Introduction
by Gregory L. Jackson
By stealth, Lutherans
have steadily eroded the Biblical doctrine which established them as Evangelicals
and Protestants, allowing others to use those names while surrendering to the
worst inclinations of Calvinists, Pietists, and Roman Catholics. The uniting
cause, to soothe every worldly conscience, is to declare that God in His grace
has already declared the entire world absolved of all sin. After meeting and
devouring the perks of Thrivent publicity, the LCMS-WELS-ELS stated –
"Last
but certainly not least, there was special joy to understand that we all hold
to objective justification—that God declared the world righteous through the
life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and that we all recognize it to be the
urgent mission of the church to take this gospel to the entire world."
That particular shout
of celebration may be difficult to find verbatim now, apart from a certain blog
seldom named but often read. However, the gloating superiority and arrogance
can be found in 60 or more essays in the WELS Essay Files.
