Thursday, March 30, 2017

Ecclesia College President Oren Paris & Others Plead Guilty

Neal pleaded guilty already,
and there are records of the large wire transfers.
A former board member, Jim Parsons, is suing to
obtain the facts about finances at Ecclesia College.
A former coach is also suing the college.


Ecclesia College President Oren Paris & Others Plead Guilty:

"According to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Ecclesia College president Oren Paris, state Senator Jon Woods, and mutual friend and alleged co-conspirator Randell Shelton pleaded not guilty in a bribery and kickback arrangement which has already ensnared a state Representative.

Read the indictment here. 

I suspect the defense of Woods, Paris and Shelton will be complicated by the previous plea deal accepted by former state Representative Micah Neal. Neal admitted guilt in the kickback scheme which involved the three men. If the state Senator, college president and friend are found not guilty, then Neal might question the wisdom of his plea deal."

 The rapid expansion of Ecclesia College never happened,
except for even more land. The building in the background
is the only real classroom building, but it also includes
administrative offices and the top floor reserved
for the coaching staff.


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Not-guilty pleas entered in Ecclesia College kickback case | Arkansas Blog

"Not guilty! Not guilty! Not guilty!" - they plead in court.

Not-guilty pleas entered in college kickback case | Arkansas Blog:


"Not-guilty pleas entered in college kickback case
Posted By Max Brantley on Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:27 PM
Three men implicated in a kickback scheme involving state tax money directed to Ecclesia College in Springdale pleaded not guilty today in federal court in Fayetteville.

KFSM reports on comments from any of the accused at the proceeding. They are former Sen. Jon Woods of Springdale, Oren Paris, president of Ecclesia, and Randell Shelton Jr., a friend of both Woods and Paris. Woods and former Rep. Micah Neal, who has pleaded guilty, have been accused of guiding state money to Ecclesia and getting kickbacks, with help from Shelton.

The three in court today were scheduled for trial May 8."

 God told Heidi Cruz to quit her job to glorify His Name
in running the Cruz campaign.
Did He advise a not guilty plea in Oren's indictment?


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Compare and Contrast - The Gospel of John with the Fake Gospel of UOJ

 Compare this verse - and the theme of John and the Bible -
with the eructations of Edward Preuss and his UOJ fan club.





 UOJ products of Concordia Ft. Wayne are
reason enough to close the school.
Bethanites are no different.




The "conservative" synods have replaced child-like faith
with the cunning of devious, greedy men
and their spineless sycophants.

Seldom Is Heard This Encouraging Word in the "Conservative" Lutheran Seminaries: "Be Sure To Read Luther's Sermons"

 Mmmmn. Folger's coffee percolated for hours -
that reminds me of the Concordias, Bethany, and Mordor.


Question: How many pastors have graduated from the LCMS-WELS-ELS seminaries without hearing these words -

"You have to read Luther's sermons. They are the best way to study the Scriptures and the Christian Faith. Learn how to preach from Luther."

Answer - Almost no seminary student has heard that suggestion.

The denominations are clever. They control the faculty by making sure their apostates or get-along-go-along people are on the seminary boards. A few aggressive people control the faculties and their future.

Decades of universally approved false doctrine just about pre-determine the outcome for the seminary graduates. For example Spineless Brenner actually objected to WELS having Church Growth goals - so inflated that the numbers would serve as high comedy if someone could find them. He told me about discussing that with Carl Mischke, whose only defense is that Carl was better than Gurgle, who was better than Schroeder. Mischke said, "We are watching it," - a masterpiece of ambiguity.

The "conservative" seminaries ignore Luther, much like the Crypto-Calvinists of ancient history. The seminaries actively promote anti-Lutheran books and gush over the products of Fuller Seminary and its clones while lying about studying at those places (including Willowcreek, Trinity Divinity, and the Purpose-Driven rabbit warren.

WELS always says about Lenski, "He is bad on justification," which sounds much better than "We are opposed to Justification by Faith."

One graduate of Concordia, St. Louis, said - "My first seminary reading assignment was The Purpose-Driven Church, by Rick Warren."

Since the anti-Lutherans are held up as the best possible examples of "how to do church," the actual Lutherans of the past are forgotten, not studied, or panned with a few choice remarks.

The LCMS has the additional baggage of promoting the Walther mythology, which makes CFW into The Great Prophet who explains all truths, even though his Biblical languages were weak and his training stopped with a BA from a rationalistic school.

I cannot criticize Walther for covering up the adultery of Bishop Martin Stephan, because all the church officials do the same today - but only for their friends.

 Will this replace the Luther statues?
"They are not ready for it...yet."

Where's the Coffee? - A Good Sign



The first words I heard this morning - "Is there coffee?" Chris has been feeling good since surgery, but even better this morning.

The last great effort to capture Vienna - and possibly Europe - was turned back by a Polish general, Sobieski. The defeat of Ottoman forces was so great that the threat against Europe ceased at that point.

But more important to coffee drinkers, the coffee beans left behind introduced Vienna to the brewing of the roasted beans, and the Vienna coffee house was born.

A second great turning point was the imposition of tea taxes on the American colonies by the British government. The Boston Tea Party inspired opposition against British taxes and laws, leading to American independence. Thus Americans began favoring coffee while the Canadians remained loyal to their tea.

My father insisted on the best coffee at his bakery and donut shop. We threw away coffee older than 15 minutes, since coffee sitting on a burner is quickly demolished. We even blended the coffees in advance, combining Maxwell House with Yuban.

Even at home we had the quaint and seldom used vacuum system. The water was boiled and the top attached. We loved seeing the water drawn up and then filling the glass container below.

The French press is similar, with arm power used to push the grounds to the bottom of the cylinder where coffee grounds and hot water mix. That does make a very good coffee, but in smaller amounts.

The total negation of good coffee was this abomination in the olden days:

  • Start with cheap Robusta beans, already ground, in a tin can.
  • Use tap water in an aluminum percolator.
  • Percolate until the coffee aroma in the kitchen provides an illusion of coffee in the aluminum pot.
  • To disguise the flavor or lack thereof, add sugar and cream, or better - a powdered mix that makes the coffee more tolerable.
Starbucks invented the $4 cup of coffee by adding a fake cream and sweeteners to their cold brewed coffee. People caught on to the folly of paying $4 for ten cents worth of coffee, so the corporation is not doing so well.



How Does This Apply To Theology?
For some of us, the analogy is clear. Everyone welcomed coffee in America as a substituted for British tea. According to one story, peaberry was popular because housewives roasted their own green beans in frying pans. The round beans were easier to roast, and naturally they ground their own beans.

Convenience led people to accept worse and worse coffee, the dreaded church coffee leading the list of bad brews percolated and heated forever. Restaurant coffee was often no better. As long as people were used to this, they were passive and obedient in accepting the substitute.

When people are introduced to Luther's sermons and to the clear Gospel of the Lutheran Reformation, they lose their apathy and begin to enjoy again the best of Christianity.

Likewise, if enough people, laity and pastors, know Greek, they are unlikely to accept the horrid mess of the NIV, which is eagerly sold by the "conservative" Lutherans. 

Rejecting the NIV has been a reason for kicking out pastors in the WELS for decades, when that action should have resulted in kicking out the DPs and the low-IQ professors of Mordor. Once the WELS cult members got used to the abuse and accepted the classic NIV, which was bad enough, the entire cult adopted the disastrous New NIV. The newest NIV makes Professor Kloha seem to be another Martin Luther in comparison (but only in comparison).