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Now Available - Walther, The American Calvin:A Synod Built on Felonies

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Walther, The American Calvin: A Synod Built on Felonies

The early copies of Walther, The American Calvin, have gone out. I have not seen the printed copy yet.

The free PDF will be posted soon.

You can just offer a couple of sentences for a review, such as the need for a more honest view of Missouri's history. Bad reviews are welcome, too. 

Gratuitous kitten photo

"Whatever you do, mein brethren, forget the early years of the Missouri Synod."

Plans for a Book on Biblical Texts and Translations

I am doing more research on the Biblical project, and I expect to write Biblical books from now on. For example, the I AM sermons in John would be a good topic that many could use.
The original text is neglected almost universally. One reason is the lack of Biblical languages in college and seminary. Augustana College provided two years of Greek in the 1960s, for those planning to attend seminary. Years later, when we stopped at their book store, they no longer sold Greek New Testaments. When I told the dean at Waterloo Seminary, Ontario, that I was taking Hebrew, he said, "Why? You won't get academic credit." I said, "To read the Old Testament in its original language." He was obsessed with counselling. Now that school is a separate university where the pastoral track is the least populated. 
Yale Divinity had endless opportunities for Hebrew and Greek Biblical studies. I took Genes in Hebrew for a semester, Thessalonians in Greek, and NT Christology where the languages were assumed. Notre Dame was fairly limited, as one might expect.
All seminaries have weakened the Biblical language requirements, whittling them down to a "summer Greek class" at best. 
Like most, I have never touched an ancient manuscript - unless my college transcript counts. People can buy photographed manuscripts, but they are rare and expensive. A Greek New Testament has notes to indicate what was allowed or omitted, but that is pretty limiting and rarely used.
I am saying - it is easy to fool a clergy population with "little Latin, and less Greek" and no Hebrew. (That is an old jab at the actor Shakespeare, somewhat expanded, because he was the frontman for the Earl of Oxford.)
I am not sure the clergy really care to learn about manuscripts and translations, even though the information is fascinating - and definitely central for understanding the Bible.
The book will consist of three parts:Introducing books on manuscripts and translations.Showing how the "rules" can be used to water down the text and reverse meanings.The issues concerning the Greek New Testament, replacing a good text with a horrible one - the 1880 swindle.Deceitful translations building upon the freedom to butcher the original text.This will be written largely for the laity. I am going to use a little Greek, but not much.
The fish symbol spells out the titles of Jesus, which helped early Christians connect when meeting strangers. One would make the arch in the sand or soil. The second would scratch the other half of the fish, if he was a Christian. Otherwise, the first mark really meant nothing by itself.

Apology of the Augsburg Confession - Audio Gutenberg

Melanchthon and Luther are on YouTube.



Apology of the Augsburg Confession, I-IV (God, Original Sin, Christ, Justification) - Audio Gutenberg blog
Apology, I-IV, YouTube

I.   Europe considered Melanchthon a genius. He could have gone many places to be Number 1 there.
II.  Luther thought of Melanchthon as an ideal partner in their religious work together. 
III. When Luther died, Melanchthon preached the sermon.
Those are three reasons people should have the highest regard for Melanchthon, the key person writing the Augsburg Confession and the author of its defense - The Apology of the Augsburg Confession. We should use the old-fashioned and perfectly good words - like Apology - so we do not end up like Dick, Jane, Sally, Spot, and Puff - endlessly repeating short words to make up for a lack of study.
Audio Gutenberg - Launched by the Internet
Lauren and Travis Cartee

