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I will never be Chinese. I could move to China; I could learn Chinese; I could adopt Chinese mannerisms, culture, and practices; I could even call myself Chinese, but that would not make it so. Even had I been born in China, I would not thereby be Chinese.

And, yes, I would absolutely say the same thing if someone were selecting only White faces to represent an overwhelmingly, e.g., Japanese synod (God willing).

The Gospel does not destroy nature, but restores it — and the nations are part of God’s good order.

The LCMS is overwhelmingly White.

The persons responsible for selecting promotional images for LCMS, CPH, et cetera, materials are in open, unrepentant, high-handed sin.

Dear Christian, you have two choices:

Either be ashamed of God’s Word or affirm every iota and each yod.

The world is going to make you choose.

Christians should generally avoid using the words “racism” and “racist”, as they refer primarily to made-up sins (see Luther quote) and are deliberately vague (in this case, a violation of the 8th Commandment).

What is referred to as ‘racist’ is usually just not a sin at all.

The false pastor is worse than the thief, the rapist, or the murderer, for the false pastor murders souls, whereas the others harm only the body.

Evil men deserve death.

Anti-colonialism is the most vile hatred of the African imaginable. The most ardent racist hates the African with less intensity and a lesser pervasiveness than the agitator against imperialism.

The right-hand Kingdom canon of ‘best construction’ has absolutely no place in the left-hand kingdom of politics — in politics, cynicism is rightful king.

More so than virtually any other author, one can pick lines from Luther — essentially at random — and immediately recognize him as Christian.