Why the Masthead Sermon Quotations?

Nothing seems more ridiculous than gardening - when the work is being done. Yesterday I had a box of earthworm compost... You are laughing already. It was a big, heavy bag, so I slid it into a a large bucket to carry around the garden. 

I scooped the compost onto my recently dug bareroot roses. I was satisfied for the moment. Many would question my efforts, but I remember the dry autumn, when the crew was again digging in more daffodil bulbs, just as I did. Now there is a continuous blooming and new stems coming up every day. The newest efforts last fall meant bulbs rising up later in spring, and the older bulbs increasing their own blooms and coming up earlier from soil heaving. How many bulbs altogether? - hundreds. Daffodil bulbs multiply on their own, IF they are planted.

KJV 2 Corinthians 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Our little group has no property, apart from a spare room in a rented house. The staff car is paid for, 20 years old. However, we sow the Gospel bountifully because money and property are sterile and provide nothing for eternal life. We scatter the Word because we know that gains make up for the losses, many times over.

Someone suggested a daily Bible or doctrinal quote, so the Luther sermon selections began. Another suggestion was putting the masthead quotes into the body of the blog so people could use RSS feeds, so that was added. I have used the Lenker Luther Sermons set for decades, and copy-pasting-publishing the quotations is a constant source of Biblical knowledge for me and others. Graphics of the sermon quotes torment the crypto-Calvinists in Lutherdom and embed the content in my long-term memory.

Norma A. Boeckler has her own free service of designing Biblical graphics for everyone to use and enjoy - all KJV quotations.

 

Appalled by another CPH "elephant laboring and giving birth to a mouse," we began our own blog-published Luther's Large Catechism. 

I am not overlooking the Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry, which consistently tops CPH on a Google search - and stands out as #1. That alone holds a wealth of free Lutheran material and quite a few low-cost print books.

The synodicals are not admitting this, but their glory-mongering about previous new buildings is now filling them with dread, nightmares, and mental paralysis. From the LCMS Purple Palace down to the latest WELS Martin Luther College fiasco, they must pay for their baubles. They placed their trust in a rich adulterer who destroyed his marriage. And where is the Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie (Bethany)?

Growing up as the heir to the Melo-Cream Donut fortune, I knew that overhead was and remains everything. My father loved to point at malls and say, "See those new stores? They have to pay high rent just to be in the mall. They have to spend a lot on overhead before they make a dime of profit. As soon as one drops out, another one moves in to lose their money." He would say today, "I told you!" because there are websites featuring photos and videos of so many malls closed all over the US. 

 Lenker Luther plus the Postils.

I send free books and free KJVs around because I enjoy spreading the effective Word and the Means of Grace.

One anonymous reader sent this  -

"I notice that they treat Jacob's much like they treat the King James. They say we just cannot read English from a 100 yrs ago. Maybe somebody should ask "Does 1 plus 1 equal 2? It did a 100 yrs ago. As far as I know still does."

 

 

Can Matt the Fatt Be Fixed in Time for His Re-Enthronement?

I enjoy seeing colorful costumes, but once a year is enough - on Halloween. Some children eat way too much candy.

The same Matt Harrison who put the fake Luther's Large Catechism on hold is now vilifying those who question its merit. His recent tirade suggests Matt is condemning Matt and using his staff to pile on. "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." James 1:8

Attacking people in vague but menacing terms is common in the Synodical Conference hierarchy. Every target of venom is supposedly causing the ruin of the sect, even though the leaders have done a dandy job of wasting money, indulging their appetites, and destroying congregations by playing politics with the pastor.

His Holiness, the Synod President, is in an awkward place. He did not complete graduate work, not even from the notorious diploma mill called Concordia Seminary St. Louis, where a PhD has worth only in the LCMS. He was mostly a fund-raiser for his non-profit corporation, which he shut down once he was SP.

