Thursday, June 15, 2017

Reliable Apostasy from Otten's Christian News



Rush Limbaugh said he was urged to get into fake fights with other radio broadcasters, to promote his show.

The LCMS does the same, to keep notables in the spotlight, as if they differ much from each other.

In spite of the Biblical witness, the Book of Concord confessions, Luther's sermons, and the theology of Melanchthon and Chemnitz, the following LCMS hot-air merchants are all UOJ and opposed to St. Paul, Luther, and the Holy Spirit:

  • Pastor Herman Otten and his UOJ certified Christian News.
  • Matt the Fatt Harrison and his campaign director, Pope Paul the Plagiarist.
  • Higher Things, the Jugendbund of UOJ.
  • The extended Preus family - minus Dr. Robert Preus, who repudiated forgivenness-without-faith before he died in Justification and Rome.
  • Jack Cascione and both parishes in His synod.
  • The late great CFW Walther and his hand-picked cronies, who crafted a hero myth fit for a cult.
  • Bishop Martin Stephan, STD, Halle University part-time student (no degree of any kind).
  • The LCMS college and seminary faculties - not one professor raising a cry against UOJ and the tribe of Fulleroids who are a pain in the neck.
  • The liberal district leaders who would rather be ELCA.
  • Mark and Avoid Jeske, who is LCMS when he is raising funds, WELS when he feels threatened, occult-success-cult when he is honest. 
  • CLC fake Dan Fleischer wrote against Change or Die! but Dan promoted its dogma through Paul Tiefel and his obtuse companion Dave Koenig.
The fighting and fussing are just to provide a vehicle for raising funds and lowering expectations.



WELS Cut Hymns (Advent to Transfiguration) | WELS Hymnal Project



Cut Hymns (Advent to Transfiguration) | WELS Hymnal Project:



"Cut Hymns (Advent to Transfiguration)

Below you will find a segment of the hymns currently published in Christian Worship and Christian Worship: Supplement. Hymns currently designated to be cut are printed in red with a line through them. At the bottom of the page is a link to the feedback form for this segment of hymns. Use the feedback form to indicate any hymns (up to ten) from those designated to be cut that you would like to see kept.

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1 - The Advent of Our King
2 - Savior of the Nations, Come
3 - Lift Up Your Heads, You Mighty Gates
4 - Lift Up Your Heads, You Mighty Gates
5 - As Angels Joyed with One Accord
6 - Come, O Long-Expected Jesus
7 - Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers
8 - Come, O Precious Ransom, Come
9 - Jesus, Your Church with Longing Eyes
10 - The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us
11 - Comfort, Comfort All My People
12 - Hark the Glad Sound! The Savior Comes
13 - There's a Voice in the Wilderness Crying
14 - Arise, O Christian People
15 - Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding
16 - On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry
17 - God's Own Son Most Holy
18 - O Lord, How Shall I Meet You
19 - O Lord, How Shall I Meet You




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John 8:1-20

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ιησους δε επορευθη εις το ορος των ελαιων
ορθρου δε παλιν παρεγενετο εις το ιερον και πας ο λαος ηρχετο προς αυτον και καθισας εδιδασκεν αυτους
αγουσιν δε οι γραμματεις και οι φαρισαιοι προς αυτον γυναικα εν μοιχεια κατειλημμενην και στησαντες αυτην εν μεσω
λεγουσιν αυτω διδασκαλε αυτη η γυνη κατειληφθη επαυτοφωρω μοιχευομενη
εν δε τω νομω μωσης ημιν ενετειλατο τας τοιαυτας λιθοβολεισθαι - συ ουν τι λεγεις
τουτο δε ελεγον πειραζοντες αυτον  - ινα εχωσιν κατηγορειν αυτου; ο δε ιησους κατω κυψας τω δακτυλω εγραφεν εις την γην
ως δε επεμενον ερωτωντες αυτον ανακυψας ειπεν προς αυτους "ο αν-αμαρτητος υμων πρωτος τον λιθον επ αυτη βαλετω"
και παλιν κατω κυψας εγραφεν εις την γην
οι δε ακουσαντες, και υπο της συνειδησεως ελεγχομενοι εξηρχοντο εις καθ εις αρξαμενοι απο των πρεσβυτερων εως των εσχατων και κατελειφθη μονος; ο ιησους και η γυνη εν μεσω εστωσα
10 ανακυψας δε ο ιησους και μηδενα θεασαμενος πλην της γυναικος ειπεν αυτη η γυνη που εισιν εκεινοι οι κατηγοροι σου ουδεις σε κατεκρινεν
11 η δε ειπεν ουδεις κυριε; ειπεν δε αυτη ο ιησους ουδε εγω σε κατακρινω πορευου και μηκετι αμαρτανε
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12 παλιν ουν ο ιησους αυτοις ελαλησεν λεγων εγω ειμι το φως του κοσμου ο ακολουθων εμοι ου μη περιπατησει εν τη σκοτια αλλ εξει το φως της ζωης
13 ειπον ουν αυτω οι φαρισαιοι συ περι σεαυτου μαρτυρεις η μαρτυρια σου ουκ εστιν αληθης
14 απεκριθη ιησους και ειπεν αυτοις καν εγω μαρτυρω περι εμαυτου αληθης εστιν η μαρτυρια μου οτι οιδα ποθεν ηλθον και που υπαγω; υμεις δε ουκ οιδατε ποθεν ερχομαι και που υπαγω
15 υμεις κατα την σαρκα κρινετε;εγω ου κρινω ουδενα
16 και εαν κρινω δε εγω η κρισις η εμη αληθης εστιν - οτι μονος ουκ ειμι,  αλλ εγω και ο πεμψας με πατηρ
17 και εν τω νομω δε τω υμετερω γεγραπται,  οτι δυο ανθρωπων η μαρτυρια αληθης εστιν
18 εγω ειμι ο μαρτυρων περι εμαυτου και μαρτυρει περι εμου ο πεμψας με πατηρ
19 ελεγον ουν αυτω που εστιν ο πατηρ σου; απεκριθη ο ιησους ουτε εμε οιδατε ουτε τον πατερα μου; ει εμε ηδειτε, και τον πατερα μου ηδειτε αν
20 ταυτα τα ρηματα ελαλησεν ο ιησους εν τω γαζοφυλακιω διδασκων εν τω ιερω και ουδεις επιασεν αυτον οτι ουπω εληλυθει η ωρα αυτου.

