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| Who is the author? Yes, that is the problem today. |
The motto of the literacy people is "Each one teach one."
I was thinking how funny it was for Fuller Seminary to sell its mass movement theories from the liberal pro-abortion Donald McGavran to a bunch of lazy, greedy, self-centered denominational leaders. Fuller definitely used the right bait to capture those pests, heart and soul, budget and wallet (your wallet).
Fuller had a simple message for simpletons. "Our methods are doctrine-neutral. They work equally well with anyone."
They invited denominational executives - including Salvation Army and Roman Catholic - getting them jived up to send their subordinates and other lackeys.
The result was - Fuller hollowed out the membership of every denomination they touched. Fulleroids are like mercury, beautiful and shiny, adhering to gold and silver, but toxic and almost impossible to remove. (A Fulleroid is a graduate of a Fuller program who is a pain in the neck. And they all are.)
I know I am nothing and have no credibility. The great and wise have told me that many times, over the years. It took about 12 years for the LutherQueasies to admit online worship had merit. Strange how ELCA took over their synods while they worried aloud about my blog, which is "nothing but slander and lies."
Once their parishes were shuttered, they saw the value of online worship. But the people who hate the efficacy of the Word and the Chief Article are no better for having online services. They imagine their synod is the source of their power, but why are they shrinking as fast as ELCA?
Luther Seminary just edited their 24 acre campus down to 10 acres, with a larger parking lot. Other ELCA seminaries are no more than a name and a hallway at a college. The Synodical Conference and ELCA decided - with guidance and millions of dollars given to Fuller - that they should offer gimmicks and no-faith.
My idea - not original - has been that if one person is reached and given the basics of Biblical Christianity, that is a victory.
What changed for the Reformation and our time is the reach of the Word. We are able to send a large book all over the world for no extra cost. We can post 99 cent Kindles. We can see that First Amendment is meaningless to many gubmint officials, who close churches and keep abortion clinics running - for our own good.
Most of what a denomination sends out is to protect the salaries, benefits, and luxuries of the officials. That is why they are so effective - at driving people away.
I reproduced The Lutheran Hymnal public domain hymns and saw the value of a separate, dedicated blog - The Bethany Lutheran Hymnal Blog. A dozen years from now, someone may admit that the site is useful, edifying, and soul-strengthening.
I am planning the same for books - just links to free books, plus promotions of key books to read. I am borrowing the idea from Alec Satin's Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry. One reader pointed a Lutheran seminarian to that site - he was excited to have all those classics available for his studies. When I was a young lad, we had to fight like hyenas over the seminary book sales to get a few of those books. Satin has published 150+ with many print books besides.
Yes, I know I have my books posted, but the problem is the same as Luther's Sermons. Once I posted the sermons, I thought, now I'm done. But what is worthwhile should be in front of people, so I post one Luther sermon each Sunday and put it on Facebook.
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| Loy is the invisible giant of Lutherdom. |
