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The Cross Athwart The Sky by Robert Golladay An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism by Joseph Stump The God That Answers By Fire by Joseph Hocking Weapons of Mystery by Joseph Hocking Short Stories Of The Hymns by Henry Kieffer

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The Cross Athwart The Sky by Robert Golladay “Lent stands for something specific. It tells the story of God’s grace and how it was specifically shown. It tells the story of redemption and how it was accomplished… Before Christ Jesus can be a guide and example He must be a Redeemer, a Savior. And Lent is the appropriate time of all times for presenting this truth.” “The biggest thing in the Christian religion is not what man does for God, but what God has done, and does, for man. It is a great thing for man to be in quest of God; it is vastly more important that God is continually in quest of man. And God’s quest for man reached its climax in the Savior’s passion. This is the story, and the only story, to be told during Lent. It is an old story, but it is ever new. And it is going to be in place as long as there are men and women to be saved, who want to be saved.” — Robert Golladay Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed. Book Contents Preface by Lutheran Librarian Foreword 1 Jesus Faces Jerusalem 2 One For All 3 Two Rebukes 4 Peter, Cowardice And Courage 5 Choices That Determine Destiny 6 Jesus In Bonds 7 The Feast In The Shadow Of The Cross 8 The Cross Athwart The Sky Copyright Notice Order a Printed Copy Print Copy: The Cross Athwart The Sky by Robert Golladay - “Lutheran Librarian” edition Download the eBook PDF Apple/Kobo EPUB Kindle AZW3 Legacy MOBI (If EPUB or AZW3 won’t work on your device) You can expect your book to arrive within a few hours. If you don't find it, check your spam or junk mail folder. You can also request a copy of this or any Lutheran Library e-book by sending an email with the book's title and format. Enjoy the book! Publication Information Lutheran Library edition first published: 2021 Copyright: CC BY 4.0 Read more

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The Cross Athwart The Sky by Robert Golladay “Lent stands for something specific. It tells the story of God’s grace and how it was specifically shown. It tells the story of redemption and how it was accomplished… Before Christ Jesus can be a guide and example He must be a Redeemer, a Savior. And Lent is the appropriate time of all times for presenting this truth.” “The biggest thing in the Christian religion is not what man does for God, but what God has done, and does, for man. It is a great thing for man to be in quest of ... Read more An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism by Joseph Stump This book aims to present both an analysis of Luther’s Small Catechism and a clear, concise, yet reasonably full explanation of its contents. It is an attempt, upon the basis of twenty years’ experience and a study of the literature of the subject… The object of the book is twofold: first, to furnish an outline of teaching which the pastor may use as a guide in his oral explanation and questioning; and secondly, to furnish a sufficiently complete summary by means of which the ... Read more The God That Answers By Fire 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 or are able to provide copies of any of Hocking’s 50 “lost” books, ... Read more Weapons of Mystery 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 or are able to provide copies of any of Hocking’s 50 “lost” books, ... Read more Short Stories Of The Hymns by Henry Kieffer “The purpose of this little book is to present to its readers some brief account of the origin and authorship of some of our more familiar hymns… to select from a very large amount of material which the author has for years past been gathering, a few of the more striking and interesting incidents connected with the composition of some of our best known Songs of Zion. “It is quite possible, truly, that this little book may traverse some ground already familiar to some of its ... Read more Epistle Selections of the Ancient Church by R.C.H. Lenski “The need of a more adequate exegetical-homiletical treatment of the ancient gospel and epistle selections has long been felt. The manager of the Lutheran Book Concern has commissioned the writer of these lines to meet this need.” — R.C.H. Lenski Hardback edition now available! “…all epistle texts are selections from letters directed to certain definite persons for a certain important spiritual purpose. What the preacher of today does is to place himself and his hearers in the light of ... Read more Behind the Dictators by Leo Lehmann “What the Catholic Church is hoping and working for… is the reestablishment… of the ‘Real State,’ a rigid hierarchical system wherein inferiors are subject to superiors. In this system each individual, like a cell in a body, must humbly submit to his fate and occupy his “natural place” which is allotted to him from birth and have no desire to get away from it. “This basis of social structure is not only anti-Jewish, but also anti-Protestant. It ... Read more May God cause his face to shine upon you and bring you peace. From Your Lutheran Librarian editor@lutheranlibrary.org

The Graphic Circulated So Much That One Person Wrote Me: "Was This Yours? There Is No Name, and I Am Seeing It Everywhere."