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21 ειπεν ουν παλιν αυτοις ο ιησους εγω υπαγω και ζητησετε με και εν τη αμαρτια υμων αποθανεισθε οπου εγω υπαγω υμεις ου δυνασθε ελθειν
22 ελεγον ουν οι ιουδαιοι μητι αποκτενει εαυτον οτι λεγει οπου εγω υπαγω υμεις ου δυνασθε ελθειν
23 και ειπεν αυτοις υμεις εκ των κατω εστε εγω εκ των ανω ειμι υμεις εκ του κοσμου τουτου εστε εγω ουκ ειμι εκ του κοσμου τουτου
24 ειπον ουν υμιν οτι αποθανεισθε εν ταις αμαρτιαις υμων εαν γαρ μη πιστευσητε οτι εγω ειμι αποθανεισθε εν ταις αμαρτιαις υμων
25 ελεγον ουν αυτω συ τις ει και ειπεν αυτοις ο ιησους την αρχην ο τι και λαλω υμιν
26 πολλα εχω περι υμων λαλειν και κρινειν αλλ ο πεμψας με αληθης εστιν καγω α ηκουσα παρ αυτου ταυτα λεγω εις τον κοσμον
27 ουκ εγνωσαν οτι τον πατερα αυτοις ελεγεν
28 ειπεν ουν αυτοις ο ιησους οταν υψωσητε τον υιον του ανθρωπου τοτε γνωσεσθε οτι εγω ειμι και απ εμαυτου ποιω ουδεν αλλα καθως εδιδαξεν με ο πατηρ μου ταυτα λαλω
29 και ο πεμψας με μετ εμου εστιν ουκ αφηκεν με μονον ο πατηρ οτι εγω τα αρεστα αυτω ποιω παντοτε
30 ταυτα αυτου λαλουντος πολλοι επιστευσαν εις αυτον


Luther Makes Clowns Out of the Synod Leaders

No marble, no gold - just the Word of God.
The altar was designed, photographed, and
Photoshopped by Norma Boeckler.


These two quotations from Luther's Sermons reveal the "conservative" synod leaders as buffoons.

I was telling the vice-president of our congregation how the original Lenker edition of Luther's Sermons could be obtained on the used market - "completely unmarked, eight volumes, $80."

He said, "From what you said, aren't they all like that?"

I thought a second and laughed. I am still laughing. The best humor comes from simple observations. I had been saying earlier that no one ever suggested that Lutheran seminarians read Luther's Sermons. An ELDONA exile said his first required reading at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, was The Purpose-Driven Church. Timid Tim said that all his books at Mordor were Reformed: "Greg, all your books are Lutheran! We had to read all those Reformed books at Mequon."

But I digress from the Luther statements. Every debate about doctrine reveals the "conservative" Lutheran leaders as anti-Luther, anti-Scripture, anti-Confessions. That is so easy to determine. They cite their numbskull authorities - uncle, dad, grandpa, cousin, favorite prof, synod resolutions - against the Gospel, against Luther, against the Book of Concord.

