Some Pastors Who Left ELDONA Recently

Did the masks also come from C. M. Almy?

Carver soon left ELDONA after leaving the LCMS.

Rydecki, on the far right, soon learned how Heiser's egomania was growing.

 The pastor in Peoria, Illinois has a church and now wants to rent a place? Maybe the kiddy-care business has become a burden.

Child Care Worker

POSTED ON 10/7/2021CLOSED ON 11/4/2021

 Stepping Stones Learning Academy  Peoria, IL Full Time

Job Posting for Child Care Worker at Stepping Stones Learning Academy

Stepping Stones Learning Academy is the former Holy Cross Childcare Center located in Peoria. Under new ownership as of June 2021. We are looking for qualified teachers as well as aides to join our team! Experience in early childhood preferred.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $11.50 - $15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
• Childcare: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Child Development Associate Certification (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Heimbigner should not have a bigger hay-bale beard than the Right Reverend Jim Heiser, STM. At least no one thinks he became a Babtist at Baylor Baptist University, a Southern Babtist Hive.

The Final Fling - For Now - In the Gardens

The gardening combines were worried about my lack of purchases, so they offered me a Hosta and two Honeysuckles. I enjoyed sitting down on the parched soil and digging three indentations in the soil. 

I saved a bucket of rain water for the occasion. Sassy observed closely, but she is not a digger. Next door, Ghost loves pillows and cushions - to tear into pieces of fluff.

Live plants now come in clear plastic capsules, tightly wrapped to make sure they stay green and appealing. I used scissors to cut through the transparent shroud. I put the miniature in a clear plastic cup (saved normally for roses) and let the plant hydrate.

I have two ways to protect plants. One is the plastic collar for keeping plants warmer during the winter. That also keeps destructive critters away - squirrels and rabbits. I poke bamboo sticks inside the collar to keep it in place and to signal where new plants are growing.

The Honeysuckle will be fragrant and produce fruit next summer. The Hosta will grow and supposedly be a solid yellow. 

Meanwhile, the Rose Garden is producing flowers from watering, cool air, and pruning. 

John 15:15 I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I AM the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

The flowers on the altar yesterday meant more roses for today. When roses are cleansed (pruned), they grow blooms faster, send out deeper roots, and extend their branches. Enchanted Peace is seven feet tall.

Faith in Jesus Christ is a continuous cycle, which He explained in John 15. Those who do not remain with the Savior - like the grinning, happy-camper-producing clergy salesmen - wither, die, and are removed. Those who remain with the True Vine blossom are absolved of sin - and form the fruits of the Spirit, all God's work through the Means of Grace. 

The Sound and the Fury - Or - Signifying Something. Back to Bose!

 

Iron Mike, no - Broadway Mike

Logitech Webcam - includes a built-in mike.

BZBK 4k HDMI camera - uses a remote - the lights in the house dim when I plug in the power. Just kidding.
 
PS - Bose speakers have been donated for the chapel and will be tested this week. They should carry a wider range of sound.

We had an improvement in sound today. The new HP computer and I had words over its rejection of any camera. I left it alone last night, to cool down. When I came back there was a timid looking box that finally said, "Do you want access to the camera?" Yes, I had tried that numerous ways. Did they think the camera was an accessory to dress up the chapel?

Perhaps we will do even better with the mike pictured and the HDMI camera. I will probably test it Monday.

Sound is a big issue. Some variables are:

1. The sound file used.

2. The way music comes into the broadcast by means of a sound bar.

3. The range of music and how it is conditioned by the computer equipment.

Home computers - 

A. I think reducing the RAM load could help. That is done by rebooting the computer - or using a hard drive cleaner software of all the excess RAM slowing the computer down. For example, after using a lot of RAM on my old office computer, I use C Cleaner (free version) so I can get onto the learning platforms. One refuses to let me in - until I clean the RAM or the history files.

B. More bandwidth must help. We have 900 megs up and down, so that is the max at this time. We have fiber optic and no TV.

C. Computers get old faster than we do. Refurbished, very good desktops can be bought for $400. The quality of the CPU makes a difference and so does the larger amounts of RAM. Do not buy Lenova computers or ones like Dell that have fallen in quality. I have had good luck with Hewlett Packard.

