Once upon a time, X was smitten with Objective Justification and Church Growth. He was nasty about this little Icha-blog that no one reads, that no one regards as credible. He even wrote on the not-so-secret Church and Change listserve, signing with his initials. But he denied that was his writing, his signature.
The efficacious Word convicted him, because Jesus actually taught, the Holy Spirit would convict the world of sin, "because they believe not on Me." He and his wife rejoiced in Justification by Faith and defended in public what he earlier had mocked. He wrote friendly emails, but that was not to last.
Like the dentist on the website that few read, except for laughs, he became a back-slider, since his former OJ friends beat him like a rented mule and his brain-washed relatives reached - in love - for the shun button and the Left Boot of Fellowship. Now he is back to his old style, bereft of manners, confusing mockery with Biblical truth.
Now that he is back to his old snakepit, we should ponder - "Is this the basis for a lively and growing community of worship? Or, will they continue to be another pickle factory, where everything is pickled in the vinegar of Walther veneration?
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| Why did Walther's kidnapped niece and nephew die in America? From what? He led Stephan's group - after kidnapping his own bishop - and engaged in multiple felonies. |
