Jeske - From 2013 - Past Proves the Future

Mark and Avoid Jeske may have horns by the next time he appears in the heavens. Do not overlook the Dollar Constellation captured by the gravity of the Jeske Gas Cloud.

Pastor emeritus Nathan Bickel has left a new comment on your post "Fox Valley Native Mark Belling Broadcasts about La...":

Dr. Jackson -

You said it all [well] when you stated in your reply to "Les:"

>>>>>>>>>> The new visibility of St. John made WELS look ugly, vindictive, and stupid. This theft is a way to get rid of Pastor Hastings, grab the building, and liquidate the assets.

WELS has some good members and pastors, but the leaders are an embarrassment to the Christian Church.

The DP who got rid of Pastor Hastings, long ago, and kicked out the mother church of the Synodical Conference, is also the same man protecting Mark and Avoid Jeske. >>>>>>

But, be that as it may - the Jeske pic is missing a couple of horns.......

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GJ Update - Those who have been readers for a few years realize that I was too optimistic about Mark Jeske. He is more than a lapdog for ELCA - he is leading the charge against anything good, useful, noble, and faithful.

Where are the rest? They are going along for the ride. As Lyle Schaller said decades ago about his own Methodist Church - the easiest job in the world is being the pastor of a dying congregation. The money is enormous, the tasks few.

 ELCA meeting

 WELS - Martin Luther College. What is the difference?

When Karl Gurgel Was the New Vicar at Holy Word, Austin - From 2009

Karl Gurgel (left) at a high-church WELS service: no Geneva gowns!

From: Pastor Patterson
Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Subject: [Holy_Word] Pastor Gurgel responds to call
To: holy_word@yahoogroups.com


Dear Saints,

Last Sunday in our quarterly voter's meeting we issued a call to Rev. Karl Gurgel to come and serve us in a "one year part time call" to help us continue our mission to reach the lost for Christ in the North Austin and surrounding areas.

Below is his letter of acknowledgement. Please keep Pastor Gurgel and his wife Barb in your prayers as they deliberate what God would have them do. It would be a wonderful blessing to have them among us for a year or more - but we know that God in his wisdom will make them a blessing wherever he sends them.

In Him,

Pastor Patterson

P.S. If you would like to send him an encouraging email just reply to me and I will give you his address.

No one else obtained more free vicars and hunting trips to Africa than Kudu Don Patters.

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Dear Members of Holy Word,

It's a privilege to serve the Lord, recognizing in the Call of God's people, the Call of the Lord himself. It's encouraging to recognize in the Call you've extended to me, the pleasure God may still grant me to serve his people.

Your commitment to extend the reach of God's Kingdom beyond yourselves is obvious in your adoption of your ten-year plan. The growth in the Word of God you envision for yourselves continues to provide the foundation for all your future plans. If the Lord leads me to accept His Call administered through you, it would be a privilege and pleasure to serve the Lord among you.

I would ask you to continue to remember my wife, Barbara and me, in your prayers. God-willing we will arrive at a decision before the end of March. May God's blessings also rest upon you.

In His Service with You,

Karl R. Gurgel

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GJ - Some of you did not realize I was on this email list, too. Church and Change is leakier than a meeting of GOP conservatives.

I wonder if Kudu Don Patterson got a grant for this special call. My intuition says, "Yes!"

The opposition is loading up their ammo for the 2009 WELS convention.

Consider this: Gurgel was Doctrinal Pussycat when his district was given the MilCraft estate (Golf) and they managed to run that into the ground. The widow was cheated out of a lot of money so she sued WELS in court and won. Gurgel had no trouble going to court to oppose a widow who lost everything. She won a million dollars.

Gurgel's next triumph was getting the Schwan money, the largest charitable gift ever, and running the synod into total insolvency. When the synod treasurer informed Gurgel that they could not spend designated gifts, Gurgel fired the treasurer and blamed the treasurer for the disappeared funds. That is the essence of the synod owing money to the synod. Some call it skimming. I call it the typical stewardship of the Church and Change crowd: spend Other People's Money on your own wild hare projects.

