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| A chameleon can change colors so easily. This one attended a Thrivent session for The Big Five - ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic). The Thrivent manager told the synod managers, "Relax! We are all unified and at peace." |
I recall a synod president saying, "They major in the minors!" That declaration seemed rather vague and yet filled with scorn. He should have praised The Walther Four - LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic), who did so much to covet chameleons, always changing colors, depending on the occasion, longing for big buildings and papal costumes.
I devised this concise doctrinal test -
- Do you believe in the Virgin birth of Jesus, predicted in Isaiah 7:14?
- Do you believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead?
I asked those questions when a future pastor was talking about how well the Disciples of Christ and Unitarian-Universalists got along at the same seminary. The response was "Those are not important issues. Just medical questions," she said dismissively.
When a Christian Brother and a priest asked me the same two questions, I said, "Of course!" and they walked away angry saying, "There is no use for you!" That took place at Notre Dame's seminary where we had classes.
The Big Five - ELCA-LCMS-WELS-ELS-CLC (sic) have solved the two doctrinal questions one way, and they are united, scratching each other's back, the blind leading the blind.
Their concise conclusion unites them - ANY BIBLE EXCEPT THE KING JAMES VERSION.
The Missouri and the WELS sects jumped on the NIV bandwagon right away. Relatively few use the New KJV or tolerate it. Even then, the NKJV locks the front door and opens the back door, because it offers the apostate variety "translation" in footnotes, always changing.
The RSV - licensed by the National Council of Marxist Churches - demoted the Virgin Birth to "a young woman." In various editions, the Virgin is put back in Isaiah 7:14, with "young woman " in the footnote. The two definitions seem to move up and down. Nevertheless, the footnote concept is used throughout the modern versions, changing the meaning and often eliminating words, phrases, verses, and more.
Christian News promoted the Beck Bible, which questioned the empty tomb and resurrection in Mark 16 - and many more examples - joining the apostate chorus.
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| This snip and clip Bible has been fashioned to change constantly, always going against the Traditional Text of the Greek New Testament. WELS kicked out the pastors who questioned the precious NIV. Problem solved. |
