Fools Rush In

Champion porkers run to get the latest, whether Unstuck or another tasty treat for their ever growing tummies. Paul and Luther wrote about that.

The porkers have something much better than faith in Jesus Christ. Their gimmicks work faster and delight the dullest crowd. 

In time, the people - even the clergy - begin to question the poison being offered and guaranteed to work.

1. Why do we need coffee, soft drinks, and munchies to worship the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
2. Why are we adding an ice cream soda fountain?
3. Where is the cross? Willow Creek is so big, why can't they afford a cross?
4. Why do they copy the same things our sales people do to make money?
5. Why are they unclear about the Bible and tell us to work it out on our own?
6. Why did Pastor Joel help break up a marriage so two men could be together and stay in the church?
7. Where does the money come from to settle lawsuits?
8. Is it normal for the worship professor to be arrested for drunken driving?
9. Do all our missionaries drive into utility poles before leaving for Russia?
10. Why are we told not to use one Bible, the KJV, when we have to buy or bring ONE Bible, the NIV?
11. Where did the seminarians go?
12. Where did all the highly touted missions go?
13. Why was grandma told she was giving away her estate to the "church" when they meant the synod, not the congregation?
14. Why are Missouri and WELS congregations asking about women taking over, just like ELCA?

This Just In! Chicken Truck Turnover Near Meandering Way, Fayetteville, Ark.

 

 Why This Is Not Funny...

With Tyson so dominant in this area, we had better egg-spectations for their drivers.

The yolks on us, because the truck left a fowl odor. The driver was so upset, he asked the cops for an eggs-orcist. And he claimed his driving was impeckable. That cracked me up.

An eggspert said, "He was driving too fast, took the curve like he was racing chickens instead of raising chicks. No yoking around from now on."

This one happened near our house, a few years back. "Where are you now?" Truck driver, "Almost Eden."

Luther's Complete and Unabridged Commentary on Galatians - Lutheran Librarian Alec Satin - Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry

 

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Luther's Galatians Commentary Complete and Unabridged by Martin Luther “‘The Epistle to the Galatians was a favorite of Luther’s… He found in it a source of strength for his own faith and life, and an armory of weapons for his reforming work… He came to think very little of his earlier commentaries. ‘They won’t do at all for this age ;’ he said, ‘they were only my first struggles against the confidence of works.’ But he rated his later exposition more highly. When the complete Latin edition of his works was in preparation a couple of years before ... Read more Little Journeys With Martin Luther by William Harley “A real book wherein are printed diverse sayings and doings of Dr Luther in these latter days when he applied for Synodical membership in the United States.” — from the Preface. Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed. Book Contents Collect By Way Of Explanation 1 I Rub My Eyes 2 Luther At Church 3 Getting Acquainted 4 The Doctors Disagree 5 Over The Mountains 6 Unequally Yoked Together 7 The King’s Business Requires Haste 8 Brethren Bland And ... Read more Bible History (complete in one volume) by Alfred Edersheim “It is to help the reader of Holy Scripture that the series has been undertaken. In writing it… I have wished to furnish what may be useful for reading in the family… More than this, I hope it may likewise prove a book to put in the hands of young men, — not only to show them what the Bible really teaches, but to defend them against the insidious attacks arising from misrepresentation and misunderstanding of the sacred text.” — Alfred Edersheim Alfred Edersheim ... Read more Fields of Far Renown by Joseph Hocking Joseph Hocking is the Lutheran Librarian’s favorite Christian novelist. Though mostly forgotten now, during his lifetime he was widely read and greatly beloved throughout the English speaking world. Most of his books deal in some way with the struggles and conflicts of living as a Christian in the modern world. The Lutheran Library is republishing many of Joseph Hocking’s novels. If you have any of Hocking’s 50 “lost” books, please contact us. Book Contents 1 ... Read more The Columbus Theological Magazine Vol. 5, Matthias Loy, Editor Vol 5 includes “The Discipline of the Will” by Matthias Loy, “The Fundamental Difference Between Luther’s And Zwingli’s Theology”, “The Will in Conversion” by Matthias Loy, and many other articles. The Columbus Theological Magazine is one of the specially restored collections of the Lutheran Library. Currently available volumes Master index Contents of Volume 5 (Links to facsimile PDF. Scroll to bottom for other downloads.) Principal Author Vol ... Read more The Columbus Theological Magazine Vol. 4, Matthias Loy, Editor Vol 4 includes “The Nature of the Will,” “The Liberty of the Will,” and “The Bondage of the Will,” all by Prof. Matthias Loy. Other articles include, “He Shall Baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire,” and “The Power Of God’s Word, According To The Lutheran And The Reformed Systems”. Much good reading! The Columbus Theological Magazine is one of the specially restored collections of the Lutheran Library. Currently available ... Read more The Columbus Theological Magazine Vol. 3, Matthias Loy, Editor Vol 3 includes “Intuitu Fidei” — “In View Of Faith.”, Wine in the Bible, The Calvinistic Doctrine Concerning Predestination and Election, The Limit Of The Law Of Peace, and many other articles. The Columbus Theological Magazine is one of the specially restored collections of the Lutheran Library. Currently available volumes Master index (Links to facsimile PDF. Scroll to bottom for other downloads.) Principal Author Vol 3 No 1 February 1883 Introductory To Volume III. Matthias ... Read more May God cause his face to shine upon you and bring you peace. From Your Lutheran Librarian editor@lutheranlibrary.org