Read the Kuske Report, linked at the top left side of the page. Kuske failed to note that his Church Growth buddies were the ones who devastated the finances of WELS.

Gurgel once wrote that "denying I have the spiritual gifts of leadership would be false modesty." I have to commend someone who can do so much damage and still get a vicarage call.


"Sorry to stop you, but we are looking for the new vicar at Holy Word in Austin. We are told he is carrying How To Success in Business Without Really Trying and the other set of synod books,
the ones marked Wauwatosa Charities.
There they are in the back seat!
I'm afraid you'll have to go into town and talk to Interpol."

 Patterson hates one of my best Photoshops. Why?
He denied being Church and Change, and attended the "last meeting." He took staff to the Exponential! pan-sect conference.

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GJ - One of my many sources says that the Ichabod exposure of free vicars has shut that spigot off. There are only 1,437 to go.

Remember, Ichabodians, the Church and Changers run on Other's People Money, not on the Word, so keep tightening those spigots.

 Who became Facebook friends? Kudu Don and Time Glende.

 Patterson boast real bunnies to pet at their gimmicky Easter service. He hid that the next year, and I found it again.
Year three - Internet silence! Church and Change did the same with their speakers at MLC.

A Thank You Note about All of You

 Pastor Shrader, Glen Kotten, and moi.

I am thankful to God for all of you. So many things have happened lately.

The trip to see the Howell and Shrader families (plus Glen Kotten) was a great experience, showing how the Faith brings us together and unites us.

 Here is a good close-up of Pastor James Shrader, who has a jolly rating of 10 (out of 10).

Having our Bethany Philippine Mission  teaching and preaching (with Glen Kotten present) is another example. He just arrived in Manila and had another seven hours to ride in a bus to Pastor and Mrs. Palangyos' home. The mission is some distance north from there and difficult to reach. Yet all that is done to reach people with the Gospel.

What members of Bethany (USA branch) are accomplishing in broadcasting the Word is also remarkable.

Glen Kotten, Chris Shrader, and Pastor Shrader

Every church body says, "If we only had money," when they only need the living Word of God, far more powerful than a stack of greenbacks. I keep looking at institutional histories that show a paradoxical relationship to wealth - the more they have, the worse they are in every respect. They die with golden teeth and jewels for food...painful. Glide Memorial Church is one famous example.

So I am thankful to God for all of you.

 Pastor Jordan Palangyos and his wife Amabel, a PhD in linguistics.

Rest in Peace, Norman Woehrle. American Soldier and Lutheran Warrior

Norman and Jean Woehrle were married 70 years.

Norman attended a recent church picnic.

Norman Woehrle

1926 - 2019

Norman William Woehrle, 4-17-26.(b) - 10-19-19( d), went to be with the Lord, and his two sons Bill and Bob on October 19 2019, after a short illness. "He was the bravest man I ever knew." He was employed for 34 years with AT&T. After retirement, he and his wife Jean traveled around the country for 25 years in an RV. 

During WW II, Norm served aboard the USS LST 18, making 14 landings on enemy islands. He served one year during the Korean War in charge of the rifle range at Cherry Point, North Carolina. He was a member of the NRA, American Legion, Marine Corp league, and the Ohio LST amphibs. which he was president for many years. He was very active in his church and strong in his faith. He was also an artist of various mediums. Norm is survived by his wife, Jean, having been married for 70 years; plus grandchildren, great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his 2 sons Bill and Bob. Visiting hours will be October 28, 2019, 9:30-11am at Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church, 520 Village Park Drive, Powell, Ohio 43065. A memorial service will follow visiting hours. Interment will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, 5600 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio at 12:30pm. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to Mt. Carmel East Hospital. Remembrances can be shared at www.HillFuneral.com

Published in The Columbus Dispatch on Oct. 24, 2019***GJ - Norm and Jean joined Shepherd of Peace when I was the pastor. We had many discussions about doctrinal topics and political issues. Like many of that era, they were the first to volunteer for anything and often were ahead of the rest. They phoned the synod president when they objected to downward trend of WELS.

