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| This would be a fitting and an honest replacement of the Martin Luther statues in Lutheran higher education. |
The LCMS-WELS-ELS seminaries teach students to be loyal to their denomination, which means being in awe of their manufactured history and their pioneering pastors. Missouri breeds loyalty in one seminary versus the other, and WELS holds itself above the ELS at all times, though they "cherish their fellowship."
But no passage exists in the Scriptures to teach loyalty to men or human institutions. Quite the opposite is true. One of harshest judgments comes upon those who are "face persons," respecters of persons in older English, those who only look at outside appearances.
The entire Bible teaches faith in Christ, from the beginning to the end, telling us about the mighty acts of God so we might have hope in the future and the comfort of forgiveness in our Savior. This faith is not what cowardly Universalists try to teach people, as if it were something bad, evil, and coming from man. The Holy Spirit teaches us through the Word, and the Spirit plants this faith in our hearts, so we trust the divine and effective message of the Word. The Holy Spirit continues to work in the invisible Word of teaching and preaching, the visible Word of the Sacraments, to renew and strengthen and increase our faith in God's grace.
That is the great shame of Universal Objective Justification, which reminds me of the cool liberal clergy who equated coffee and doughnuts after the service with Holy Communion. During the coffee hour they would say, "We are having Communion now!"
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| Graduation day at the Mequon campus. |
The Scriptures teach the death and resurrection of Christ as one matter, Justification by Faith as another. The UOJ fanatics are completely confused, because some of them teach the Universal Salvation of the World at the moment of Christ's death. But others abuse 1 Timothy 3:16 to claim their precious World Absolution without Faith the moment He rose from the dead. No passage in the Bible or the Book of Concord claims such a confused, merged concept.
The Atonement is not God's declaration that the world is forgiven and saved without faith. The Atonement is called many things in the Bible, such as redemption and propitiation. Yes, Christ died for all sins. Teaching Justification by Faith is not a denial of the Atonement. It takes a lot of ignorance to suggest that Justification by Faith means a Limited Atonement. But look at the babble from the UOJ rabble - they do not trust the Word but fill the world with their books, articles, and self-bestowed honors.
Various Proofs of Their Duplicity
The UOJ Stormtroopers will never quote Justification by Faith. They cannot even say the dreaded words - Justification by Faith. John Sparky Brenner and Daniel the Dence Preus have proven that claim for me - and there are others.
The Enthusiasts may mention the Means of Grace, with delicacy born of their life of lies, but they exploit the phrase to give their ravings a Lutheran sound.
The UOJ Gestapo is quick to shun, punish, and expel anyone suspected of Justification by Faith fidelity - ironic, eh? Therefuse to discuss the doctrinal issue with anyone who disagrees with them and refuses to bow the knee to Baal, Edward Preuss, and Rambach.
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| From time to time, the UOJ Stormtroopers gather to discuss their precious dogma of UOJ. |
Non-Reciprocity of the False Teachers
The false teachers must be quoted to show everyone their errors, but they refuse to say - "We teach world salvation without faith, but the critics teach Justification by Faith as found in the Scriptures and the Book of Concord." They do not ever reciprocate with a fair response to the other side, not even with verbatim quotations from Luther, Melanchthon, Chemnitz, Gerhard, or the Book of Concord.
When will Rolf or Daniel Preus or someone from the clan post a graphic from Justification and Rome?
That comparison will never happen. Likewise, the Fuller faculty never has a kind or generous word to say about Luther, but the false teachers - filled with UOJ Enthusiasm - never stop quoting and plagiarizing their masters at Fuller, Willow Creek, and Trinity Divinity.
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| "Our work in WELS has borne fruit, team." |
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| Source - Robert Preus, Justification and Rome. |
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| Robert Preus, Justification and Rome, edited by Daniel and Rolf Preus. |
