WELS Going Pietist?

Greetings and salutations,

Pushing the envelope of adiaphora - I have a hard time imagining the 'old German corner' of the Wisconsin Synod likes this much. I know it would probably be 'too pietist' for my own LC-MS congregation that insists on 'contemporary worship' (= smile and shake hands), but as Dick Clark would say, "It has a beat you can dance to".



What is more shocking than the style is the substance of the song. On it's face there is nothing objectionable but what few may realize is that the song was a plea for ecumenism by a pentecostal CCM artist which is certainly out of step from the WELS I knew when I was a WELS member and any unionism great or small was strictly verboten.

Later,

Jim

NIV - Satanic Bible (Another KJV Controversy!)

OK, here's one I did not see coming. I was doing some searching online, doing research about differences in Bible translations and I came across a website by some folks in the "KJV-only" movement and they asserted the NIV was a Satanic translation. OK, ok, I've heard this sort of stuff before but they further asserted that the NIV (New International Version) and the Satanic Bible were published by the same company. Now this I HAD TO SEE! Yeah, right!

Well...

So Zondervan's parent company is Harper-Collins...

Harper-Collins prints the Satanic Bible, they even say, "We'd love you to buy this book" !!!

Zondervan (Owned by Harper-Collins) also owns the copyright to the NIV

I'll allow you to draw your own conclusions but I bet that has to make some of the folks who work for Zondervan really, really happy! (NOT!)

Peace,

Jim