KJV John 11: 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

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Greek Lesson - Mark 14:10-41

Parser - tells us the I.D. of the word

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Mark 14

10 και ο ιουδας ο ισκαριωτης, εις των δωδεκα, απηλθεν προς τους αρχιερεις ινα παραδω αυτον αυτοις

11 οι δε ακουσαντες, εχαρησαν, και επηγγειλαντο αυτω αργυριον δουναι; και εζητει πως ευκαιρως αυτον παραδω

a good or convenient time

12 και τη πρωτη ημερα των αζυμων, οτε το πασχα εθυον, λεγουσιν αυτω οι μαθηται αυτου που θελεις απελθοντες ετοιμασωμεν ινα φαγης το πασχα

Paschal Lamb

13 και αποστελλει δυο των μαθητων αυτου και λεγει αυτοις υπαγετε εις την πολιν, και απαντησει υμιν ανθρωπος κεραμιον υδατος βασταζων - ακολουθησατε αυτω

ceramics

14 και οπου εαν εισελθη ειπατε τω οικοδεσποτη οτι ο διδασκαλος λεγει, "που εστιν το καταλυμα οπου το πασχα μετα των μαθητων μου φαγω?"

house despot - goodman of the house

15 και αυτος υμιν δειξει ανωγεον μεγα εστρωμενον ετοιμον εκει ετοιμασατε ημιν

upper, large, prepared (strewn)

16 και εξηλθον οι μαθηται αυτου και ηλθον εις την πολιν και ευρον καθως ειπεν αυτοις και ητοιμασαν το πασχα

17 και οψιας γενομενης ερχεται μετα των δωδεκα

18 και ανακειμενων αυτων και εσθιοντων ειπεν ο ιησους αμην λεγω υμιν οτι εις εξ υμων παραδωσει με ο εσθιων μετ εμου

19 οι δε ηρξαντο λυπεισθαι και λεγειν αυτω εις καθ εις μητι εγω και αλλος μητι εγω

20 ο δε αποκριθεις ειπεν αυτοις εις εκ των δωδεκα ο εμβαπτομενος μετ εμου εις το τρυβλιον

21 ο μεν υιος του ανθρωπου υπαγει καθως γεγραπται περι αυτου ουαι δε τω ανθρωπω εκεινω δι ου ο υιος του ανθρωπου παραδιδοται καλον ην αυτω ει ουκ εγεννηθη ο ανθρωπος εκεινος

22 και εσθιοντων αυτων λαβων ο ιησους αρτον ευλογησας εκλασεν και εδωκεν αυτοις και ειπεν λαβετε φαγετε τουτο εστιν το σωμα μου

23 και λαβων το ποτηριον ευχαριστησας εδωκεν αυτοις και επιον εξ αυτου παντες

24 και ειπεν αυτοις τουτο εστιν το αιμα μου το της καινης διαθηκης το περι πολλων εκχυνομενον

25 αμην λεγω υμιν οτι ουκετι ου μη πιω εκ του γεννηματος της αμπελου εως της ημερας εκεινης οταν αυτο πινω καινον εν τη βασιλεια του θεου

26 και υμνησαντες εξηλθον εις το ορος των ελαιων

27 και λεγει αυτοις ο ιησους οτι παντες σκανδαλισθησεσθε εν εμοι εν τη νυκτι ταυτη οτι γεγραπται παταξω τον ποιμενα και διασκορπισθησεται τα προβατα

28 αλλα μετα το εγερθηναι με προαξω υμας εις την γαλιλαιαν

29 ο δε πετρος εφη αυτω και ει παντες σκανδαλισθησονται αλλ ουκ εγω

30 και λεγει αυτω ο ιησους αμην λεγω σοι οτι σημερον εν τη νυκτι ταυτη πριν η δις αλεκτορα φωνησαι τρις απαρνηση με

