LutherQuest is revealing its rapidly increasing failure in LCMS higher education. The Texas situation is a disaster, and so is Michigan.
If I were Matt the Fatt, I would tell Texas, "Go and sin no more!"
As for Michigan - there is always the insolvency issue, because that glowing spark of Enthusiasm has fanned itself into ashes. They could have boosted the baby population decades ago, but now is a bit late.
Valpo - Not a Just A Breakfast Cereal Anymore
Valparaiso University is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. It is an independent Lutheran university with five colleges. It enrolls nearly 2,300 students and has a 350-acre campus. Wikipedia. Oops, I mean Maypo.
A member said something that should awaken more people - "I hope we can keep this going." That is starting from the top layer downward.
Our task is not to keep anything going but to sow the living seed - the Word. A simple graphic illustrates this.
The seed quickly becomes the plant. Our only job is to scatter the seed, because the energy (efficacy of the Word in Greek - ενέργεια - energeia) is already alive and growing.
I recall the newly graduated pastors who hugged their three-ring binders from Fuller, Willow Creek, and other fraudulent emporiums. The other suckers were nimbly scouting the nearest Priest's Warehouse to plot their way to Rome.
Whether higher education or lower expectations in schools, the Boomer leaders have wasted their inheritance.
