Wednesday, February 17, 2016

From 2013 - Pastor Paul Rydecki, His Books Listed and Various Resources on Justification by Faith versus Halle's UOJ

a congregation which left WELS 
over the sect's embrace of UOJ and the synod's persecution of justification by faith.


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A Clear Explanation of t…
Aegidius Hunnius, Polycarp Leyser, Salomon Gesner (Kindle…
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Aegidius Hunnius, Polycar…
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The Judaizing Calvin
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Rydecki keeps providing new translations on the topic of justification by faith, so I decided to link them in one spot. The current books or translations are at the top and links below.

 Paul Rydecki books via the Amazon.com link
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 Paul Rydecki books via Repristination Press
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New! -  A Clear Explanation of the Controversy among the Wittenberg Theologians
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 The Judaizing Calvin - by Hunnius
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Theses Opposed To Huberianism
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 Schwabach Articles on Justification by Faith
Links about Justification by Faith 
and Justification without Faith (UOJ)

Luther's Galatians endorsed by reader

Luther's Galatians on Gnesio Lutherans

Roman Catholic adjunct Jack Kilcrease as Humpty Dumpty

Calov, quoted by Robert Preus, repudiated the UOJ position of WELS

Kilcrease, the McCain tutor, equivocates.

Buchholz is anti-Luther

Pastor Bickel on Tossing Rydecki Under the Bus

Church and Changer Jeff Gunn and His Mequon Class of Shrinkers

Paul McCain and Jon Buchholz - Bedfellows of Apostasy

Abraham Is the Common Theme in Justification - Justification by Faith

Pastor Rydecki's Account of His Suspension - October 9th

Intrepid Account October 6th - Pastor Rydecki Suspended

LutherQuest (sic) Opposes Justification by Faith

Warming Up the Tar and Feathers on LutherQuest (sic)

Pastor Bickel Answers Jon Buchholz

Kokomo Statements - WELS UOJ - JP Meyer

Jack Kilcrease Showing Signs of Stress

Dr. Lito Cruz and Brett Meyer Dispatch the UOJ Stormtroopers on Extra Nos
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

LCMS Pastor Sent This Comment.
Perhaps If the LCMS Taught Justification by Faith Instead of Following the Rationalistic Halle Dogma of Stephan and Walther...
LCMS Church History in One Short Post

Bishop Stephan started the LCMS, which was formally constituted later,
with its early history of syphilis, grand theft, and kidnapping forgotten.
CFW Walther was the enforcer for Stephan and the cover-up artist.

Loehe was a bad guy - just ask Herman Otten,
but don't read Ludwig Fuerbringer, who praised the Loehe pastors.


http://www.csl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CJWinter2016.pdf

Looking in the CJ Winter 2016, the president talks about the changes
they are putting into the Curriculum.

" Students will have more firsthand experiences with healthy
congregations. They need to see how theological knowledge is put into
practice by pastors who are acknowledged servant-leaders of their
congregations, worthy of imitation. Through a new curricular emphasis,
Cultural Interpretation and Engagement, students will learn in
classrooms and on-site about bringing the word of God to people of
different cultures and ethnicities. And because there has been a problem
with the conduct of some pastors, much more attention will also be given
by the seminary to the character of the candidate for ministry, so that
our future pastors will “be above reproach” and “well thought of by
outsiders” (1 Tm 3:1–7). New ways of focusing on Personal and Spiritual
Formation are being planned, emphasizing your future pastor’s devotional
life, physical and emotional health, relationship skills, accountability
and much more. Before the whole faculty votes to certify a student for
the holy ministry, each student will have to demonstrate successful
progress toward these desired outcomes. As never before, formation for
ministry will focus both on the messenger and the message." p8

I understand the concerns, but this looks like a focus on looking good. 
Sounds to me like a recipe for pietism in its worst aspects. The Bible
doesn't give a lot of attention to "how" we decide men have the desired
characteristics.  The closest is looking at his family (Only how to do
this when we recruit single men?)  Am I running after the wrong problem?

LCMS - try teaching faith, the way Luther did.

When a known sex offender can be invited into the fake pastoral program
so he can molest another minor girl, that is pure Watherian doctrine,
and covered up by Matt Harrison, a true follower.

Stellhorn was one of the LCMS founders, but
he taught justification by faith,
so he is a bad guy.

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LCMS Congregation Sends Invitations To Attend Bill Hybels Willowcreek Event.
Replay of Jay Webber's Pal Floyd Stolzenburg Leading the St. Paul German Village Parish To a Church Growth Conference. The Flyer Said -
"It's Colossal! It's Stupendous!"