This new Large Catechism is a fake because it is only 15% Luther's Catechism. That should remind potential buyers of the so-called CPH Small Catechism, weighed down by 400 pages! of fluff, including sly efforts to promote Objective (Faithless) Justification.

CPH also created the windy dogmatics volumes, easily a match for the Braaten-Jenson fiasco, which ELCA disavowed while selling it. That may have been the model for Luther's Large Catechism.

Ye victims of Harrison's twisting in the wind, get a Large Catechism which is 100% Luther - or just open up the Book of Concord. Luther is the best Biblical teacher of all time.

And remember - this Synod President was a nobody who visited Herman Otten and sang a flattering ballad dedicated to Herman Otten. However, when Otten was close to dying, Matt the Fatt sang a vitriolic song in public, calling the kingmaker "a liar" and "crazy."

LutherQuest (sic) and the ALPB Ovaltine Forum Chaps Are Discussing SP Harrison's Tarbaby - Luther's Large Catechism

 

Christianity Today Takes Note of LCMS Blunder - https://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/.../chris...

James Shrader

Interesting summary, Greg. I noticed the photoshopping. It's truly a shame that the LCMS is reverting to its UOJ 2005 catechism, which made the false doctrine obvious in its question of why God forgives your sins.

• Gregory L. Jackson

  LCMS is fond of taking Reformation literature, especially Luther, and explaining Justification by Faith as Justification without Faith.

  

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• Micheal STrong

  Interesting that Jackson is Johnny-on-the-spot whenever he sees a potential opportunity to castigate, besmirch, ridicule a person or organization. Tell us, Oh mighty Pope of Facebook the way the LCMS should be.

Gregory L. Jackson

Micheal STrong Sarcasm does not become you, Michael.

Millionaire Warren Sells $25 Mug via Spotify Billionaire Tobi Lutke. Greater Irony? - LutherQuest Claiming To Be Lutheran, Honoring Luther's Birthday!

Even Worse! Concordia Publishing House

The Robberies Continue - The Kindle Version of Confessing the Gospel - $90!

Walther's mob stole all of Stephan's gold, the bishop's books, land, and personal property, leaving him $100 and a shovel.

Confessing the Gospel - Inspired by Calvin, Rambach, and Stephan.

Feeding Those Fat Tummies at CPH and the Purple Palace

 Paul McCain, MDiv

"Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod President Matt Harrison has also favorably publicized this two-volume 944-page set, scheduled to be released on December 5. When Father Larry says that The Lutheran Service Book: Companion to the Hymns is not cheap, he’s not kidding. The listed cost is $179.95. The Kindle edition is not much cheaper, $162.44." CN, 11-11-2019, p. 7

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GJ - The greed of Concordia Publishing House cannot be satisfied. Each new publication is vastly overpriced, but the Kindle is even more outrageous. People are downloading a file on Kindle, not buying gold and silver for their 401k plans.

I charge the non-profit rate of 99 cents for the typical book. If it is a multiple volume set, like the House Postils plus the Treasures, over 1,000 pages, the price is $2.99. EZ-pay is not available. Sorry.

If people believe in the efficacy of the Word of God, they will make it available in all forms as inexpensively as possible.

 Norma A. Boeckler graphic

Todd Wilken and His Doll - From 2017

Todd Wilken chuckled on his radio show that
Justification by Faith was "Calvinism."
Thus he does not know Luther's doctrine or Calvin's.
How does this qualify him to fill the airwaves with his words?

Reformation Gear | Celebrate the Reformation and order Yours Today!:


"Martin Luther’s morning and evening prayers are centerpieces of Lutheran devotion. This unique Martin Luther figure featuring Luther’s famous prayers is a fun way to keep these prayers on our lips, remember the Reformation and Luther’s role in it 500 years later.
Pastor Todd Wilken
Issues, Etc."

'via Blog this'

CPH - the mockers mock themselves.
They had to put these socks on clearance.

Shameless Concordia Publishing House

 "Don't tell who ordered this junk."

Selling well, not on clearance?

