Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Short Definition for Orthodox, Conservative, Confessional Lutherans - OCCLs






Toss your Dogma-Tanics, toss your Girl Scout cookies. I have a shortened textbook for Orthodox, Conservative, Confessional Lutherans (OCCLs) - LCMS, WELS, ELS, CLC, and the micro-mini sects.


OCCL - "We believe in the inerrancy of the Scriptures."

Longer version - "...except for Abraham believing in the Messiah and being justified, Paul's Justification by Faith, and the rest of the Bible."


OCCL - "We believe, teach, and confess the Chief Article of the Christian Faith."

Longer version - "...except for faith in Jesus Christ, which is bad, and would make us Arminians." And - "Lenski is good, except for Justification."





Leupold - Genesis Link




People will find Leupold more readable than Keil-Delitzsch. Yale University once taught the historicity of Adam and Eve, the Virgin Birth of Christ.

Looking at all the Lutheran synods now, it is easy to see how they are marching backwards in the same retreat.

The three greats of Capital Seminary remain:
  1. Loy
  2. Lenski
  3. Leupold.
They were replaced by apostates and largely forgotten.



House and Senate Oath of Office Illustrated - "I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."


JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when DeGaule decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded “does that include those who are buried here? DeGaulle did not respond.



When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush. He answered by saying, ‘Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.’



There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying ‘Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?’ A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: ‘Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?’



A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, ‘Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?’ Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, ‘Maybe it’s because the Brit’s, Canadians, Aussie’s and Americans arranged it so you wouldn’t have to speak German.’



Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on. “You have been to France before, monsieur?” the customs officer asked sarcastically. Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. “Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.” The American said, ‘The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.” “Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France !” The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, ‘’Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.”