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Warriors Against Faith in Christ - Look at the Ominous Roll Call

 

Luther's Third Cantate Sermon "Therefore the Holy Spirit rightly and justly convicts, as sinful and condemned, all who have not faith in Christ."

Pietism, Rationalism, Halle University

Georg Knapp was a highly regarded professor at Halle University. His theology textbook was translated into English by a well known Calvinist, who used those double justification words (OJ, SJ) so dearly loved by LCMS, WELS, ELS, and worse.

Walther loved the phrasing in English - OJ, SJ - and those terms went back to Germany to be used there. 

Rambach (Halle University) used the phrasing which wrongly connected the Resurrection of Christ with world absolution. To this day, students and professors of the failing seminaries declare that the entire world was forgiven and absolved (back to Adam) the moment Jesus died, alternately the moment Jesus rose from the dead. Yes, they are that ignorant.

Stephan learned Objective (Faithless) Justification at Halle University and taught it to CFW Walther, who insisted on it all his life.  Walther made sure the Wisconsin Synod's Francis Pieper filled his shoes as Concordia Seminary's president. Pieper next became the LCMS President.

Walther said that Stephan "saved his life" by teaching him Objective (Faithless) Justification.

Walther broke up the Synodical Conference by insisting on faith as a work! Romans 4 makes it clear that justification is by faith or else it is a work. 

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,

The Walther gang continued to promote the bad leaven of OJ through their canonical Brief Statement of 1932. Missouri began to unravel from that point, not because Pieper died but because the Stephan-Walther-Pieper dogma took over.

Cascione still promotes the bizarre OJ essay of Robert Preus, even though it was repudiated by stealth in Preus' Justification and Rome.

This statement above from Calov is one of many in which Robert Preus clearly repudiated Justification without Faith.

I remember Robert Preus talking in class about how much he admired the clarity of Quenstedt. Dan and Rolf, two of his sons, edited the book but failed to acknowledge its clear message of Justification by Faith.

The fatuous Church Growth Movement, spawned at Fuller Seminary, spreading faster than an STD at Halle University, is perfect for Objective (Faithless) Justification. "Everyone knows, anything goes."

According to a Bethany faculty member, the ELS sect will be nothing more than a footnote in a few years. WELS is not far behind that metric.

One big happy family! trading the Scriptures for a little bit of loot from Thrivent.

Gypsy Rose Lee

"Now's your inning. Stand the world on it's ear!

Set it spinning! That'll be just the beginning!

Curtain up! Light the lights!

You got nothing to hit but the heights!

You'll be swell. You'll be great.

I can tell. Just you wait.

That lucky star I talk about is due!

Honey, everything's coming up roses for me and for you!"