 What says "LCMS gone to the dogs" better than this?

 That alone would make me boycott this trinket.
Besides, we buy ours at Spatula City.

"They have plaster saints. Ours are plastic."

The Worst Swindle for Reformation 500 - Objective Justification Taught in the giant Dogmatics book and the prolix Small Catechism

Leaders who sell gimmicks for the Reformation 500th are drawn to the Cheesehead and...Objective Justification.

Team Ichabod Is Discussing Justification by Faith, UOJ, Legalism, Antinomianism. Some Research

The McCain-Harrison administration has presided over this bombastic, ponderous, self-important veneration of Objective Justification, a Barthian Calvinistic repudiation of the Chief Article.

Gentlemen: Inspired by Pastor Jackson's research as reported in Ichabod, I have examined the first English language Small Catechisms used in the Synodical Conference synods from the 1890s up to (in the case of the 1943 LCMS Catechism) the present by some conservative Lutherans, to determine how the doctrine of Justification is presented: UOJ or JBFA.  Here are my findings: (Caps added)

1. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO THE SIX PARTS OF LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM by Wilhelm Loehe, 1893: Qu. 480 What does the Holy Ghost do for you?  A: He forgives my sins.  Qu. 481 Yours only?  A. No.  And the sins of ALL BELIEVERS.  Qu. 482 Why do you say, of ALL BELIEVERS?  A: Because the forgiveness of sins can be received ONLY IN FAITH.  (This Catechism was published in the United Synod of the South by the translator, Edward T. Horn.  Wilhelm Loehe originally worked with Walther and the LCMS, before founding the Iowa Synod.  Although not a Synodical Conference Catechism, Loehe's Catechism did reflect the teaching of the Synodical Conference at the time of its translation.)

      2.   DR. MARTIN LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM BY DR. J.C. DIETRICH, CPH,  1902: Qu. 305 Why do you say in this article: I believe in the forgiveness of sins?  A: Because I am fully assured that I cannot by my own power or my own works be justified before God, but that forgiveness of sins is bestowed upon me by grace, THROUGH FAITH IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  For where there is forgiveness of sin there is also true justification.  Qu. 306 What is justification?  Justification is that act of God by which, from pure grace and mercy, for the sake of Christ's merits, He forgives the sins of a poor sinner WHO TRULY BELIEVES IN      CHRIST, and receives him to eternal life.  Qu. 307 How then do you become just before God and obtain eternal salvation?  A: Not by the merit of works, or by an indwelling and infused righteousness [UOJ?] ,           but only through the grace and mercy of God, for the sake of the merit of Christ alone, which I have apprehended and appropriated by TRUE CONFIDENCE OF THE HEART.  Or: By the most holy obedience, and       by the suffering and death of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, not by any other works  To this I CLING WITH UNDOUBTING FAITH and upon this I FIX MY HEART'S ENTIRE CONFIDENCE....Qu. 309 But how can         it be said that we are justified alone by grace, alone for the sake of Christ's merit, ALONE THROUGH FAITH, and still through the Word of God and the Sacraments?  A: We are justified 1. By the grace and                   mercy of God, as the efficient cause; 2. For the sake of Christ's merits, as the meritorious cause; 3. THROUGH FAITH ALONE, AS THE ONLY INSTRUMENTAL CAUSE, OR THE HAND WHICH GRASPS SALVATION;  4.         Through the Word and Sacraments as the means of grace, which either convey or seal salvation. (LCMS Catechism)


       3. EXPLANATION OF LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM, Lutheran Synod Book Co. [ELS] 1906? (1964 printing, two years before first new ELS Catechism:)  Qu. 218 What precious gift does the Holy Ghost, in the                     Christian Church, grant YOU AND ALL BELIEVERS?  A: The Holy Ghost daily and richly forgives ME AND ALL BELIEVERS all our sins.