Post-Christmas sales are great for electronics. Cyber Monday and all that.

I know almost nothing about audio, and I am eager to learn. Don't be shy.

greg.jackson.edlp@gmail.com

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, 2022.

 Jan Verhas - Jesus Raising the Widow's Son

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The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, 2021

Pastor Gregory L. Jackson

Bethany Lutheran Worship

Luther's sermon on the Epistle, Ephesians 3:13-21

Hymn # 514            God Moves in a Mysterious Way              

The Confession of Sins
The Absolution
The Introit p. 16

Introit

Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto Thee daily.

For Thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive: 

and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.

Psalm. Bow down Thine ear, O Lord, hear me: 

for I am poor and needy.

The Gloria Patri
The Kyrie p. 17
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Salutation and Collect p. 19

Collect

Lord, we pray Thee that Thy grace may always go before and follow after us and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth, etc.

The Epistle and Gradual       

Gradual

The heathen shall fear the name of the Lord: 

and all the kings of the earth Thy glory.

V. When the Lord shall build up Zion: 

He shall appear in His glory. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

V. Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: He is their Help and their Shield. Hallelujah!

The Gospel              

Glory be to Thee, O Lord!
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed             p. 22

Sermon Hymn #151       Christ the Life, Winkworth transl.

              

The Power of Faith and Prayer

Communion Hymn # 313      O Lord We Praise Thee

The Preface p. 24
The Sanctus p. 26
The Lord's Prayer p. 27
The Words of Institution
The Agnus Dei p. 28
The Nunc Dimittis p. 29
The Benediction p. 31
Hymn #657             Beautiful Savior   

                    Prayers and Announcements

• In therapy - Randy Anderson, Pastor Jim Shrader, Chris Shrader.
• Ongoing - Anita, Zach Engleman's mother.
• In school, Enzo Meyer at Grand Canyon University (100,000 students, 20,000 in Phoenix); Andrea Anderson is in regular school at age 4.
• Today's broadcast is the Logitech web camera and the NYC mike.
• Also, Callie and her parents, and C.
• The I AM Sermons will start arriving this week.
  
• The address list is being organized with the email list.
• Buckeye birthday this week.

 Norma A. Boeckler's artwork

                             

KJV Ephesians 3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power [dynamis, dynamite, Holy Spirit] that worketh [energy, efficacy] in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

KJV Luke 7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. 16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. 17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY

Lord God, heavenly Father, who didst send Thy Son to be made flesh, that by His death He might atone for our sins and deliver us from eternal death: We pray Thee, confirm in our hearts the hope that our Lord Jesus Christ, who with but a word raised the widow's son, in like manner will raise us on the last day, and grant us eternal life: through Thy beloved Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one true God, world without end. Amen.

The Power of Faith and Prayer

Background

The setting for Ephesians is Paul locked up in prison during the reign of Nero, where Christians were openly persecuted and blamed for the fire which Nero probably started to promote urban renewal. Prisons were horrible and gave anyone there the stigma of being a criminal who deserved to be locked up and treated poorly.

This letter should remind people to read Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress when the have a chance. Bunyan was imprisoned for the crime of not registering  as official clergy. He was assailed with doubts because conforming to the King would have set him free. Breaking the rules could have cost him his life, such as when he stepped out and visited members of this congregation and his family. He wrote his famous book, which has had 2002 editions, the latest ones coming from our little church. 

KJV Ephesians 3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Ephesus was the mother church of Christianity. Paul spent more time there than anywhere else. Unlike Paul's other letters than we have, this one does not deal with problems in the congregation. Revelation says that Ephesus lost their first love, and Luther said, "Now they have the Turks." That is the short version of the history of that city. 

Paul's concern was that people would feel associated with his condemned status, but he wanted to tell them that his prison sentence was their glory. The cross is a positive sign that the Gospel is at work. Nominal (in name only) church leaders have gone out of their way to silence anything taught or published in our little congregation. Publications have been blocked. College students have been ordered not to read our blog, which has been banned and shadow-banned, decreasing the reads. Having a classroom of 1,000 people a day is still pretty good. 