31 ο δε εκ περισσου ελεγεν μαλλον εαν με δεη συναποθανειν σοι ου μη σε απαρνησομαι ωσαυτως δε και παντες ελεγον

32 και ερχονται εις χωριον ου το ονομα γεθσημανη και λεγει τοις μαθηταις αυτου καθισατε ωδε εως προσευξωμαι

33 και παραλαμβανει τον πετρον και τον ιακωβον και ιωαννην μεθ εαυτου και ηρξατο εκθαμβεισθαι και αδημονειν

34 και λεγει αυτοις περιλυπος εστιν η ψυχη μου εως θανατου μεινατε ωδε και γρηγορειτε

γρηγορέω - Gregory

35 και προελθων μικρον επεσεν επι της γης και προσηυχετο ινα ει δυνατον εστιν παρελθη απ αυτου η ωρα

36 και ελεγεν αββα ο πατηρ παντα δυνατα σοι παρενεγκε το ποτηριον απ εμου τουτο αλλ ου τι εγω θελω αλλα τι συ

37 και ερχεται και ευρισκει αυτους καθευδοντας και λεγει τω πετρω σιμων καθευδεις ουκ ισχυσας μιαν ωραν γρηγορησαι

38 γρηγορειτε και προσευχεσθε ινα μη εισελθητε εις πειρασμον το μεν πνευμα προθυμον η δε σαρξ ασθενης

neuasthenia

39 και παλιν απελθων προσηυξατο τον αυτον λογον ειπων

40 και υποστρεψας ευρεν αυτους παλιν καθευδοντας ησαν γαρ οι οφθαλμοι αυτων βεβαρημενοι και ουκ ηδεισαν τι αυτω αποκριθωσιν

41 και ερχεται το τριτον και λεγει αυτοις καθευδετε το λοιπον και αναπαυεσθε απεχει ηλθεν η ωρα ιδου παραδιδοται ο υιος του ανθρωπου εις τας χειρας των αμαρτωλων

From Krauth - About Justification by Faith

Alec Satin, the Lutheran Librarian - "Guess the OJ scholars have not read Herder. See below from Krauth’s Conservative Reformation."

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“The doctrine of justification is so closely associated with, that of faith, that one must stand or fall with the other. On this, also, the cornerstone of Lutheranism, preeminently hold fast, I beg you, by Luther’s writings. I think it was Spener who had felt, with reference to this system, a doubt which, it seemed to him, nothing could overthrow; he read Luther’s writings and his doubts vanished. But, as I have said, Luther already mourned that not all comprehended him, and whilst every one was crying out about faith, justification, and good works, few had really grasped his meaning and his spirit; the consequences, both, immediate and long after his death, were melancholy enough. When in this matter you need instruction, or long to have difficulties resolved, go to this living man of faith himself, this legitimate son of Paul. In his writing is so much sound sense, with such strength of spirit and fervor of an honest heart, that often, when worn out with the frigid refinings and speculations of a more recent date, I have found that I was revived by him alone.”

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No Christian Is Forsake - John 10 - Luther's House Postils

Luther:

No Christian can now reasonably complain that he is forsaken. It may be that one is in need of money and earthly property; another may be deprived of health; and a third may want something else, so that it might appear that we were in the midst of wolves and without a shepherd, as Christ also says: “Behold, I send you as sheep into the midst of wolves.” We can see it with our own eyes, every day of our life, how the Christian Church is in the condition of a sheep which the wolf has seized by its fleece and which he is about to devour. It may seem sometimes as if we were without a Shepherd. But thus it must be, else we would not seek our only comfort in our true Shepherd’s reed, which sounds so invitingly when Christ says: “My sheep know my voice.”

