RIP, Daniel Deuteschlander, WELS Professor

 

OBITUARIES

Prof. Daniel M. Deutschlander

March 18, 1942 - October 26, 2020

Obituary

Prof. Daniel M. Deutschlander, 78, of Watertown, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020 at Rainbow Hospice in Johnson Creek. 

A private service will be held at Lutheran Cemetery in Watertown. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials, if desired, may be directed to St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Watertown. Hafemeister Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Watertown is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at www.hafemeisterfh.com. 

Daniel Marvin was born in Minneapolis, MN on March 18, 1942 and together with his twin brother put up for adoption. He and his brother were adopted by Gotthard Julius Deutschlander and his wife, Rose Marie nee Klausmann. He was adopted as a child of God and made a brother of Christ on April 23, 1944 through the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. He was confirmed on Palm Sunday, 1956 with Rev. 2:10, Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life, as his confirmation verse. The days of his baptism and of his confirmation were joined by a third memorable day, the day of his ordination into the holy ministry, June 16, 1968. 

He attended Horace Mann and Groveland Park elementary schools in St. Paul, MN; Concordia Academy in St. Paul, MN; Concordia College in St. Paul, MN (degree: AA); Northwestern College in Watertown, WI (degree: BA); Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon, WI (degree: M. Div.); Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, IL (degree: MA in history); and UW Milwaukee (graduate studies in German). 

He served as a pastor at Zion Lutheran and St. James Lutheran in Akaska and Tolstoy, SD; St. Peter’s Lutheran in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada; St. James Lutheran and campus pastor at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He served at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School in Jackson, WI as Assistant Principal and teacher of German and religion; Northwestern College in Watertown, WI as professor of German, history, philosophy, and religion; Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN as professor of German, history and religion; occasional summer quarter lecturer at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary; a semester as adjunct professor of history at Wisconsin Lutheran College. He conducted preaching workshops for parish pastors, and a seminar on church-state relations in Kiev, Ukraine after the Ukrainian Lutheran Church translated and published his book on the subject. 

As a parish pastor (1968-1980) he served as circuit pastor, district vice president, member of the WELS evangelism commission, and on district evangelism and stewardship boards. From 1980-1984 he served as the weekly preacher for the WELS German radio broadcast that went from Eastern Europe to the Germans in the far east of the Soviet Union. He authored numerous doctrinal essays and papers, and other works including books, sermons, and devotions published by Northwestern Publishing House. 

His greatest joy was a never ceasing amazement at the grace and mercy of God that he should not only redeem him but find a use in his church for such an unworthy and unfit instrument and house of clay. His greatest delight was to see his former students serving their Lord faithfully and then giving thanks to God that he had the honor to play some small role in their formation as pastors of Christ’s flock. His German Bible and German hymnal were his constant companions and the Lutheran Confessions his never-failing guides. 

He is survived by his brother, David (Dianne) Deutschlander of Pine City, MN and his sister, Sharon Meyers of Sandstone, MN. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gotthard and Rose Deutschlander and brother, Ronald Deutschlander.

There are no events scheduled. You can still show your support by sending flowers directly to the family, or plant a tree in memory of Prof. Daniel M. Deutschlander.

Hafemeister Funeral Home

Phone: (920) 261-2218

611 East Main Street, Watertown, WI 53094

Did the Solas Fool You on Reformation Sunday?

I remember His Eminence, Professor James "Teufel" Tiefel, giving an impromptu sermon for Reformation where he kept shouting out the Solas. He counted them out on his pudgy fingers, too; I think he was up to five. Why not seven? Sola Synod! Sine Fidei

I learned from extensive reading at Notre Dame that the apostates picked up on universal grace, which has a long history, and pitted that grace against faith.

One LCA speaker for the Word and Witless Program had a tape where he sneered at those Evangelical leaders who were nationally known and well funded - "There is not an ounce of GRACE in their messages."

I began to catch on, because I started at age 16 as a Lutheran with Justification by Faith and Bainton's book on Luther, Here I Stand.

They imagine faith is the enemy of grace, or the opposite of grace, or obsolete (listen up WELS Antinomians) because grace obliterates any need for faith. They like to warn, "Do not make faith a work of man!" But faith comes from the Means of Grace (not that they know this.)

But this is where the Apostle Paul and Holy Spirit straightens them out -

KJV Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

16 δια τουτο εκ πιστεως ινα κατα χαριν εις το ειναι βεβαιαν την επαγγελιαν παντι τω σπερματι ου τω εκ του νομου μονον αλλα και τω εκ πιστεως αβρααμ ος εστιν πατηρ παντων ημων

Simply put, this means being declared righteous by faith means this is by grace. Consistent with the chapter, Abraham is the example of Justification by Faith.

The pinheads of WELS and Missouri want people to think that grace excludes faith, both in Justification and Election. And where did they get this tripe? From Walther, the American Calvin. Anyone who has read his fill of Calvin can see the Calvinism of Walther. He ignores faith, the efficacy of the Word, the Instruments (Means) of Grace as the only way that we receive grace.

I have written about Justification by Faith of Jesus, too - following the Apostle Paul and the Holy Spirit.

KJV Romans 3: 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

3:22 δικαιοσυνη δε θεου δια πιστεως ιησου χριστου εις παντας και επι παντας τους πιστευοντας ου γαρ εστιν διαστολη

I have to ask, if grace makes faith obsolete, why does the Apostle Paul cite the faith of Jesus as the source of the righteousness of God?

Note this is just before the New NIV adds "all" to make it seem as if the whole world is justified without faith.

Huber Was Walther's Example of Injecting Calvinism into Biblical Doctrine, 

Though Walther Never Owned Up to His Own Apostasy

Mordor - Sine - Without Faith

Notre Dame Law School Graduate Sworn In. Hillary Clinton's Birthday, Yale Law, 1973

Mrs. Ichabod and I watched Amy Coney Barrett being sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas last night. Many Internet posts mentioned that it was Hillary Clinton's birthday. 

Hillary graduated from Yale Law in 1973, when I graduated with an STM (Master of Sacred Theology) from Yale Divinity School. We visited the Law School once or twice, wondering which future celebrities were finishing their degrees.

Barrett is doubtless deserving to be placed on the U.S. Supreme Court - legal scholar, judge, professor, mother, and Christian. She graduated from Notre Dame Law in 1997. I finished the PhD in theology at ND in 1982. My dissertation advisor Yoder and the ND president Hesburgh have passed away. Stanley Hauerwas, another advisor, is still active. I met Hauerwas at Augustana College, in the library, where I was repairing old books.

Stanley Hauerwas

What matters most in this cultural struggle is our support of the unborn, who are the weakest of the weak, the poorest of the poor, a good reason for liberals to support life too.

MA, 1978; PhD 1982