Take the Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down Test

 Scholars are divided about the origin, words, and meaning of the song.

At the Midland church, the kids sang and fell down for this song, all the time. The refrain is so descriptive of mainline churches, including all the Lutherans. Here is the test -

Ashes Ashes We All Fall Down 

1. The seminary is old but going downhill fast in enrollment.
2. The school may be in name only, because the total enrollment is 1, 2, or even 0 students.
3. The faculty members are not scholars faithful to the Word, but safe teachers who will indoctrinate the students in worshiping the denomination.
4. The early history of the school is forgotten or ignored, because a few people with very little money taught the basics of their denomination's doctrine.
5. The seminary now teaches the opposite of what the early professors taught - not only in the ELCA - but also in the LCMS and WELS.
6. Enormous sums of money have been spent to remodel the buildings, but the students are expected to pile on debt to keep the seminary going.
7. The school is selling off assets, including the main campus, to keep going.
8. The school teaches Church Growth and universal salvation.
9. Scandals and crimes are covered up, but dissent from the new radical dogma is treated as a scandalous felony.

 10. When the Invasion of the Body Snatchers reminds you of your own synod.