The remodeling is not done yet. They haven't installed the popcorn and soda machines.
Bada-bing. Chee.
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.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Luther Prep (WELS High School) Installs Screen in Chapel Remodeling,
Blocking the Stained Glass Windows.
Why Not Put a Garbage Can in front of the Mini-Pulpit?
The remodeling is not done yet. They haven't installed the popcorn and soda machines.
Bada-bing. Chee.
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Wisconsin and WELS - Have 12 of the Drunkest Cities -
And a Booming Business in Law Firms Specializing in Eliminating Evidence and Convictions
ELS in Mankato - #10.
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| Is it significant that the head of the worship conference is also the bartender at the cash bar set up for the holy event? |
Twelve of 20 drunkest American cities are in Wisconsin
Mankato ranks No. 10 on the list analyzing the prevalence of binge-drinking adults.
Stand tall, Minnesotans, because apparently lots of people in Wisconsin can’t.
A new list of the “Drunkest Cities in America” puts a perhaps unwelcome spotlight on Wisconsin, which is home to 12 cities in the top 20, ranked by the highest rates of binge drinking in adults.
The findings were compiled by online financial news outlet 24/7 Wall St.
The group analyzed self-reported data from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a joint program with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. Excessive drinking, concentration of bars and alcohol-related driving deaths all were contributing factors in determining America’s drunkest cities — all but two of which are in the Midwest.
Just one Minnesota city — Mankato — appears on the Top 20 list, at number 10. Nearly one-quarter of residents there admitted to excessive drinking.
Wisconsin outdrinks any other state, results showed. Our neighbor to the east boasted seven of the top 10 “Drunkest Cities,” including the top four: Appleton, Oshkosh-Neenah, Green Bay and Madison.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines binge drinking as consuming at least four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men during one sitting. Heavy drinking refers to the number of alcoholic beverages consumed per week (15 or more for men and eight or more for women).
On average, 18 percent of adults drink unhealthy amounts of alcohol, according to the study. Wisconsinites consistently imbibe on a grander scale, with more than one-quarter of adults reporting that they binge or drink heavily throughout the week.
Appleton, Wis., topped the national list just six months after winning the statewide honors. Data showed that 26.8 percent of Appleton residents drank excessively and nearly one-third of driving deaths involved alcohol. The city has 4.4 drinking establishments per 10,000 residents, compared to an average of 1.6 bars per 10,000 population across the 381 cities covered by the survey.
Using the same methodology, the study also ranked America’s 20 driest cities — the majority of which fell inside the Bible Belt. Two Alabama metros topped that list, with less than 13 percent of residents consuming excessive amounts of alcohol.
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| Drinking on the job, having an appearance bond refund left on the court records in Milwaukee, turning a "coffee house ministry into a "bar ministry" - the Booze Brothers do Appleton. |
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
PoG Endorses Phony WELS-ELS Luther Days Conference.
Has the Odd Couple Seen the Twitter Following List?
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| Here's a PoG toast for the conference - Bottoms up! |
MARK THE DATE FOR "LUTHER DAYS": SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 at Shoreland Lutheran High School, Somers, WI!
Please join Pastor Richard Starr and Scott Barefoot for an exciting day of presentations and displays! Both Pastor Starr and Scott will be giving presentations on the subject of SSA - Homosexuality. Come visit the People of Grace display booth. Also, Pastor Starr and Scott will be doing a book signing of their book: "Forgive Us Our Sins: Homosexuality In The Light Of God's Truth". Copies of the book will be available there that day by Northwestern Publishing House! Here is some additional Information and links to the Luther Days website:
1. 75 Presenters with a 100 presentations & workshops.
2. Around the World in a Day. Live presentations (via Skype) directly from many of our World Missions.
3. Inspirational & True Stories of Incredible Faith and Courage from WELS/ELS members who have overcome tremendous challenges
4. Scholars Tent with in-depth studies into the Confessions, Luther’s Works, & the Book of Concord
5. Current list of Sessions: (http://www.lutherdays.org/luther-days…/sessions-at-a-glance/ )
6. Current list of Presenters: (http://www.lutherdays.org/luther-days-2016/event-presenters/ )
1. 75 Presenters with a 100 presentations & workshops.