The Internet has proven to be the greatest achievement in communication since a wine press was turned into a printing press. Every book became available at a low price, and illustrated lessons, like the Small Catechism, could be printed by the thousands. Radio and TV were intermediate steps but both require plenty of money for an individual to launch. Having a computer and broadband is cheaper now than owning a used car.
Listening to something worthwhile has grown as a hobby, even a necessity, for many people. If it is easy to access and free, time spent watching scripted celebrities can be converted to enjoying the treasures of the Gospel. 
Travis and Lauren Cartee began Audio Gutenberg, the YouTube series backed by the Audio Gutenberg blog. They have put together Travis reading the first part of the Apology, so an impressive but overlooked expression of the Gospel can be enjoyed on any digital device.
I asked our Philippine Missionary Pastor Jordan Palangyos if those readings would be useful for his congregation. (Looking far ahead, I think they will.) His reply was brilliant - "They will be very good for pastors. It will be helpful for future students."
Of course! If the leaders know and appreciate the Apology, so will their members. Lutherans have gone through many times when the Reformation was little more than a dimly remembered spark. Times of recapturing the witness - the Defense - of the Gospel has always been rewarding for those on the verge of becoming generic atheists.
Picture the classic church library. When I was tied to real estate and buildings, the library was invariably a collection of Reader's Digest Condensed Books that nobody read or wanted.  Our current church library  - on the Internet - has almost 300 classic books as PDFs and is moving toward 100 printed books .
We have over 100 people on Facebook looking for free Lutheran books for world missionaries.
Over 300 are on the Facebook page for Classic Lutheran Books.
Audio Gutenberg Blog

Lutheran Librarian and the Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry, Alec Satin

Abraham Lincoln address by Watterson

Henry Watterson's address about Lincoln is the latest printed book from the Lutheran Librarian (print books) and also in the Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry (free PDFs). This is only $3.95 printed.

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Compendium of Lutheran Theology

Schmauk and Krauth are my favorites in fighting for Luther's Biblical theology in their age of Calvinists pretending to be Lutherans - not only in the Missouri Synod but also in their counterparts from the General Synod split. 

The General Council rejected the revivalism and Calvinism of the General Synod.

Now we have the same thing in the new LCMS-ELS-WELS union, purring and drooling over Objective Justification, which is little different from ELCA's. But they are joined at the wallet anyway, with all their covert work through Thrivent's pro-abortion money machine.

Compendium of Lutheran Theology

Schmauk's work was the swan song of the General Council, a masterpiece before the successful work of his group and seminary led to the loosey goosey United Lutheran Church in America merger of 1918.

Philippine Mission Computer - 60% Funded

Kitten pictures are expected on this blog, so enjoy them.

Pastor Jordan Palangyos has been borrowing Amabel's work computer for his work for the Bethany Lutheran Mission. He has done more with it than most Lutheran pastors in the US of A. 
We are donating toward a laptop for the mission, and we have sent $300 or 60% of the estimated cost ($500 cost).
They just completed the October Rice Mission, which included distributing $1,000 worth of rice.
Pastor Jordan Palangyos and his wife, Dr. Amabel Palangyos.


Every meal in the Philippines includes rice, so the current shortage is a major problem. 


 The chapel started from the ground up, and work remains to be done.
God has blessed the mission with good workers and help from all over.

From the Lutheran Librarian and Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry

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Print Copy: The Inspiration and Accuracy of the Holy Scriptures by John Urquhart - “Lutheran Librarian” edition
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Publication InformationLutheran Library edition first published: 2020Copyright: CC BY 4.0 
Recent Books and Articles Published  The Inspiration and Accuracy of the Holy Scriptures by John Urquhart “Criticism has reached certain conclusions regarding various Books of Scripture. The older narratives are declared to be mere legends, and the history generally is described as tradition tinctured by the time when it was put into writing. Certain Books of the Old Testament are said to fall below even this low level. They are declared to be fictions, the soothing epithet ‘pious’ being generally added, the representation being that evil was done by the writers that good might come! All ...



The Reformation and the Lutheran Church: Sermons and Addresses by American Lutheran Pastors “We have certainly great reason to be wide awake and watchful, if we would preserve the inheritance of the Lutheran Church Reformation. Strong are the delusions and temptations of these latter days, and you children and youthful Christians will doubtless see still more perilous times for the Church of Jesus Christ before you have grown old. “If in the previous century men began to pick the old Bible to pieces, they will in the new century want a restated gospel. I charge you ...


