Issues Etc.

There used to be a show called Issues Etc. on KFUO AM, they had a podcast each weekend I listened to, it was a confessional and conservative voice that I really learned a lot from. Sadly, for unknown reasons, reasons that the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has thus far refused to disclose, they have, without warning or notice canceled the show, pulled all of the archives and destroyed the Issues Etc. web site as well.

While I know that I am supposed to put the best construction on these things I find myself unable to find any possible construction that doesn't sound negative. In fact the BEST I can come up with, the very best construction for this action, is that the people running the LCMS are idiots. All of the other explanations involve duplicity and a deliberate attempt to drive away confessional Lutheran voices from the LCMS.

I anticipate this new LCMS advertising campaign in the near future:

"Come worship with us, we have toe tapping music and are just like every other church in town, we promise we won't offend you by talking about sin or any thing remotely controversial, so come on down!"

I already can't bring myself to attend about 90% of LCMS churches because they have thrown the traditional liturgy into the trash and make it all up as they go along, who needs that? I can get that, only done better, at any number of non-denominational "Christian Centers" If I want pseudo Christian praise songs in the 7-11 pattern (7 words 11 times) I can go to those other churches. I am a Lutheran for the Catholic Faith! For the traditional liturgy and the sacraments rightly given. Tossing out the liturgy will result in lukewarm pap masquerading as Christianity like the evangelicals mostly spew these days...

Oops, I'm getting cranky now. Well so be it. This is outrageous. I'll apologize if it turns out that Todd Wilken, the host of Issues Etc., turned out to be a secret Satanist or child molester or something, but other than that there is no excuse for this sort of Soviet style censorship! Openness is the ONLY Christian way to handle this sort of thing, where is the answer LCMS?

Ack, it's even worse! I went to the streaming audio from KFUO am that is still running, unlike the main web site that has vanished, and what did I find playing there? I found the NON-Lutheran, Focus on the Family playing! Great, confessional Lutherans are not to be tolerated but BAPTISTS ARE!?!