       4. A SHORT EXPOSITION OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM by Heinrich Schwan, CPH 1912: Qu. 197 Who receives this forgiveness?  A: Although it has been PROCURED for ALL MEN, and is offered               by the Gospel to ALL THAT HEAR it, yet ONLY THOSE WHO BELIEVE THE GOSPEL AND THUS ACCEPT THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS ACTUALLY BECOME PARTAKERS OF SUCH FORGIVENESS.  Qu. 198 What, then,             do we, together with our Church, confess regarding the forgiveness of sins, or justification?  A: That we receive forgiveness of sins and are justified before God, not by our works, but by grace, for Christ's                 sake, THROUGH FAITH.  Qu. 199 Can EVERY BELIEVER be sure of the forgivenesss of sins and of his salvation?  A: Yes, he can and should be, because God's promise is sure.  (LCMS Catechism)


       5. DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM by Carl Gausewitz, Northwestern Publishing House [WELS] 1917 (Unrevised 1946 edition.)  Qu. 260 What do you confess with these words [I believe in the                 forgiveness of sins]?  A: I believe that the Holy Ghost in the Christian Church on earth daily and richly forgives all sins to ME AND ALL BELIEVERS. ..Qu. 262 Why do we say that the Holy Ghost forgives our
           sins, whereas we are justified before God by the redemption of Christ?  A: The Holy Ghost by the Gospel awards the righteousness of Christ to us, and gives OUR FAITH ASSURANCE THEREOF.  Qu. 263  To                 whom does God forgive sins?  A: TO ME AND ALL BELIEVERS.  "Our works are all rejected, all claims of merit pass for naught."


       6. LUTHER'S SMALL CATECHISM (Revised Schwan Catechism/Intersynodical Edition) CPH, 1943: Qu. 187 Why do you say, I believe in the forgiveness of sins?  A: The Bible assures me that God daily and richly               forgives all sins to ME AND ALL BELIEVERS. ..Qu. 192 How do you accept this forgiveness of sins?  A: I accept this forgiveness BY BELIEVING THE GOSPEL.  (LCMS Catechism)


       7. LUTHER'S CATECHISM (Revised Gausewitz Catechism) NPH [WELS] 1956: Qu. 258 What do you confess with these words [I believe in the forgiveness of sins]?  A: I believe that in the Christian Church on                   earth the Holy Ghost daily and richly forgives all sins to ME AND ALL BELIEVERS IN CHRIST. ..Qu. 260 Why do we say that the Holy Ghost forgives sins, whereas we are made righteous before God through               the redemption of Christ?  A: The Holy Ghost brings the righteousness of Christ to us by the Gospel and gives us THE FAITH TO BELIEVE IT.  Qu. 261 To whom does God forgive sins?  A: God forgives sins to                ME AND ALL BELIEVERS.

Drive-Buy Doctor Kintz. Have you no shame? Using Luther to sell foolish trinkets and his name to promote the Calvinistic Pietism of Bishop Stephan and Pope Walther? Is it not enough for the LCMS to jointly write a Book of Concord with an ELCA activist while decrying that activism? Must the synod also embrace the apostate dogma of ELCA and cover it with gold and silver paint to make everyone forget it is Dreck?

CPH books are brought to the gullible, courtesy of Calvin, Rambach, and Stephan, STD.

 Didya buy your Here I Stand socks from CPH? 

 It was beginning in 1966, with the first new ELS Catechism, that the Catechisms of the synods which had once been part of the Synodical Conference began to change how they presented the doctrine of Justification in such a way as to bring in UOJ, but up until that point in time JBFA was STILL being taught in the Synodical Conference Catechisms to the laity of those synods, while UOJ was being taught to college students, seminarians and pastors through such doctrinal theology texts as those by Franz Pieper, JT Mueller and EWA Koehler.  --WM

 These clowns now have an enormous CPH "Small" Catechism that carefully explains two Justifications, one where the entire world is forgiven without faith, the other where one must agree that the  world is forgiven without faith, to be be forgiven.