Recent Exoneration of Dr. Matthew Becker and Dr. Harrison's Response
A while back I backed off of blogging. My intent was to post on less politically charged issues in the church and concentrate more on personal interests. That almost worked. While I was in Ft. Wayne for the annual Symposia I learned of the official exoneration of Dr. Matthew Becker of all charges made against him for false teaching. This did not seem surprising to me as he has taught this way for some years with seemingly minimal backlash. His posts on the ALPB forum were equally transparent. It seemed that officially no one could really deal with this. He was free to teach and write openly in defiance of the Synod's position on a whole range of issues: evolution, women's ordination, higher-critical interpretation of the Bible, and so on. He even took issue with the Athanasian Creed. I have documented on this blog what Dr. Becker has said and written contra our synodical positions and doctrine (which a quick search will reveal if you are s...