the Net.]

The 65th biennial convention of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod will be held at Martin Luther College (MLC), New Ulm, Minn., July 29–Aug. 1. The convention will be attended by over 400 voting and advisory delegates. Approximately half of the delegates are lay, with the other half being pastors, teachers, and staff ministers.

The opening service for the convention will be held Mon., July 29, at 6:30 p.m., in the Chapel of the Christ at MLC. The convention opens on Tuesday morning after the presentation of the flags by the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society. We hope to have another woman preaching from the pulpit.

 Celebrating our diversity, so ELCA will like us.

To further the interests of diversity not only will Old Milwaukee be served in the beer garden just east of the academic centre but also Pabst Blue Ribbon.  Of course sugared and caffeinated beverages will also be available.  After the 2013 confab we received complaints via Ichabod (which I do not read) regarding loud alcoholic rantings into the wee hours of the morning.  Remember, some of your fellow conventioneers require more sleep than others!

The first order of business is the unanimous re-election of the synod president, to be followed as soon as possible by the election for the synod second vice president. Tuesday morning will also include an overview of the mission opportunity in Vietnam, a presentation of the synod’s ministry financial plan, and the report of the synod president, moi.

After the election for president and second vice president is concluded, elections for other offices will take place whenever possible on the schedule. Most have already been arranged, so do not expect any surprises. But please vote.

Along with reports from all areas of the synod’s ministry, the convention will act on a recommendation for a formal declaration of fellowship with Fuller Seminary, ELCA, Thrivent's chapel, and the Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ–Kenya, and with a public affirmation of our synod’s fellowship with Christian Lutheran Evangelical Church in Taiwan, formally a WELS mission but now an independent synod.

Floor committees will prepare reports and resolutions dealing with all areas of ministry and support services. More than 20 memorials have been submitted for consideration. (Memorials are requests from individuals, congregations, or groups for convention action.) These memorials have been assigned to floor committees, which will then make recommendations about dumping some of them to the plenary convention. In addition, numerous proposed changes to the synod’s bylaws will be considered by the convention.

Closing worship is scheduled to take place on Thursday afternoon and will include the installation of the newly elected officers by moi.

The majority of the convention will be streamed live. The smoke-filled rooms do not have cameras, fortunately. The livestream can be found at wels.net/2019synodconvention.

Serving with you in Christ,
WELS President Mark Schroeder

"Ah! Fond memories."