When Weeding Needs To Be Radical - Down to the Roots

 

Church Growth, Church Unique, Unstuck Church - the panic is growing.

 Everything has failed, so why not try Christianity as taught by the Holy Spirit in His only Book.

The original plan was to grow Butterfly Bushes outside the bedroom window, because the photographs looked good. Chaste Tree was added, and they grew well. Beauty Berries had to be watered in the early days, but they grew so vigorously that the path to the fence was shut off by the two plants merging. Over time the area became The Jungle, admired by PFC for attracting birds, bees, and the occasional squirrel.

I pruned the remarkable Chaste Tree, which seems to be immune to all threats. We thought one died when it was moved to the front yard. I pruned it way back after digging it in, added a bag of peat humus to its base, and waited. That one leafed out and featured big blooms visited by Bumble Bees. Ranger Bob saw the bee activity at a distances and the bright blue flowers - "What is that tree or bush over there?" I explained that the the beans were used for medicine and still are today. Look up Chaste Tree Oil on Amazon.

That section of land could be labeled - Lutheran Synods in the Last Century. Few noticed at the time, but the mergers (the old ALC of 1930 to The ALC of 1960; the General Synods/Councils merging into the ULCA, then the LCA; etc) led into a complete rejection of what was taught in the 1920s. Another deformation happened under the watchful eyes of various apostates (LCMS, WELS) - the original Justification by Faith stance of the WELS and the LCMS became a complete rejection of the Chief Article of Christianity. 

Pay Attention -  In America, the Lutheran Reformation is now the Roman Catholic Council of Trent, and all who confess Justification by Faith from the Scriptures are anathematized - "Let him be damned to Hell!" - in harmony with the Holy Father, the Pope-King Antichrist and his minions.

 CPH - Here I Stand socks, plus the Dogma-tanic and their giant Luther's Small Catechism teach Objective Justification.

Weed Removal Essential

At this stage, just like the jungle that developed in the most neglected part of the land, the weeds have to be removed down to the root level.

The only precise translation of the Bible is still the King James Version. Using the NIV and ESV paraphrases is like confusing the Cliff Notes version of Moby Dick with the actual book.

The mockery and neglect of the Reformation's 500th Anniversary in 2017 proved that the deformation was complete. All the evil fads of the past blossomed and bore bitter fruit.

 Herman Otten had no qualms about selling this lying, disgusting book about Luther - to celebrate the Reformation. No apologies from him, because he endorsed Objective Justification.