I confessed, telling the caller that I wanted my graphics to travel unimpeded, without the shun-button being used because it was I who copied a good quotation.

I have noticed that Lutheran sect leaders get worser each year. They start out acting as if they will be different from the previous one and they quickly go downhill. They are good at organizing a mini-Halleluia Chorus praising them and gasping at the notion anyone would object to the latest fiasco.

Heiser of ELDONUT fame is a good example. He started as an ex-LCMS pastor, discovered a bishop's hat in his sacristy, and then became a pope. 

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There is no evidence that pastors are reading Luther anymore. How do the apostate sects live with themselves, running to Fuller, Trinity Divinity, and Willow Creek for inspiration while calling themselves Confessional Lutherans?!

I Shocked Various Lutheran Pastors, Telling Them - "Saddleback is Babtist."No!

Robert Schuller plagiarized one occultist and was honored for promoting Napoleon Hill, a lying, criminal, self-styled "business genius". Schuller insisted on dropping denominational names so Saddleback went one step more - nothing about "church"! WELS and LCMS went for the apostasy package like a hungry fish for the worm.

Christina and I spotted Saddleback on our California tour. We saw "Purpose Driven Drive" and concluded the church was there. I did not know Warren was a Babtist until I saw the immersion pool outside.

The "confessional, conservative, orthodox, quia" WELS-ELS-LCMS-CLC sects are very fond of Warren's programs and approaches. Other idiots have provided their own spin on Warren's spin on Schuller's spin on Norman Vincent Peale's plagiarism of another book.

"Was the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, father of the “believe and succeed” theology sweeping American Protestantism, a plagiarist inspired by the occult?

A former Peale protege and a Unitarian minister think so.

In the current issue of the journal Lutheran Quarterly, the Rev. John Gregory Tweed of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and the Rev. George D. Exoo of Pittsburgh write that many of Peale’s uplifting affirmations originated with an “obscure teacher of occult science” named Florence Scovel Shinn. Lutheran Quarterly is a juried academic journal of theology and history, with a national circulation of 1,000.

After comparing his books to hers, the authors cite scores of specific instances in which Peale and Shinn not only think alike but use similar or identical phrases.

Tweed began investigating the Shinn-Peale link in 1990. Friends who credited Shinn for their success had given Tweed her book, “The Game of Life and How to Play It.”

“I came across the phrase, ‘When one door shuts, another door opens’ - one of the great Peale battle cries,” said Tweed.

Shinn, who died in 1940, drew on mystical sources dating to the ancient Egyptian philosopher Hermes Trismegistus and the secrets of Freemasonry, as delineated in “The Kybalion,” published in 1908 at a Masonic lodge."

Rick Warren

"He also studied at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California and earned a Doctor of Ministry."

 Warren is on the Matt Harrison diet and doing well.

Like his hero Robert Schuller, Warren made his church stance as vague and faith-neutral as possible, much like the WELS-ELS-LCMS today. He published the fact that a conference at Schuller's church (now a Catholic cathedral) changed his life.

Marines Raised the Flag on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945

 

Can Matt the Fatt Be Fixed in Time for His Re-Enthronement?

I enjoy seeing colorful costumes, but once a year is enough - on Halloween. Some children eat way too much candy.

The same Matt Harrison who put the fake Luther's Large Catechism on hold is now vilifying those who question its merit. His recent tirade suggests Matt is condemning Matt and using his staff to pile on. "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." James 1:8

Attacking people in vague but menacing terms is common in the Synodical Conference hierarchy. Every target of venom is supposedly causing the ruin of the sect, even though the leaders have done a dandy job of wasting money, indulging their appetites, and destroying congregations by playing politics with the pastor.