The Key to the Apocalypse by Henry Grattan Guinness  “It is an unquestionable fact that the intimately related prophecies of Daniel and John contain seven divinely given interpretations, and it is evident that these must constitute the only infallible basis of exposition. “In building on them, we build not on the shifting sands of human opinion, but on the stable rock of revealed truth. Without such a foundation no interpretation of Daniel and the Apocalypse can be secure and trustworthy, as resting upon divine authority, but can only stand ...

The Lord's Supper Practically Considered by A. H. Lochman [Journal Article]  “The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, is one of the most solemn, impressive, and important ordinances of our holy religion, instituted by Christ himself. It is intimately interwoven with the very existence and life of the church, and with the spiritual life of the individual Christian…” Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed. Download the eBook PDF - [Formatted for Computer Use] EPUB - [Apple, Kobo] MOBI - [Kindle] If you request an EPUB or ... 
True Christianity: A Treatise on Sincere Repentance, True Faith, The Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc. by John Arndt  “If ever any man was competent to write on true Christianity, that man was John Arndt. It had become his very life; it entered into the very center of his own experience; it was an essential part of his being, and hence it was only necessary to let the mouth utter that, of which the heart was full. We need not be surprised that this book, at its first appearance, met with undivided approbation and an extensive sale. It was properly regarded as the first book of devotion in the ... 
Lincoln's Gettysburg World Message by Henry Eyster Jacobs  “Nor will the careful student ever recall Lincoln without recognizing the Gettysburg incident as condensing within itself all that he elsewhere spoke and wrote and accomplished. The meaning of what had transpired on the first three days of July, 1863, with the thousands of lives that had been sacrificed, and the tens of thousands that were enduring untold physical suffering, and the countless homes throughout the land that were darkened because they mourned loved ones, so filled his ... 
Forty Years In The Church of Christ by Charles Chiniquy “There are two things which Rome hates with an implacable hatred. They are the Bible and liberty. At any cost, Rome is bound to fight down these two things, till they are completely destroyed… Thanks to the betrayals of the politicians, and the delusions of the theologians, except God makes a miracle of it, the Bible and liberty are doomed in the United States… “Whenever the Church of Rome has the power to do it she has persecuted the Protestants to her utmost capacity. She has sent them ... 
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Plans for the Walther Book

The Missouri Synod's only humor book can fill the parsonage with laughter, if only by comparing the solemn declarations of the Great Walther to his behavior. 

Walther the American Calvin - 

A Synod Built on Felonies and False Doctrine

I appreciate the interest being shown as the rough drafts are being published. The last section of the book will deal with Walther's Election without Faith, which he used to break up the Olde Synodical Conference. Not to worry, the genius leaders today have stitched together a new union, based by Walther's confused and anti-Biblical Objective Justification.

In brief, Walther could not convince his own sect to make OJ official, so his gambit included two assaults on the truth. One was to manipulate Missouri into hiring Francis Pieper as his successor, to parrot his OJ just as he parroted Stephan's - and that worked well, albeit slowly. The second assault was his promotion of Calvin's double-predestination, Election without Faith, to drive out anyone who disagreed with his Easter absolution of the World (OJ) nonsense.

These three are more difficult to remove than a grease spot after a McDonalds meal in the car. The most alarming fact is that the next bunch of SPs will be even worse, just as these false prophets have shown themselves to be even more determined than their predecessors. 

Luther's Galatians Now on Audio Gutenberg YouTube - Linked on Audio Gutenberg Blog

Travis and Lauren Cartee

The Audio Gutenberg Blog has all the recordings of Luther's Galatians on the page linked.
Galatians is Luther's finest work, along with the Small Catechism.
On YouTube, this is the headquarters of Audio Gutenberg. Subscribe to the series and like the videos to increase their visibility.



