Reading Comprehension 101

Michael Schottey has left a new comment on your post "Conservative Lies and Liberal Truths":

Notice I didn't say I was glad that sinned (sic). I said glad that they repented.

If the angels rejoice, Rev. Jackson, at a lost sheep who returns to the fold--why do you not? What would you demand for penance?

Are you better than Samuel, do you have a better method of proving repentance than taking a person at their (sic) word?

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GJ - I have to repeat myself when I write about WELS felonies. The basic Wisconsin sect approach is to say, "They repented."

My primary emphasis was upon the cover-ups by synodical officials. Their secrecy shows they have not repented. The (ELCA) Lutheran magazine has often posted news of their clergy when arrested.

The same synod officials who claim they know nothing about high crimes will suddenly become omniscient when they know all about a pastor who has questioned Holy Mother Synod.

VP Paul Kuske's favorite fake pastor, Floyd Stolzenburg, was allowed to pose as a Wisconsin pastor when he was forced out of the LCMS ministry for cause. WELS officials claimed their non-WELS pet was "repentant," Michael's favorite word of the week. Yet Floyd told everyone he had a "Scriptural divorce." Does lying about one's ex-wife constitute repentance in WELS?

When VP Kuske and Pastor Schumann helped their Church Growth buddy Floyd into Emmanuel Lutheran Church, they showed no signs of repentance. No, Kuske denied helping Floyd. Kuske's denials became gold standard proof that something was true.

The lying did not stop. Soon the Little Sect on the Prairie was gathering money from Floyd's Masonic church for Thoughts of Faith. Jay Webber thought that was a terrible sin until he was a recipient of some of that money. Some interesting fibs from a repentant ELS - Thoughts of Faith was not ELS, even though John Shep was installed at an ELS convention. How do I know? I was there. Kovaciny was not ELS, even though he was sent by the ELS to the Ukraine.

Floyd posted all kinds of Thoughts of Faith material on his church website, until I linked the pages for people to enjoy. CG fanatics think it is "unclassy" to quote them. In fact, the original quoted material is "unclassy." They just do not like being caught being themselves and bragging about it.

Then we have the murderers and molesters in WELS. Are the church officials repentant about covering up for them? Did they apologize to the Escanaba congregation for allowing a murderer to serve as pastor for a year or two? Did they apologize to the pastors they stuck with Tabor's phony mission congregation in Cape Girardeau?

Ichabodians, do you notice a pattern? The guilty are protected and rewarded by synod officials. No one is allowed to discuss the secrets.

Michael, I am not sure angels rejoice that DP Mueller, VP Kuske, and the ELS all helped to legitimize the hireling ministry of Floyd Luther Stolzenburg, Junior. If the Wisconsin and Norwegian sects want to brag about spreading the Church Growth doctrine of Fuller and Willow Creek, they should brag about Stolzenburg and tell the truth...for once.

Do angels rejoice that Al Just served almost no time in the hoosegow for murdering his wife, lying about it, and letting his church officials support him? The jury found him guilty of murder. Just confessed his guilt enough that several people know about his confession. But Just also let people continue to think he was innocent. I hear no heavenly host rejoicing at this highly selective repentance.

I missed the feature article in FIC (Forward in Collusion) where the district pastors repented for electing and re-electing Ed Werner as District Pope. In fact, I do not believe the Wisconsin sect ever admitted to have a synodical official in state prison.

When the victim of Scott Zerbe and Fred Adrian sued the Wisconsin sect in court, Holy Mother WELS lied about their previous cases of abuse. The synod's lawyers said they knew nothing about anything. The victim's lawyer produced a list of well-known cases, forcing the sect to come clean for once. I still have the list they were forced to give the court. (Yes, even the infallible Wisconsin Synod must obey a judge's order.) The jury found against WELS, Adrian, his congregation, etc. $400K in damages. The repentant synod immediately appealed the verdict. Adrian rejoiced in a letter - we are covered by insurance. No Fred, everyone with that company had to pay for your failure to supervise a married vicar in your congregation. Fred had two vicar reports. One said - Yes I knew. The other said - No I did not. Michael can sort out which one caused angels to rejoice in heaven.

The Church of the Lutheran Confession (sic) is no different. If the synodical pope's relative is caught, the white-wash flows like a mighty river. False doctrine? "We only see it through our telescopes - There she blows. Like a shock of wheat. WELS in 1952. Shudder. Thank God we are not like them."