Bill Hybels interviewed Bill Clinton
at an earlier Christian Leadership Summit.


 
Subject: Invitation from Pastor Schultz
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:15:06 -0500 (EST)
From: St. John's Lutheran Church <sjlc@sjlcarnold.org>
Reply-To: sjlc@sjlcarnold.org
To:mordor@tower.com



 
 
St. John's Lutheran - Arnold 
Arnold, Missouri

Worship Schedule  
 
Saturday, 5:00 pm
Blended Worship  

Sunday, 8:00 am
Classic Worship  

 Sunday, 9:30 am
Praise Worship   

Sunday, 10:50 am
Praise Worship  

Sunday School and Adult Bible Classes
For two year-olds to Adults begin at 9:30 am

Hey St. John's! Come and Grow in your leadership skills tonight or Saturday morning through a
"Taste of the Summit."
 
St. John's Lutheran Church - Arnold, MO, together with Send Me St. Louis and Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis, brings you a 2-part taste of The Global Leadership Summit, produced by Willow Creek Association. This Spring, join us for a "taste" of what to expect from the 2016 Summit as we view two recordings from past speakers and dive into a time of reflection and discussion. All sessions will be held at St. John's, 3517 Jeffco Blvd., Arnold, MO 63010.
 
Taste #1 - "From Here to There"
Thursday, February 11 - 6:30pm-8:00pm OR
Saturday, February 13 - 8:30am-10:00am
*Bill Hybels unpacks leadership as a process of moving people from "here", where they are now, to "there", the desired end goal (2010).
 
 
Jeremy Schultz
Senior Pastor
  






St. John's Lutheran Church, 3517 Jeffco Boulevard, Arnold, MO 63010


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Now in Full Color - The Faith of Jesus: Against the Faithless Lutherans.
Kindle Edition Is Portable and Only $6


Kindle Online Book Ordering


The Kindle Edition of The Faith of Jesus: Against the Faithless Lutherans can be purchased here for $6.

For the next few months -

Those with Kindle Unlimited can download The Faith of Jesus: Against the Faithless Lutherans

 and 

The Holy Trinity Revealed in Scriptures for free. Kindle Unlimited costs $10 a month. They charge me too, so I will give that offer a try.



Ordering the Print Version

Ordering the Print Version of The Faith of Jesus, Illustrated in Color by Norma Boeckler

The retail price of the color edition is $28.03 but my cost is only $11.00. Note that most of the difference is kept by Amazon. If you want multiple copies of the book, contact me and I will send it at the author's discount.

bethanylutheranworship@gmail.com

Brett Meyer constantly encouraged me to
write about justification by faith and against UOJ.
Since then others have joined the effort to restore
the Biblical doctrines and study of the Reformation leaders.

The purpose of all this publishing is not to make money. Prices are kept as low as possible, and every title is given away as a free PDF.

The purpose is to broadcast the Word of God and energize the study of Luther's doctrine. If he is indeed the greatest expositor of the Scriptures, we should all be the most attentive students of his work.

The Reformation was God's response to centuries of abuse and corruption in the Church of Rome. They added works to faith and then told everyone, "You are still going to suffer for centuries in a mini-Hell we borrowed from the pagans and called Purgatory. But Mary will visit your suffering order her Son to give you a little grace, earned by your friends and family on earth. We know this is true, because the infallible Pope revealed it to us."

Luther's circle included a group of genius-level workers who supported and enlarged the work of the Reformation. After Luther's death, Roman Catholic persecution and doctrinal uncertainties caused divisions. God raised up another genius group to unite the Evangelicals, as they were called then, in one common confession - The Formula of Concord and The Book of Concord, 1580. Martin Chemnitz, Andreae, Chytraeus, and several others fashioned this wonderful book of spiritual wisdom to show their confession of faith was true to the Scriptures and the Apostolic Era.

Given these undisputed facts, shouldn't we be keen to apply ourselves to Luther's sermons and the Book of Concord, forsaking the bilge and Dreck of the Pietists?

