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| Three pretend to be Lutheran - Hale, Knapp, and Calvin. |
Phil Hale, MDiv, The Fort:
"But the strength of the Keys is Christ and the historical fact that He has died and risen, bringing forth
absolution to the world. This forgiveness Christ distributes in the Word at all times. The teaching of objective justification demonstrates that the Word
actively gives a real forgiveness, whether it is brought
forth by an experienced, faithful pastor or a stuttering seven-year-old." Thanksgiving issue of CN, Calvinist News: Justification by Faith - zero
Means of Grace - zero
Efficacy distorted - once
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| Make that four who pretend to be Lutheran. Can anyone read this out loud and not laugh at the dreamy absurdities? |
Justification Test - Those Who Fail Are Seminary Professors, Fuller Alumni, and Synod Presidents
1. Which is taught in the Book of Concord? - Justification by Faith (The Chief Article) or Objective Justification?
2. Where is Justification by Faith found in the Bible?
3. Do Calvinists and Quasi-Christian sects teach OJ?
4. Where did CFW Walther learn his OJ?
5. Where did Walther's mentor and guru learn is OJ?
6. What was their key passage?
7. Robert and Jack Preus came from what Lutheran tradition?
8. What experts were consulted by Robert Preus when he was attacking WAM II's Justification by Faith?
9. What did Gausewitz, the Synodical Conference president, teach?
10. What did the LCMS teach originally, in spite of Walther's obsession with the Easter absolution of the world?
11. What did WELS teach originally, the Chief Article or OJ?
12. When did the LCMS-WELS stop growing?
13. What are their favorite places of higher learning?
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| This Rambach statement is typical of Halle Pietism. Chemnitz taught otherwise about 1 Timothy 3:16. |
Answers
1. The Book of Concord only teaches Justification by Faith.
2. Justification by Faith is taught first in Genesis 15:6, which is the key passage for Paul in Romans and Galatians. The entire Bible teaches Justification by Faith.
3. Calvinists and quasi-Christian cults teach Objective Justification, in much the same language as LCMS-WELS.
4. Walther learned his OJ from Pietist Martin Stephan, a Bohemian Pietist called to serve a Bohemian Pietist congregation.
5. Stephan never finished his university training, but he spent some time at Halle University, the mother ship of Pietism in Europe.
6. Halle liked 1 Timothy 3:16, pretending (like Rambach) that it taught the world was absolved when Jesus rose from the dead. Walther and his disciples never stop repeating this error.
7. Robert and Jack Preus were Norwegian Pietists. But in truth, all American groups were Pietistic in origin. They did not necessarily see Walther as the ruling norm of all doctrine and practice.
8. Robert Preus consulted with "experts" at a Calvinist seminary to bolster his defense of OJ. (Source - Scaer's autobiography)
9. Gausewitz taught Justification by Faith in his catechism. Those catechisms were withdrawn from print and replaced by the Kuske OJ catechism.
10. The LCMS originally taught Justification by Faith. The Stephan-Walther-Pieper faction kept promoting OJ until most of the graduates were brainwashed.
11. WELS taught Justification by Faith originally. Papenfuss admitted that he never heard of OJ until he went to Mequon.
12. WELS-LCMS stopped growing once they extinguished Justification by Faith.
13. WELS-LCMS leaders love Fuller Seminary, Willow Creek, and and the Pietist Trinity Divinity School.