The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord

III. The Righteousness of Faith

6] This article concerning justification by faith (as the Apology says) is the chief article in the entire Christian doctrine, without which no poor conscience can have any firm consolation, or can truly know the riches of the grace of Christ, as Dr. Luther also has written: If this only article remains pure on the battlefield, the Christian Church also remains pure, and in goodly harmony and without any sects; but if it does not remain pure, it is not possible that any error or fanatical spirit can be resisted. (Tom. 5, Jena, p. 159.)
67] Concerning what is needful furthermore for the proper explanation of this profound and chief article of justification before God, upon which depends the salvation of our souls, we direct, and for the sake of brevity herewith refer, every one to Dr. Luther's beautiful and glorious exposition of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians.

Gutenberg turned a winepress into the predecessor of the Internet.

The Living Seed of the Word Began To Grow

This post is sponsored by Honduras coffee.

I worked out a system to review books on Amazon and to get them accepted. I repost them on two blogs and many Facebook pages because we have an unusual situation. Several households are engaged in proclaiming the Word in various ways. I link them  with many different methods, because Search Engine Optimization builds visibility on the Net through search engines and the habit of going to favorite sites.
Alec Satin constantly publishes many books as free PDFs. They are ideal for searching and quoting, and they are portable: Lutheran Library Lutheran Librarian.
Travis and Lauren Cartee produce YouTube readings at a similar rate - Audio Gutenberg YouTube Audio Gutenberg Blog Luther's Galatians is now complete!
Norma Boeckler patiently posts her Christian artwork on Facebook and produces even more. We have many new and old graphics on The Bethany Lutheran Hymn Blog (almost 11,000 views. Norma Boeckler's Christian Art Books Norma Boeckler's Christian Art Norma Boeckler's illustratrated hymns.
Missionary Pastor Jordan Palangyos and his wife Amabel started a new church for their people in the Philippines, literally from scratch. He communicates their work through his blog and videos. Lutheran Cowboys YouTube Jordan Palangyos
Martin Chemnitz Friends blog (almost 14,000 views) is used to link readers to these faithful efforts. If someone or some production has been overlooked, please contact me.



Yesterday I said to Mrs. Ichabod, "Think how many dishonest people and unpleasant events it took to have a dream come true - and then some. We get to work with wonderful people. I get to write, teach, and edit with a lot of freedom." 
KJV Ephesians 3:17 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 that worketh in us,
κατα την δυναμιν (GJ - the power, dynomite, literally, the Spirit in the Word) την ενεργουμενην (GJ - energy, literally - works in us effectively) εν ημιν
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

From the Lutheran Library - Jacobs' Book of Concord

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Book ContentsDetailed ContentsPreface by Lutheran LibrarianPreface by Henry Eyster Jacobs.Preface To The First Edition.Preface To The Christian Book Of Concord.The General Creeds: The Apostles’ Creed. The Nicene Creed. The Athanasian Creed.The Augsburg ConfessionThe Apology Of The Augsburg ConfessionThe Smalcald ArticlesThe Small Catechism of Martin LutherThe Large Catechism of Dr. Martin LutherThe Formula Of ConcordThe Saxon Visitation ArticlesAbout the Translation

“The translation of the Augsburg Confession adopted in this volume is the well-known one of Dr. Charles P. Krauth, which he has kindly revised as the proof-sheets passed through his hands.

“In the Small Catechism, the translation prepared by Dr, Charles F. Schaeffer with the co-operation of a committee of the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, and in universal use in the English churches of the General Council, is reprinted, with the addition of the formula for confession contained in the Book of Concord.

“The Large Catechism was translated for this work by Rev. A. Martin, Professor of the German Language and Literature in Pennsylvania College, to whom the Editor is greatly indebted for assistance and advice also in other directions.

“The Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles and the Formula of Concord were translated by Henry Eyster Jacobs. The rendering of the Apology is from the Latin, the German translation of Justus Jonas of the Concordienbuch being more of a paraphrase than a translation, differing sometimes from the original by the omission, introduction and transposition of entire paragraphs, and therefore inducing the editors of some of the best German editions of the Symbolical Books to prepare fresh translations. We have, accordingly, carefully revised our translation from the Latin, by comparing it with the German translations of Schöpf, Köthe, Spieker and Bodemann.

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