Pan-Lutheran Association of Non-Believers: How To Wreck Congregations

 

Biblical text criticism is called Lower Criticism. Attacking the truth of the Bible is called Higher Criticism, which is based on the assumption of the Scriptures being one more man-made book about religion. The modern Bibles are an homage to Bultmann, Tillich, and Holy Father in Rome. Yes, all the Bible societies of note work with the Church of Rome, careful 

How To Wreck the Congregations

They began with Lower Criticism, telling everyone that their academic bigotry against the Bible was scientific, up to date, and approved by the best scholars. That gave the professors a license to distribute and make canonical (note the irony) of Higher Criticism, where each and every book of the Bible was sliced, diced, and smothered with the insights of German Rationalism, the center being Halle University.

Everyone selling, distributing, and promoting the NIV, ESV, and similar disasters can boast of foundational work in destroying the Christian Faith. 

The NIV, loved by WELS and LCMS alike, has erased the Sacraments and injected Objective Justification into Romans 3. There are so many paraphrases out there than any pastor can say in his or her most solemn voice - "Scholars are divided." 

Who hates the King James Version? 

1. LCMS
2. WELS
3. ELS
4. CLC (sic)
5. ELDONUTs

That is the most important part of the apostates' work. Next - the hymnals.

Notice how the  hymnals have gone downhill, with nice print, poor quality, and bloated prices! Speaking unity with their forked tongues, the ophidian leaders have divided their failing little sects with nasty, fat hymnals filled with leaden prose and worse music. 

The result has been anything goes worship, balding boomers strumming their instruments to be cool, modern, and anti-Lutheran.

The Results Are the Same

Pastors and members are encouraged to think in terms of marketing, not the Means of Grace. With the Sacraments gone from their precious NIVs, it is easy to suppress Holy Communion and infant Baptism, whispering low in Jerusalem lest she be heard on the streets of Gath.