The anti-Gospel gains praise and admiration for pleasing people with material gain, with showy spectacles, with applause from almost everyone. I walked out of the most "successful" parish in Moline when I was 16. The minister was a Church Growther way ahead of his time. He had a Florida tan year around. He spoke (for a big fee) at all the big events around town. His services were packed from the first pew to the last, the first pew saved for late comers like the Jacksons. The youth groups earned points to go on fancy trips. Even though they had two lady pastors at the end, the church closed and no one even wanted the building. One of my classmates criticized me for not liking the Church Growther pastor. I said, "No, I appreciate him for making me into a Lutheran." 

Sixty years after, I realize how Rev. Church Growther spread his toxins by example and helped all the Lutheran synods to follow him off the cliff, taking his disciples who make disciples off the cliff, like the Garasene flock. McGavran (Understanding Church Growth) was a liberal in the same Disciples of Christ denomination as the Moline minister. Likewise, Robert Schulller blossomed and disintegrated for his version.

This is true of American Protestant Christianity in general. 

The message of God's Word is to take up our cross daily and follow Him, not to look for ways to please our Father Below, who is always anxious to take us away from the facts and the Promises of the Gospel.

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 

The Apostle Paul realized and taught that bearing the cross is glory and never to be avoided or rejected. This attitude stunned the crowds who came to see Christians tortured and killed. Persecutions continued before and during the Reformation, and they are widespread in Africa today. Where the Christian Faith is most active, the persecutions are most vicious.

But we also have the quiet, managed, engineered persecutions in America.

1. The KJV is derided by clergy and especially the professors and sect leaders.
2. False stories about the Apostolic (Majority) Text are spread.
3. Seminarians and pastors are made to feel foolish for even mentioning the KJV, though it remains the most read English Bible.
4. Church professors and leaders make fun of Luther and his writings, but they also sold ridiculous trinkets for the Reformation's 500th anniversary.
5. "Lutheran" publishing houses promote everything except the Biblical wisdom of the Reformation.
6. The visible Church pursues every fad and folly and is ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
7. Church leaders are horrified by faithful members and pastors while they protect and defend criminal clergy, alcoholic and adulterous leaders.

Is it a secret that those pretending to be "conservative" Lutherans are overjoyed by the posturing, trappings, and deluxe clothing of the Church of Rome?

Every person rejected, dismissed, or insulted by the apostate clergy is blessed by two (2) Beatitudes - 

KJV Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

The glory of God is to reward us with spiritual riches, great benefits, and miracles. The Word itself is a constant source of benefits and miracles, keeping us in the Faith and helping us at all times. We often do not realize God at work until later and we wonder how something happened, which looked so bad and ended up so good and favorable. That leads us to praise and thank God, which gives us stability in the midst of chaos. We live in a country burdened by corruption, foolishness, and homage to Satan himself. Yet Jesus Christ dwells in our hearts by faith. Romans 5 teaches that clearly - faith is access to grace, so the faithless and apostates have not grace and tumble about in darkness, not light. We are strengthened by the Spirit - that is - by the Word. There are many supposed Christians who have the "Spirit" but not the Word - just their own impulses. There are thousands of Scriptural eggheads (not just the seminary professors and "consultants") who have the Word (as an academic tool) and not the Spirit (no faith).

It is a terrible dark and gloomy place to be without faith, and no one wants to take it away more than Satan. To paraphrase Luther, If Satan has a thousand weapons against us, the Spirit in the Word has 100,000 to clobber Satan.

This is leading up to miracles, emphasized especially in the last two verses.

18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

The saints (the holy) are all those who believe in Jesus Christ. We share that fellowship with Christians, an invisible army (the brand-names do not count for or against). As I have said before, when I talk to a mixed group, the unbelievers scowl and fold their arms in opposition to "inerrancy" or some other word toxic to them. The believers nod in a positive way and show their interest and listen.

The fulness of God means knowing and experiencing God's mercy, forgiveness, and love in the midst of hardship and difficulties.

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power [dynamis, dynamite, Holy Spirit] that worketh [energy, efficacy] in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

The unlimited blessings of God are emphasized by Paul in this hyperbole - exceeding abundantly. Whatever we can pray for or hope for, God can do far more than the best we can expect. And we have the spiritual understanding to know this is true, according to the power (related to the Holy Spirit in the Word) which is always energetic - effective - in us. The Word/Spirit is so abundant in us, as proven by the Word/Spirit/rain and snow analogy in Isaiah 55. 

