In reply to J. Morrison.

Amen!!! What you said somewhat reminds me of Dr. Luther’s comments in his preface to the Large Catechism. Unfortunately, today’s gross lack of fundamental Christian knowledge is something that the vast majority of our clergy and laity appear to be generally content with. I would be curious to see what percentage of our 2.3 million members could recite from memory the Ten Commandments, Apostle’s Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer. Shamefully, I must admit I was almost middle aged before I could not count myself as one of them. I think LC-MS leadership is reluctant to take a hard line on this because they know what it will do to our membership. What makes us Lutheran cannot be limited to what is written on our offering envelopes. We need to pray that God raise up leaders who are confident in speaking the word in its entirety, point us to Christ in a way that is faithful to the Bible and the Book of Concord, and train the sheep how not to live like goats.