If we obey this voice and follow it, we can then truly say that we know our Shepherd and that we are known of Him. Nor can the devil injure him who heeds and follows the Word of the good Shepherd. No matter what may betide our person under the providence of God, or our possessions, or our household, we will ever hear the voice of our Shepherd, who cheers us with these words: Ye are my dearly purchased flock who know my voice and who I am; I will not forget you. Such recognition has its foundation in the Word and in faith; on none other can it rest; therefore Christ declares: “I know them even as the Father knoweth me and I the Father.”

Volume Two, page 199.

What Is Sin? According to Luther - And the Savior. Treasures from Luther's House Postils

Luther:

What is sin? Is it to steal, to murder, to commit adultery, and the like? Yea, these are indeed sins, but they are not those which are most prevalent and most grave. Many persons are not guilty of these manifest sins; but of that chief sin of which the Holy Ghost reproves the world, no one is free, else the Holy Ghost could not reprove the whole world. This great sin is the unbelief of the world, the refusal to believe in Jesus Christ. Nor does the world know anything of this sin before the Holy Ghost reproves the people of it through His teachings; the world considers only such deeds sinful as are contrary to the second table of the law. It knows nothing of Christ, and much less is it aware of the sin of not believing in Him. But we need not talk of the world in this regard; we find many among the Christians who do not consider unbelief a sin, much less an original sin. No one but the Holy Ghost can teach the world that unbelief is sin; He reproves all as sinners, no matter how some may attempt to cover up their faults by good works or to pass themselves off as pure under the tinsel of self-righteousness.

The Holy Ghost, therefore, preaches this truth that all men, without an exception, are sinners and cannot of themselves believe in Christ. This is, of course, strange preaching for the world. The world of itself is perfectly ignorant of the duty of having faith in Christ, the Son of man. Men suppose that they have fulfilled their duty if they can say with the Pharisee, Luke 18, that they are no murderers, no adulterers and no unjust persons.

But the Holy Ghost teaches otherwise and tells man: I know that this one or that one may lead an outwardly upright life, but still the great sin of unbelief nestles deep down in the heart of every one. If we are not reproved of this sin by the Holy Ghost, we will never discover it.

We must then infer from this that “every thing not concluded in faith is sin,” whether it be monastic vows, or prayers, fastings, and giving of alms. Wherever faith in Christ is wanting, there the Holy Ghost must come with His reproof. There is no other way to be relieved from this sin but to believe in Christ Jesus the Savior.

From Volume Two, Luther's House Postils, Edited by Alec Satin and Gregory Jackson, p. 211.

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Coleridge on Luther's Galatians Lectures - He Read It! - Unlike Jay Webber or Jon-Boy Buchholz

 Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 The poet's nephew and author of the quotation - Henry Nelson Coleridge. His son became the first editor of the O.E.D.

In Krauth’s “Literature review” section at the start, we find this quote by Henry Nelson Coleridge. What a gem!:

Coleridge is here answering some of the aspersions cast by High-Church writers on Luther. Referring to one of them, who had called the Commentary on Galatians “silly,” he says:

“Shakspeare has been called silly by Puritans, Milton worse than silly by Prelatists and Papists, Wordsworth was long called silly by Bonaparteans; what will not the odium theologicum or politicum find worthless and silly? To me, perhaps from my silliness, his Commentary appears the very Iliad of justification by faith alone; all the fine and striking things that have been said upon the subject, are taken from it; and if the author preached a novel doctrine, or presented a novel development of Scripture in this work, as Mr. Newman avers, I think he deserves great credit for his originality. The Galatians Commentary of Luther contains, or rather is, a most spirited siege of Babylon, and the friends of Rome like it as well as the French like Wellington and the battle of Waterloo.”

From Biographia Literaria, by S. T. Coleridge, edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge, New York, 1848. quoted in: Krauth, Charles Porterfield. . Philadelphia: The General Council Press. 1871/1899. LutheranLibrary.org. [GJ - I added a few words to make it clear that the opponents found Luther's Galatians Lectures, aka Galatians Commentary, "silly."]