His Holiness, the Synod President, is in an awkward place. He did not complete graduate work, not even from the notorious diploma mill called Concordia Seminary St. Louis, where a PhD has worth only in the LCMS. He was mostly a fund-raiser for his non-profit corporation, which he shut down once he was SP.

This new Large Catechism is a fake because it is only 15% Luther's Catechism. That should remind potential buyers of the so-called CPH Small Catechism, weighed down by 400 pages! of fluff, including sly efforts to promote Objective (Faithless) Justification.

CPH also created the windy dogmatics volumes, easily a match for the Braaten-Jenson fiasco, which ELCA disavowed while selling it. That may have been the model for Luther's Large Catechism.

Ye victims of Harrison's twisting in the wind, get a Large Catechism which is 100% Luther - or just open up the Book of Concord. Luther is the best Biblical teacher of all time.

And remember - this Synod President was a nobody who visited Herman Otten and sang a flattering ballad dedicated to Herman Otten. However, when Otten was close to dying, Matt the Fatt sang a vitriolic song in public, calling the kingmaker "a liar" and "crazy."

Ash Wednesday Vespers Service, 7 PM Central.

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7 PM Central Time

 

The Hymn #552           Abide with Me 

            

The Order of Vespers                                                p. 41

The Psalmody               Psalm 1                              p. 123

The Lections                 Joel 2:12-19

Matthew 6:16-2

 

The Sermon Hymn #578   Lord, While For All Mankind We Pray        

 

The Sermon –   Treasures in Heaven

The Prayers

The Lord’s Prayer

The Collect for Grace                                       p. 45

 

The Hymn #654        Now the Day Is Over      

    

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• We also pray for various people who have special medical needs.

 

 

KJV Joel 2:12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:

 

KJV Matthew 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Treasures in Heaven

KJV Matthew 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

First of all, we have this warning from Christ, not to be sourpuss cranks - telegraphing how much we do, how pure we are, so everyone can say, "That person is righteous for his works." The reward they get is the awe expressed by others. One pastor liked to tell everyone how successful he was, gloating and grinning from ear to ear. Obviously, he did it and everyone should admire him. Then it evaporated almost overnight, and he treasures on earth were immediately taken away, along with the prestige and the glory.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

But if someone is going to fast, he should be happy and not suffering. The rewards should come from God, not the approval of neighbors and colleagues. The pastor I mentioned above was very keen about rubbing it in, as they say, looking down on us who had to put up with his politicking and showing off. Many of my college students have gone through tough times, so I tell them - "You may feel crushed now, but you will be much stronger and abler because of what you have gone through, and God will help you. Miracles happen through faith, and faith often recognizes them long afterwards.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Luther emphasized this, and the terms often appear in the Book of Concord - the treasures on earth versus the treasures in heaven. Every time they dig up silver and gold and rare artifacts, I think, "Nobody missed them, and now they are going to be locked up in museum."  Rare paintings are stolen from museums, I read, because they are guarantees for enormous criminal deals. They are less bulky than money, bonds, and precious metals. Whatever we have for a time passes on.

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Three kinds of destruction are listed. Moths destroy clothing. Rust destroys iron and steel. Thieves break in and take away everything else. 

God gives us infinite space in our intelligence to glory in all the wonderful things associated with our lives -

• Joyful hearts because of the Spirit guiding us, reminding us, teaching us through the Gospel Word, applying Jesus to every part of our life on this earth.
• Forgiveness of sin and everlasting life.
• Friendships among people locally and across the world.
• New things to discover, all part of God's Creation.

This just happened with Big John. He had Super Giant Print KJV Bibles and a work crew digging up his lawn. He went to offer them Bibles when they drove off. He walked down after them and asked if they needed Bibles. They did, and he saw them open them up before they went further. Big John said, "They had the same problem you and I have with our eyes."

Various people put those Bibles in Big John's hands so he could broadcast them like the Sower and the Seed of the Word.

Smile! Ash Wednesday Vespers at 7 PM.

