From the Official Magazine of a Dying ELCA - A Magazine Called Living Lutheran. WELS/ELS/LCMS Are Just a Few Steps Behind ELCA.

 

The article is linked here.

      

Beyond all logic and reason

By Christina Marthield MontgomeryFebruary 17, 2023

"The transfiguration is one of my favorite magical Bible stories. It makes me think of some of the best Disney transformation moments. I can just see that bright shining face, that dazzling white robe and Jesus floating above the mountain with Ariel singing of that moment she got her legs. Or maybe it was more of a whirlwind and whoosh a la Cinderella, with a bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.

However it happened, whatever the specifics, it must have been spectacular. Let’s think about the scene. Jesus and the disciples have been traveling for quite some time. They don’t have a change of clothes with them, just what they are wearing, because they have been relying on the kindness of strangers for shelter and provisions, and there are no such things as showers or running water.

So Jesus probably stank. He had melanin-rich skin, darkened from the sun; well-worn clothes, their hems tattered; dark woolly curls; and a matted beard. That’s the image of Jesus I have...."

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GJ -

Missouri and WELS have been fully involved with ELCA since it began in 1987, and before that with the ALC/LCA. But they are "spoiling the Egyptians," as David Valleskey likes to say.

The Bible Breakers Remind Me of Luther's Greatest Quip about the Roman Empire

One good reason to read, study, save, and post material is to embed those thoughts and critiques. The graphic above is one of my favorites, though the best Luther comment on this topic is about the Pantheon, the temple devoted to all gods, the new version built around 126 AD. The Pantheon is still considered an architectural wonder. Luther said,

"They worshiped every god except the One, True God."

One published statement about the KJV reminds all readers that every denomination has adopted the KJV as its own. But not the Roman Catholics, of course. Instead, we have the "Lutheran" LCMS adopting Codex Vaticanus as its main source for its bloated, heresy-filled commentary on the Gospel of Mark.

The King ordered one Bible for reading from the pulpit and lectern in England. The crown was no longer murdering people for translating the Bible into English - a long-standing order which started with a Pope. Therefore, earlier translations could have continued, but they quickly became museum pieces due to the overwhelming clarity of the (Tyndale) King James.

The majority opinion prevails today - with 60% reading the KJV/NKJV - overwhelming the pathetic Evil Four Plus One - RSV, ESV, NRSV, NIV plus the Otten-Hale-blessed Beck.

The Left-wing denominational leaders - including Matt the Fatt and Mirthless Mark Schroeder - promote and get kickbacks from the Evil Four, while disparaging and ignoring the King James Version. The mainline, apostate denominations venerate every Bible but the King James, because they get kickbacks from the Bible breakers who know they can make a profit by sharing the profits and hating the prophets.

When new, bad Bibles come out, the publishers are anxious to prove how many denominations have listed their professors as Me Too translators. The NIV was surrounded by that glow with John Jeske as one of their "experts" who had to admit in print that some passages were outright stupid. But Mirthless Mark pressed on with the New NIV, even stupider and worser than the original.

Our congregation is distributing free copies of the KJV, the portable sized ones for the jail ministry, the Super Giant Print ones especially favored by veterans of cataract surgery, useful for lecterns and pulpits as well. We just got another box from Christianbook.com. I said to Big John, our Bible distributor, "I am only going to give you KJV Bibles, because the others are inferior." He said, "There is no other."

Yes, you can tell this is a Photoshop, because Harrison is 50 pounds lighter and Archbishop Liz is not wearing her Thrivent Builds badge.

This was probably for the dedication of a new donut shop at the Purple Palace. Scholars are divided.

One of the three Lutheran sects is honest about its agenda.