1. His Word never returns empty (just like the rain and snow)
2. It always has an effect, just like the rain and snow.
3. It always prospers God's will, just like the rain and snow.

Some people pray for the life of a little baby. There is no reason to hope, but there is faith and constant prayer. It is a miracle. The baby lives. But wait, there's more. She is very healthy and strong in time and has more talent than anyone could hope for.

Paul assures us that our prayers are answered beyond what we can imagine or hope for. That is how God works, but faith and prayer go together. It is not ringing the bell for the butler, as we see on TV, but always being ready to pray in faith and to be an example to the family in specific prayers.

 "Tuition discount at Fuller Seminary. Whee! Invite the Lutherans. They will love it in WELS, LCMS, ELS, ELCA!"

Practicing with Sound - Logitech Webcam and Iron Mike from NYC

 Link here for the audio efforts from Saturday night.

I will try the HDMI camera too, but not on Sunday, it has no audio to interfere, while the Logitech combines video and audio on one USB port. 

It took a long time for the computer to recognize either camera and get a signal through. Meanwhile, the audio was working. Finally, a window popped up (after many trials) and said, "Want the camera?" 

Higher Criticism Subordinates the Scriptures - Very Much Like the Dogmatics Books Do

Hauerwas. My sister-in-law babysat for his son. Augustana did not renew his initial contract and he joined Notre Dame, famous for his prodigious publishing.

I recall Stan Hauerwas saying in class, "Luther was an ad hoc theologian. He never wrote a dogmatics textbook." The modern theologians have their list of favorites and often become favorites themselves - if they write enough. Luther was wary of systematic theology, as they often call it. Aquinas ruled the Middle Ages with his enormous series of books in Latin - influenced by Aristotle, relying on Aristotle. Aquinas was like Karl Barth and his live-in mistress, Charlotte Kirschbaum, covering every possible topic and becoming a standard, a foundation for all thinking.

When Karl Barth toured America to lecture, he and Charlotte Kirschbaum shared the same bedroom and bed at the homes of their hosts. 

 Karl and Charlotte, ve get too soon alt und too late schmart.

I met Hunsinger at Yale Divinity. This book tells the truth about Karl's and Charlotte's Marxism.

 Danke, Karl, now go back to your Father Below.

 Zo clever!

 This touching photo includes Karl, his brother, the kids, Charlotte, and what's-her-name on the side.

According to the former president of the Karl Barth Society, most scholars think Charlotte wrote most of this dogmatics while Karl wrote the large print outline.

Hills had a splendid education, but he was denied a doctorate by the workings of Bruce Metzger. Still, he finished his PhD at Harvard. The academics ignored Hills' clear, sensible defense of the Majority Text.

Higher Criticism built itself on the foundation of its gleeful attacks against the Traditional, Majority text of the New Testament. The popular term for Higher Criticism was the Historical Critical Method. 

The Synodical Conference Lutherans - together again with the help of Thrivent loot and "free" flower calendars - emphasize that they believe in the inerrancy of the Scriptures. That is a nice thought, but not true. Using their favorite authorities, they subordinate the Scriptures to their dogmatic tyranny - Universal Forgiveness without Faith. They call it General Justification, Objective Justification, Universal Objective Justification, and the Justification of the World.

And lo! - the two forms of theological scholarship meet. The NIV, ESV, and RSV remove verses from the Bible, and reverse the actual wording. The classic is this corruption.

New NIV Romans 3:22 This righteousness is given through faith in[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

 

KJV Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

The New NIV has made Universal Justification a Biblical "truth" even though the Greek text and common sense reject the claim. The New NIV is so bad that it contradicts itself in that chapter.

The modern paraphrases also eliminate by faith of Jesus, which is the actual Greek text. The moderns do not accept the Two Natures in Christ - He was just a man in their eyes. Paul repeatedly uses by faith of Jesus, meaning that our salvation relies on Jesus' faith in God the Father. 