2. Around the World in a Day. Live presentations (via Skype) directly from many of our World Missions.
3. Inspirational & True Stories of Incredible Faith and Courage from WELS/ELS members who have overcome tremendous challenges
4. Scholars Tent with in-depth studies into the Confessions, Luther’s Works, & the Book of Concord
5. Current list of Sessions: (http://www.lutherdays.org/luther-days…/sessions-at-a-glance/ )
6. Current list of Presenters: (http://www.lutherdays.org/luther-days-2016/event-presenters/ )
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| "Don't worry, the New New NIV will make that the sin of in-hospitality. Anyway, everyone is already forgiven and saved." |
Breaking News - One Luther Days Twitter Follow Is Suspended.
New Account Being Followed - Pure Porn.
Luther Days "Fun for All Ages"
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| Who decided to let Natalie Pratt have a free ad for Luther Days, by linking it from WELS.net? And yet another conference was denied and therefore invisible to the same gullible audience. |
Twitter does not like porn accounts and porn spam, and yet Twitter is handy for both, since it is an easy tool for any moron to use. That is why college undergraduates can tweet all day and not know anything about computer science.
Twitter got rid of 10 million porn accounts last year.
Luther Days invited people of all ages to look up their Twitter account, called Luther Days, so it was created for the upcoming fake conference in September.
I checked out one porn account being followed by Luther Days. My safe computer expert (ELS or WELS - I forget which) pointed it out to me - and I still have the graphic, plus many more.
I soon found a formula. If there was an intriguing but not salacious image on the outside, but no words of introduction, the Twitter account was probably porn.
Today, on May 18th, after supper, I decided to look over the list again. The porn addiction accounts had been dropped. That is possible. Ask Natalie Pratt, because she removed many of them after I pointed this out.
One of the sites being followed by Luther Days, new as far as I can tell - is pure porn. I will spell out the name, not the actual link or address - First Sight.
If you have to find the site, you can do that from Natalie Pratt's Luther Days Twitter following list. I am not going to link it.
Maybe people should call President Mark Schroeder or Natalie's safe pastor and read them what is on that Twitter account. Since the Twitter account is linked from the Luther Day's website, Natalie Pratt and the participants from WELS and the ELS - like Jay Webber and Jim Aderman - are inviting people of all ages to view the same accounts.
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| I don't get the joke either. Do you want your kids on the Luther Days website and the Twitter list? |
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| The person on the left was labeled Natalie Pratt on Natalie's FB page. She blocked me fast, but keeps and adds porn Twitters for her Luther Days conference. |
Diapers in the Rainbarrel - The Grackles Are Back
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| The common grackle is a member of the crow family: grackles invented the disposable diaper. Their strong sharp beaks are digging up grubs in the soil. |
I appreciate the many people who write to say they like the gardening articles. They are the fun part of the day in writing, although polemics can also be a riot. One member looks for articles twice a day. A friend in WELS looks for them three times a day. The Icha-peekers who want a new article at midnight are sometimes disappointed, but I try to begin each day very early with horticulture.
I was standing by the main bird observation post, waiting for some to arrive at the platform feeder when a grackle landed, looked me over, and took some sunflower seeds. That reminded me of the fact that they were leaving their diapers in the rain-barrels again. That item - disposable bird diapers - intrigued me when I first learned about it, and readers are astonished by it. The baby grackles form little diapers rather than marking the nest area by firing out of their homes, leaving tell-tale white streaks. Eaglets do, but who want to mess with mother eagle.
The parents drop off the diapers at nearby water sources, supposedly to let them wash away and confuse their natural enemies. Note that these facts assume intention and purpose in the babies and the parents. They used to say "Instinct!" but the enterprise is really a matter of
- Creation,
- Engineering, and
- Management.
All three functions work together to make this happen, and all three belong to God.
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| Norma Boeckler's robin. |
Grackles are different from other birds in leaving their diapers in water sources. One reader said, "Extra vitamins in your rainwater." I never overlook the value of different contributions, because each organic source tends to concentrate one item more than another. For instance, some manures are quite hot (high nitrogen) and better for greening up vegetation: birds and rabbits. They may also be too hot for that same reason, but I never had a problem with rabbit manure mixed with well fed red wigglers, who need nitrogen for their muscles.
Rain is coming again, perhaps, on Thursday, so I am looking at topping off my supply and using more of it on the following sunny days. Rain is the perfect gentle fertilizer for greening up plants and feeding the entire soil universe, which works together to maximize whatever is offered. Last summer was the wet straw era in the sunny garden, which made it a slug paradise. The same garden is not a slug paradise this year because they do not have enough rotten material to enjoy, and the mulch is down where the slug predators can easily reach the slugs. Still, slugs have a vital role in rasping or shredding organic material, to help it rot faster.