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Matt the Fatt Should Have Bowed Down to Otten-Hale, Rather Than Sink Maladroitly into Mass, Anonymous Personal Attacks

Credit Is Due to Otten and Hale

Do people remember Otten stirring up a big fuss about the corrupt Greek New Testament texts being honored in Missouri? The repeated warning was "plastic text" and "Kloha," who was promoted from Missouri to the Bible Museum. John W. Montgomery added his insights.

 Will Matt the Fatt need a larger costume for his events in the USA?

Guess what? The Otten/Hale regime has promoted the corrupt text of the Beck Bible all along. Grab a copy and look at the ending of Mark's Gospel. Cutting off the Resurrection of Christ at Mark 16:9ff means - no empty tomb, just what the apostates love. 

By the way, taking away the original Markan ending, which is clearly superior to the plastic surgery of the moderns, has no credibility. Beck used, in his vague footnote, the lame excuse that "older and better texts" did not include Mark 16:9-20. Older and better? I detect a Tischendorf-Westcott-Hort fan.

What Otten was hollering about from the front page of Christian News, week after week, was the very thing he perpetrated - for filthy lucre - attacking the Apostolic Text (Traditional, Byzantine) as inferior.

The Beck Bible - "Beck. (1976). The Holy Bible (An American Translation, AAT). Holman.GJ-Quoting Beck on the ending of Mark. “The two oldest manuscripts [Vaticanus, Sinaiticus] lack Mark 16:9-20...but end at verse 8.” GJ - Vaticanus is not one of the oldest, since it is a translation from the Latin, as Erasmus noted. Sinaiticus is an outright phony, dated from the 1850s - not exactly the oldest either. Neither one has any merit.

Matt the Fatt has issued a letter condemning anyone who disagrees with him; the bleacher crowds at Lutherquestioning and the ALPB Ovaltines are delighted. Anyone thinking the new Large Catechism is less than a stink-bomb will be consigned to the area reserved for social liquidation. Matt is an expert in NewSpeak, so pay attention.

Doctrinal literacy and the efficacy of the Word are long gone from the LCMS. The ones who run on traditional values and work with ELCA are experts at jumping on one horse and then the other. Bravo!

Miracle Revival at Asbury University - Fake

Yale Divinity School hardly ever turns out parish ministers anymore. People said to me, "You are actually taking a parish call?"

The YDS missions library is a reminder that Yale was once considered the place to become a world missionary. Across the hall is the RSV Room, where the National Council of Churches planned the Revised Standard Version and its erasure of the Virgin Birth of Christ, Isaiah 7:10.

They made WELS what it is today, dead on arrival.

 Wayne Mueller at the youth conference told the kiddies that evangelism was easy - "Just tell everyone they are already saved."

The spontaneous "revival" at Asbury University was carefully planned in advance to have a sudden crush coming to the school and filling the newspaper religion pages for a few days. One of my members from LCA days thought maybe it was "a good thing" if it was true. As the Spartans said, "If."

I recalled that Yale was so rationalistic, etc, that the new president, Timothy Dwight, set up a long term plan for him to teach the authority of the Bible. In short, he taught faith in Jesus Christ and the authority of the Old and New Testaments.

"In this Perspective I will focus more narrowly on the first season of revival that came to Yale College during the Second Great Awakening. The college’s president at that time was Timothy Dwight, grandson of Jonathan Edwards. When Dwight assumed the reins of leadership at Yale in 1795 the college “was in a most ungodly state,” and only about ten percent of its 125 students publicly professed to be Christians."

I had a laugh over the WELS big-time conference, led by James Huebner preaching. He bought his Fuller Seminary tattoo many years ago (along with Larry Otto Olson and Paul Calvin Kelm). Of course, that reminds me of Wayne Mueller's claim that WELS did not drink the hemlock of Church Growth while its Church and Change mafia was busy finishing off any hint of Biblical Lutheran doctrine. 

First VP of WELS - James Huebner.

Huebner knows how to satisfy felt needs. His congregation sponsors beer outings, another reason why Wisconsin leads the US in alcoholism.

Daddy Huebner denied that a WELS teacher murdered his own wife. The murderer got out of prison very early.