Whenever that happens, that individual is saying, "Here I stand - against Luther."

Jon-Boy Buchholz says his precious Objective Justification dogma is "settled doctrine." Who settled it? JP Meyer? David Valleskey? Larry Olson? Paul Kelm? They have a group doctrinal IQ of 20.

Gausewitz did not teach OJ, because his forgotten and out-of-print catechism is simply based on showing the Scriptures behind Luther's Small Catechism. And if not, then who cares anyway? Gausewitz is not the last word on anything.

The LCMS and ELS have dozens of OJ experts to cite. Both sects like to bring up the Brief Statement of 1932, as if it trumped the Bible and the Book of Concord. As if that political statement, which launched the radical liberal era of Missouri, has any standing outside of the Midwest.

The great and wise of LCMS, WELS, ELS, CLC, and the micro-mini sects show their true color (yellow) in directing people to Fuller Seminary, not to the Word of God. See Luther's statements.

Whom do they admire and emulate? ELCA! They subordinate their supposed principles to ELCA too, in working with the various genders and identities of that decomposing and rationalistic sect of Pietism. ELCA is what the rest are rapidly becoming. Not that WELS, for instance, is unwilling. They want to ordain women, but as John Brug says, "WELS is not ready for that yet."

Fuller will make them ready. Willow Creek will steel their knobbly knees, which quake at the sound of Schwan money declining. Rick Warren will play the fool and make them laugh at the next conference they attend, spending your offering money on slow horses, expensive booze, and fast women. Some other heroes have evaporated faster than the Little Mermaid at the end of her original H. C. Anderson tale. Mark Driscoll - gone - sob. Robert Schuller - gone - shudder. But the "conservative" Lutherans have raised up their own Colossus - Mark and Avoid Jeske. He can lead them into ELCA paradise.



A Severe Thrust at Every Doctrine…Not Derived from the Word of God

21. This Gospel is therefore a severe thrust at every doctrine and every comfort of any kind that is not derived from the Word of God. You may therefore say: It matters not how highly you exalt reason and the light of nature, I reserve the right of not putting my trust in it. The councils have issued decrees and the pope or the holy fathers have taught what they wish, but that does not concern me; I will not depend upon them.
First Sunday after Epiphany

He will not permit himself to be found…outside of his Word.

27. Behold, he punishes his parents because they had erred and had sought him among earthly and human affairs, among friends and acquaintances, not thinking that he must be in that which is his Father’s. He wishes to indicate by this, that his kingdom and the whole essence of Christianity consists alone in the Word and in faith, not in external things (as the external and hypocritical sanctity of Judaism), nor in temporal and worldly ordinance or government. In a word; he will not permit himself to be found, either among friends and acquaintances, nor in anything outside of his Word. For he does not wish to be worldly, nor in that which is worldly, but in that which is his Father’s, even as he always manifested himself from his birth through his entire life. He was, indeed, in the world, but he did not conform to the world, as he also said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world.” He was among friends and acquaintances and came to them, but did not identify himself with any of their affairs in the world, except that he sojourned in the world as a guest and used it to satisfy the wants of his body; but he waits alone on that which is his Father’s i.e., the Word. There he can be found; there he who wishes truly to find him, must seek him.

First Sunday after Epiphany, Second Sermon

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A Severe Thrust at Every Doctrine…Not Derived from the Word of God

21. This Gospel is therefore a severe thrust at every doctrine and every comfort of any kind that is not derived from the Word of God. You may therefore say: It matters not how highly you exalt reason and the light of nature, I reserve the right of not putting my trust in it. The councils have issued decrees and the pope or the holy fathers have taught what they wish, but that does not concern me; I will not depend upon them.
First Sunday after Epiphany

He will not permit himself to be found…outside of his Word.

27. Behold, he punishes his parents because they had erred and had sought him among earthly and human affairs, among friends and acquaintances, not thinking that he must be in that which is his Father’s. He wishes to indicate by this, that his kingdom and the whole essence of Christianity consists alone in the Word and in faith, not in external things (as the external and hypocritical sanctity of Judaism), nor in temporal and worldly ordinance or government. In a word; he will not permit himself to be found, either among friends and acquaintances, nor in anything outside of his Word. For he does not wish to be worldly, nor in that which is worldly, but in that which is his Father’s, even as he always manifested himself from his birth through his entire life. He was, indeed, in the world, but he did not conform to the world, as he also said to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world.” He was among friends and acquaintances and came to them, but did not identify himself with any of their affairs in the world, except that he sojourned in the world as a guest and used it to satisfy the wants of his body; but he waits alone on that which is his Father’s i.e., the Word. There he can be found; there he who wishes truly to find him, must seek him.

First Sunday after Epiphany, Second Sermon


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