Beetles track and eat slugs and their eggs, but another humble creature is a slug
The pyramid was a big circle of rotting leaves underneath the bush, then it was gone, somewhat blown away in the spring by the wind, but also drawn into the ground by earthworms and eaten by other soil creatures - like mites. Then I saw the moles feeding tunnel appear at the base. When the mole was done, the entire area under the bush, where the leaf pyramid had fed the soil creatures, was dug and mixed.
Almost Eden and I had a talk about moles just before. He said, "Am I upset that the moles mix my soil for me? Not at all." What drives lawn-worships nuts is actually good for the soil. No lawn maintenance man can do as much for the soil as the mole does, even if the man walks around the yard with spiked shoes to "aerate" the soil. Yuk, yuk.
Mr. Mole does eat the valuable earthworms, but they always come back in numbers supported by the organics in the soil. The mole does not get rid of that organic matter but recycles it. At the same time he devours delicious grubs. Like the grackle and starling, he is despised for his most noble characteristic - eating the Japanese beetles (June bugs) before they hatch and chew up the roses and other ornamental flowers. Almost Eden said, "I cannot remember seeing a June bug around my place." Nor could I.
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| Crepe myrtle bushes (not mine) can be lush with flowers when heavily mulched during the fall, winter, and spring. |
Alec Stain Quoting What's Going on Among the Lutherans? By Patsy Leppien
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hould the majority of liberal Protestant ministers ever decide to be intellectually honest with their congregations, the Lutheran Reformation would seem altogether mild by comparison. Protestant parishioners would, I am convinced, leave their churches wholesale. -Otten, Baal or God. 1988, p. ii. as quoted in Leppien and Smith, p. 25.
20 ways to tell if your pastor is apostate
- Does he believe that the doctrinal differences in the visible Christian church are no threat to the gospel?
- Does he believe that the men who wrote the Bible were skewed by the cultures in which they lived? Does he believe that the writings of Paul in the Bible are less authoritative than other parts?
- Does he believe that the creation of Genesis is myth? Or that God used evolution in some way?
- Does he believe that Adam, Noah, Jonah and Job are mythical people?
- Does he believe that the Torah – the first five books of the Bible – was written many years after Moses died?
- Does he believe that Isaiah and Daniel were written by other people?
- Does he believe that no Old Testament prophecies specifically refer to the man Jesus Christ?
- Does he believe that many of the “red letter” statements of Jesus in the gospels were not said by Jesus at all?
- Does he believe that the miracles in the Bible are spiritual lessons rather than historical events?
- Does he believe that Jesus Christ had a physical human father?
- Does he believe that the doctrine of the deity of Jesus Christ is not found in the Old Testament?
- Does he believe that the doctrine of the trinity is not taught in the Bible but was added later by the early church?
- Does he believe that the idea of a substitutionary atonement – Jesus paying for the sins of others – is incompatible with the idea of a just God?
- Does he believe that Jesus Christ may have risen in some spiritual sense, but in no way was physically raised from the dead?
- Does he believe it’s incorrect to speak of souls consciously surviving eternally? That the suffering of hell will end?
- Does he believe that morals are changeable based on circumstances? That homosexuality is acceptable between loving Christians and no worse than any other sin?
- Does he believe sincere followers of other religions may also get to heaven?
- Does he believe in universalism – all have already been saved? That no faith is required for a person to be reconciled to God? [GJ - Wait...What? The ELS/WELS published this? Time to kick out Webber, Buchholz, Bivens, Valleskey, Deutschlander, Mark Schroeder, Pope John the Malefactor, et al.]
- Does he believe that Jesus’ chief concern was the elimination of poverty and social oppression?
- Does he believe that it’s fine to join with anyone as long as they generally agree “Jesus is Lord”?
If you pastor believes even one of these items, you are not in a wholesome church. There may well be some or many true Christians in it. But if it has an apostate at the helm, what in the world are you doing there? Don’t you think it may well be time for you to leave?
…there are basically two different religions within external Christendom. The difference between these two religions is the difference between God and Baal. Informed Christians ought to recognize that the real difference within external Christendom does not lie along traditional denominational lines…there are those within these denominations who accept the fundamental truths of historic Christianity. On the other hand there are the modern liberals within these same denominations who reject historic Christianity. -ibid
These questions have been taken in large part from Patsy Leppien and J. Kincaid Smith’s 1992 book What’s going on among the Lutherans.
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