Monday, October 15, 2012

Pastor Paul Rydecki and WELS DP Jon Buchholz,
Featured on the Front Page,
Christian News, October 15, 2012


Reverend Paul Rydecki is still listed as the pastor of his congregation,
contrary to the Christian News article by David Becker.

Click here for the Schwabach Articles on Justification by Faith

The Intrepid Lutherans would be the best ones to contact about this, apart from Pastor Rydecki himself. I remember Doug Lindee defending justification by faith against Jay Webber, who defends the Halle exegesis of Rambach (as Marquart does).

http://www.intrepidlutherans.com/

I leave those URLs out in the open, because Mequon graduates cannot find them and subsequently accuse me (behind my back). I would not mind if they apologized behind my back, too.

Christian News has print, online, and hybrid subscriptions:

http://www.christiannewsmo.com/category_s/24.htm

I am going to list links related to various topics. My left column is rather full, so I will just have a sticky post on the left for these. Be warned in advance - I am embedding these links, so use the mouse to click on them.

Links about Justification by Faith 
and Justification without Faith (UOJ)



Luther's Galatians endorsed by reader

Luther's Galatians on Gnesio Lutherans

Roman Catholic adjunct Jack Kilcrease as Humpty Dumpty

Calov, quoted by Robert Preus, repudiated the UOJ position of WELS

Kilcrease, the McCain tutor, equivocates.

Buchholz is anti-Luther

Pastor Bickel on Tossing Rydecki Under the Bus

Church and Changer Jeff Gunn and His Mequon Class of Shrinkers

Paul McCain and Jon Buchholz - Bedfellows of Apostasy

Abraham Is the Common Theme in Justification - Justification by Faith

Pastor Rydecki's Account of His Suspension - October 9th

Intrepid Account October 6th- Pastor Rydecki Suspended

LutherQuest (sic) Opposes Justification by Faith

Warming Up the Tar and Feathers on LutherQuest (sic)

Pastor Bickel Answers Jon Buchholz

Kokomo Statements - WELS UOJ - JP Meyer

Jack Kilcrease Showing Signs of Stress

Dr. Lito Cruz and Brett Meyer Dispatch the UOJ Stormtroopers on Extra Nos

Latest Links

DinoLutheran Asks Impertinent Questions

Clarification from David Becker

Three Comments from Sola Fide

Otten Celebrates Rydecki's Removal: Two Front-Page Stories

Mixed Messages from LutherQuest (sic)

Departing from the Confessions - Berean

Loyalist-Conservatives and Holy Mother Synod

Jack Cascione Dusts Off Iron Maiden

Wauwatosa Influence in WELS

Mighty in the Scriptures - Luther Sermon Passage

False Claims by WELS

UOJ Is Pavlov's House

Reu on Unionism 

Hunnius repudiated an early form of UOJ,
backed by P. Leyser, an editor of the Book of Concord,
a biographer of Chemnitz, and an early expert on justification.





2 comments:

narrow-minded said...

"Steadfast Universalists" never gives up: http://steadfastlutherans.org/?p=23678

Note Pastor Kirchner's kind post (number eight). This is the same pastor who told me I was mean and nasty for questioning the LCMS being in fellowship with the ELCK, an LWF member. How dare I question CTSFW giving an honorary doctorate to Bishop Obare for getting fired from his leadership position with LWF for "taking a stand," yet whose ELCK remains an LWF member to this day. I apparently don't care about feeding the poor.

It's also interesting how 8/18 gurus can make educated pronouncements about disciplinary issues in another church body, yet do nothing about false doctrine and practice in their own.

David Becker said...

Hi Pastor Jackson, you're right that at this time Pastor Rydecki is still pastor of his church in New Mexico. I e-mailed him to inform him of the upcoming CN article and he responded: "One correction: '…is the pastor of a WELS church in Las Cruces.' I don’t know when this is going to presses, so the information may not be correct as of that time. I am still the pastor of my WELS congregation, until the voters meet this Wednesday, Oct. 17. At that time they will decide whether to disaffiliate from the WELS. If they do, then I will be the pastor of a non-WELS congregation. If they don’t, then I’ll resign from this WELS congregation." The general thrust of the article that Rydecki is in trouble with WELS is certainly correct, though. I will update CN when I find out what happens on Wednesday.