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| Retired DP Benke was fired for joining an all-religions service at Yankee Stadium, where he was not invited, and for offering a non-Christian prayer. But he was reinstated and Wallace Schulz was fired. So there. |
ALPB.org (Ancient Lutheran Pastors Bellyaching) - Their online forum is another one of those trivia discussion sites where the participants congratulate themselves on their powerful and beneficial effect on Lutherdom. If that means helping me embark on a well-deserved nap, I agree.
Their latest offering began with David Benke writing about Christian News. You may recall that Benke is the only LCMS pastor more ecumenical than Otten. I would summarize it, but the post made no sense. However, it began a discussion on their favorite tabloid and how it has no impact. This now occupies 24 pages, wandering around about various related and unrelated topics.
This community of scholars - pause for laughter - does not make their case for "no longer important" when everyone adds a few more posts.
I applaud anyone who posts a doctrinal opinion and backs it up with research. It would be best if every Lutheran pastor posted his or her or its sermons. The printed word reveals so much.
But notice how strong is the urge to silence someone. I speak from experience (CPH, NPH, CN, Dead Last Lutherans, LCA, WELS, LCMS, CLC sic, ELDONUTS book-burning, etc.) Benke suggested putting Otten on the roster once he shut down CN, then moving him to the retired list.
This may seem disruptive, but I advocate starting with the plain meaning of the Word of God. Paul welcomed division, to prove which side was correct. The modern Lutheran approach (all sects, especially the ELDONUTS) is to feign harmony by getting rid of any one who wants to discuss an issue.
Luther understood this issue of separating the good from the bad, because it was common in his time (and ours, but few know it) to move infested flour away from the good flour. If that is not done, thousands of moths will hatch in the future and feed from any form of food they can, even the dried flowers at the bottom of an empty vase.
Is that not the case with Barth, Fuller Seminary, and Church Growth? The most influential school in American Lutheranism and all denominations is Fuller. Those pesky moths are everywhere and multiplying by infesting students, church members, and synocracies with their idiotic, anti-Christian notions.
What did these jolly fellows - ELCA, LCMS, plus an atheist - do to stop the Barth-Fuller cancer? Nothing.
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