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Our leaders in Scriptural studies, the key Reformation teachers, are: Luther, Melanchthon, and Chemnitz. |
ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
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Our leaders in Scriptural studies, the key Reformation teachers, are: Luther, Melanchthon, and Chemnitz. |
Some say the leader of the union is a Judas goat, far too cozy with management and making too many compromises. |
Rachel Furgeson is the ninth "conservative Lutheran" with a Jesuit PhD, from St. Louis University. |
"A small group of faculty and staff members at Concordia University Chicago (CUC), River Forest, Ill., recently field-tested a new CUC curriculum titled Unity and Civility in a Diverse Community. The group, which numbered about 10, worked through the curriculum together, led by CUC Professor of Music Dr. Maurice Boyer. The curriculum was created by a committee chaired by Dr. Rachel Ferguson, director of CUC’s Free Enterprise Center and assistant dean of the CUC College of Business.
Ferguson, who has also been instrumental in developing the curriculum, said its purpose is “to provide a biblically grounded approach to many of the questions that other institutions of higher education are answering with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion content."
Erich Heidenreich (Erich) Senior Member Username: Erich Post Number: 1785 Registered: 12-2004 |
From The Reporter, June 3, 2024, Diversity, unity, civility: New curriculum grounds all three in Christ
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BREAKING: An "autonomous group" of students occupied the office of the president of Stanford University president. Police had to break into the office to arrest the students.
Some Notre Dame students took over a building to protest. Hesburgh's policy was clear -
Father Hesburgh then laid out his "15-minute" rule, which would give any disruptive demonstrator 15-minutes to "cease and desist." They would be given a chance to do so at that time, but after five more minutes, would be suspended. If they chose to persist, they would be expelled from Notre Dame. https://hesburghportal.nd.edu/story-dedication-protests.html
If you know how precious the ND degree is to Catholic parents and how difficult it is for their children to get in, there is no chance a group would even consider staging a protest to prove something. Nevertheless, college presidents all over the country felt their knees buckle and they caved in.
I was told at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary that I could not go into the library because they were staging a lockout for the entire Waterloo Lutheran University campus. That was about 1972. I said, "I am not in your lockout." They offered to let me participate in all-night prayer for part of their protest, adding "You don't have to pray." I laughed and walked away. Kent State was in 1970, but I cannot remember which protest du jour was on the menu that day.
Stephanus John 3:16 - ουτως γαρ ηγαπησεν ο θεος τον κοσμον ωστε τον υιον αυτου τον μονογενη εδωκεν ινα πας ο πιστευων εις αυτον μη αποληται αλλ εχη ζωην αιωνιον
Matthew 28:19-20 πορευθεντες ουν μαθητευσατε παντα τα εθνη βαπτιζοντες αυτους εις το ονομα του πατρος και του υιου και του αγιου πνευματος
διδασκοντες αυτους τηρειν παντα οσα ενετειλαμην υμιν και ιδου εγω μεθ υμων ειμι πασας τας ημερας εως της συντελειας του αιωνος αμην
Matthew 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
1 John 1 ο ην απ αρχης ο ακηκοαμεν ο εωρακαμεν τοις οφθαλμοις ημων ο εθεασαμεθα και αι χειρες ημων εψηλαφησαν περι του λογου της ζωης
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
I finished the lecture today and set up the YouTube version, which is easy to do, perhaps too easy. All I had to do was load the video/sound file and put some touches on those little things in Zoom and YouTube.
I played the video, which looked OK - but where were the flowers? The brilliant red flowers (Take It Easy) were gone! I went to the chapel - the red roses were still there! Hmmm!?
Maybe I downloaded a previous file and titled it for today, with the Weeds graphic. Aha and Yes! All I had to do is figure out how to remove an earlier file from the Weeds graphic. That was easy to do and worked out well. The flowers were back on the altar and on the mike stand for today.
I am going to maintain this pattern - lectures on Tuesday and Thursday at 11 AM Central, Greek lesson on Wednesday at 11 AM Central. Given that and the Sunday services, our little church can provide over 2,000 YouTube videos a year.