 Majority Text Romans 3:22 δικαιοσυνη δε θεου δια πιστεως ιησου χριστου εις παντας και επι παντας τους πιστευοντας ου γαρ εστιν διαστολη

The righteousness of God comes from the faith of Jesus, "unto all and upon all them that believe." The New NIV steals the double-all in the Greek text and the KJV to deceive people into thinking all sinners are forgiven, whether they believe in Christ or not. The clear meaning refers to all believers and only to all believers. That theft is just as pleasing for WELS-ELS-LCMS as it is for ELCA-Episcopal-UCC-Presbyterian. Why? Because they all share the same history of Pietism rotting into 57 flavors of Rationalism. 

 ELS Pastor Jay Webber approves this message.

Ft. Wayne trained and brained Jack Cascione approves this message.

 Who let him in? Robert Preus cited Calov against Edward Preus? Don't tell his kids, grandkids, or the brain-washed Synod Presidents of WELS-LCMS-ELS. 

Lower Criticism Gave Us Higher Criticism - And Both Isms Took Over the LCMS, WELS, ELS, Christian News, and ELDONA

ELCA people are supposed to go OOH and AAH when the precious name of Braaten is spoken aloud. 

Remember Frosty Bivens making the same statement? He and Braaten imagine that the Chief Article is Universal Forgiveness without Faith.

 The Synodical Conference is together again, funded by Thrivent, blessed by ELCA.

Sick Becker got increasingly belligerent about his precious Justification without Faith as he approached the end game.

Neither the LCMS nor the Wisconsin sect began with Objective Justification. The ELS (Little Norwegians) did. Two key moves were F. Pieper becoming president of the seminary in 1887 and president of the LCMS in 1899. One could add Pieper's editing, teaching, and dominance, so much like Walther's. Wisconsin's Gausewitz died early, and his catechism lacked the precious OJ that WELS doles out like cotton candy.

The doctrinal dishonesty (not to mention historical fabrications) are in harmony with the text criticism developments of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Examining original texts of the Bible is focused on the Greek New Testament, because the Jewish rabbis are very careful about how they copy the Old Testament in Hebrew. Because copyists make mistakes, any effort to find the best original is called Lower Criticism. That is carried out in ancient manuscripts of all types. 

The Traditional, Majority, Apostolic, or Byzantine text is so overwhelmingly present (5,000 or more witnesses) that little was done to change it until Count Tischendorf and the Pope put their heads together. Suddenly the magical Codex Sinaiticus appeared, as if by magic, with no history except known fraud, and Tischendorf claimed it as the oldest and best Greek New Testament. He also blessed Codex Vaticanus, which Erasmus refused to consider since it was a Greek version of the Latin New Testament, designed to keep the Latin and Greek parts of the Church together.

Note well - the "scholars" who hate Erasmus make ridiculous claims and spin yarns to drown him in their spittle. Why? They need the fraudulent Sinaiticus and the equally pathetic Vaticanus to support their attacks on the Apostolic text of the King James Bible. 

This is your WELS, ELDONA, LCMS, ELS, ELCA snip and clip text.

And what do these scholars remove from the New Testament? - they cut out a surprising load of passages about the divinity of Christ and faith in Christ. The RSV took away the Virgin Birth in Isaiah 7:10, then put it back. And they brought the denial (young woman) back again when all of you were asleep.

And what did Concordia Publishing House do with their Gospel of Mark commentary, which used every single note card ever created by the so-called scholar? They included his words - the commentary, two volumes of baloney, is based upon Vaticanus! 

The new Lower Criticism, promoted by Tischendorf's fraudulent work, blessed by anti-Christian clergy Westcott and Hort, laid the groundwork for everything being questioned in the New Testament and Old - Higher Criticism.

Most of that was brewing through the assaults of German Rationalism, but the Revision of the KJV, which failed, provided a foothold for the destructive deceptions of Tischendorf, Westcott, and Hort.

The Missouri Synod clergy and the ELDONA platoon groove on Romanism, smells and bells, gowns too gorgeous for their own wives to wear, and expensive altar hardware. They are worshipful, bowing and scraping to kiss the bishop's ring. They are very loose on the Scriptures, as they have proven for the last 50 years. 

 Is my hair gorgeous?

 Two popes.