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From 20`2 - LCMS Seminary Costs Continue To Soar.
Baby Boomer Leaders Keep Mission Money for Their Salaries and Benefits








Ichabod Had the Scoop on the Seminary Tuition Scandal

bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Walther Became a Pastor After a Four-Year Rational...":

Here are some of the more memorable LCMS seminary cost posts, which sketch excludes many minor posts and comics:

Fake Pastoral Shortage in the LCMS, Friday, August 8, 2008
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2008/08/fake-pastoral-shortage-in-lcms.html

Maybe Because Bruce Church Told the Truth about Sky-High Tuition and the 600 Empty Parish Lie, 9 Sep 2010:
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2010/09/maybe-because-bruce-church-told-truth.html

The Seminary Question, 14 Sep 2010
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2010/09/seminary-question.html

The Boomers Got Their Cheap Seminary Education, Only To Stick the Next Generations with Harvard Costs and Mudville Quality, Saturday, October 2, 2010:

http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2010/10/boomers-got-their-cheap-seminary.html

LCMS Seminary Costs, 28 Dec 2010
http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2010/12/bruce-church-httpsbruce-church.html

Lutheran Seminary Fraud: Students Are Bankrupting Themselves To Provide an Easy Living for the Profs. "No Call for You" Threat Stifles Dissent, 16 May 2011

http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2011/05/lutheran-seminary-fraud-students-are.html

LCMS Seminary Cost Scandal: Fabulous Costs To Support Posh Professor Salaries, September 17, 2011

http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2011/09/lcms-seminary-cost-scandal-fabulous.html

LCMS Seminaries - Where the Money Is. Ultra High Tuition and Salaries, December 8, 2011

http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2011/12/lcms-seminaries-where-money-is-ultra.html

Walther Became a Pastor After a Four-Year Rationalistic Degree from Leipzig and Cell Group Revelations. Now It Takes Eight Years, Feb 13, 2012:

http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/02/walther-became-pastor-after-four-year.html

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bruce-church (https://bruce-church.myopenid.com/) has left a new comment on your post "Walther Became a Pastor After a Four-Year Rational...":

Understanding The Costs Of Pastoral Education: Do We Pay Pastors Too Much? April 18th, 2012, by
a Lutheran Brethren Church pastor:

http://steadfastlutherans.org/?p=18480

Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Lutheran_Brethren_of_America

The Church of the Lutheran Brethren has 123 congregations with about 8,860 baptized members[2] in the United States (114) and Canada (9),

MDiv program at Lutheran Brethren Seminary:
http://www.lbs.edu/programs/mdiv

Credit hour cost of $340 on page 22:
http://lbs.edu/images/media/LBS2011-12Catalog_000.pdf

Fergus Falls, pop. 13,000:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fergus_Falls,_Minnesota 
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Monday, February 15, 2016

The Great Commission - Twisted away from the Means of Grace To Serve Rationalistic Pietism.
Booklet in Progress
Part I of Making Disciples: The Error of Modern Rationalistic Pietism



The Great Commission in Various Translations
Teach All Nations
KJV
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 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.

KJV 21st Century
18 And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, “All power is given unto Me in Heaven and on earth. 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.

Geneva English Bible
18 And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me, in heaven, and in earth. 19 Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them [k]in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the holy Ghost, 20 Teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, until the end of the world, Amen.

Luther’s German Bible 1545
18 Und Jesus trat zu ihnen, redete mit ihnen und sprach: Mir ist gegeben alle Gewalt im Himmel und auf Erden.19 Darum gehet hin und lehret (teach) alle Völker und taufet sie im Namen des Vaters und des Sohnes und des heiligen Geistes, 20 und lehret sie halten alles, was ich euch befohlen habe. Und siehe, ich bin bei euch alle Tage bis an der Welt Ende.

Vulgate Latin
18 et accedens Iesus locutus est eis dicens data est mihi omnis potestas in caelo et in terra 19 euntes ergo docete (teach) omnes gentes baptizantes eos in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti 20 docentes eos servare omnia quaecumque mandavi vobis et ecce ego vobiscum sum omnibus diebus usque ad consummationem saeculi

Douay-Rheims, Roman Catholic, 1899
18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. 19 Going therefore, teach ye 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 behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.


Make Disciples, Train
New KJV
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

English Standard Version
18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[b] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

New NIV
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Good News Translation
18 Jesus drew near and said to them, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. 19 Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples: baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, 20 and teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the age.”

The Message, also known as Surfer Dude Translation

18-20 Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”
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New Project - Making Disciples: The Error of Modern Pietism -
How The Modern Translations Pervert the Great Commission


For many years I have been bothered by the Lutheran obsession with "making disciples," because I know where it comes from - Fuller Seminary Pietism. Equally maddening is the Lutheran insistence on "making disciples" in the Great Commission (note for Mequon grads - at the end of Matthew).

So I am creating a booklet on the topic before formal work on Creation Gardening begins. If posts seem sparse and always on one topic, you know why.

Norma Boeckler


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