PS - I began photography in a darkroom in Sturgis. It was a lot of fun and educational, black and white, and I learned enough to wave goodbye in favor of digital.
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KJV Matthew 13:24
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
[a grain of mustard seed...leaven...teaching in parables]
37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1. Creation - weeds are guardians of the soil.
2. Weeds prove the soil is good and they also improve the soil. Dandelion is an herb.
3. Wooden shoes were used to trample down growing fields. Sabotage.
4. The tares are spread in the field to take advantage of believers. Evil ones are acting with their Father Below.
5. Tearing up the weeds can wreck the crop, so they wait for the harvest.
6. The greatest bishops, popes, and theologians can be tares and increase evil over time.
7. The Son of Man will send angels to gather and burn the tares - evil doers.
8. The righteous will shine forth in the Kingdom of their Father.
Standing on the masthead, in Moby Dick, was essential for spotting whales. |
I missed out on joining the Lutheran Church in America, which began its toxic unification effort with the American Lutheran Church and the Seminex faction. The Michigan Synod of the LCA hosted numerous events for its pastors, leaving behind precious memories.
One event included about 10 pastors and a synod staff member who had been a company executive.
Everyone was offering a some opinions, so I said, "The Michigan Synod is funded and organized for its own destruction." Everyone went silent at once, then one pastor asked the staffer timidly, "Is Greg correct?"
The staffer said, "Greg is correct."
My bags were already getting packed to leave the LCA. One pastor was from Gay, Michigan, so I told him what I could do to help him get a position in ELCA, which was being 100% quota (aka DEI) organized. "I can write you in as a Gay pastor from Michigan." Normally jolly, he said, "Don't you dare!" He was serious, and I was not.
The merger, which they hastened to call A New Church, began its meltdown immediately. I followed the Big Five - ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) from that time onward, because I left before the merger and dared to quote the Braaten-Jenson Dogmatics from the pulpit, as a warning unheeded, clearly irritating some members.
From the masthead, the Big Five were living from the riches of Thrivent Insurance, another merger (AAL, Lutheran Brotherhood) that began its way downward from its association with the Big Five. To be fair, they were working together and dying together.
The three LCA churches I served no longer exist. Christina's home church in South Bend, Indiana, moved away from their location and are now selling the brick house offered for sale.
Some may ask, as in their wont, about the Big Five and separately the Walther Four.
The Big Five are all together, no matter how much they strut and preen, as peacocks do. They are too dishonest to admit they teach a weak and conflicted brand of Universalism. God is so gracious that He has forgiven everyone. "Hell is filled with guilt-free saints," although ELCA denies Hell, too. But they all have so much in common that they can work, study, and become bankrupt together.
The Walther Four try to gloat that they are special, unique, far too pure to associate openly with the others, but they feel the darkness.
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This is one of many mastheads designed by Norma Boeckler, the term used by journalists long ago. |
Luke 14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. |
The Rush Limbaugh essay below should be read annually.
This article explains why the New York case should be reversed a dozen different ways. Please read it for details.
Crucial differences should remind us why the United States were formed as a Constitutional Republic, with many checks and balances to avoid the traps of royal authority.
The jury system has slowly evolved to protect people from the abuse of law, the very thing emphasized by the constant attacks on Trump, when quashed, rose up to be repeated mostly by media numbskulls but also by those who thought glory would come from their echo chamber.
When errors are made by the judge and prosecutor in a trial, the case can go to appeals court, the ultimate being the US Supreme Court. An error or errors can overturn a verdict, which is 100% certain in my perspective. Some hints came up before the trial was over. Judge Merchan and the prosecutor both showed their willingness to go against the Constitution, which makes them completely wrong in many different categories.
Denominations work the same way, which is why I compare them to criminal operations - which they are - beholding to no one. That may explain why members of every Holy Mother Sect ae leaving - whether the flock are bored, scandalized, or disgusted. The managers (aka leader) cover up murders and slander anyone who brings up the truth in a variety of circumstances.
WELS and Missouri are just as gay as ELCA, which may explain why the drainage from ELCA never seems to help the Walther Four - LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) from dying.