Sabre of Boldness Ceremony Tonight
The Annual Sabre of Boldness ceremony takes place tonight in the Student Commons at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, after the Symposia banquet. Here is the slate of nominees, from which the editors of Gottesdienst, meeting this afternoon, will choose the recipient. As ever, we consider eachof these nominees most worthy to stand for nomination:
Sabre
nominees for 2014
1) Mrs. Mollie Hemingway of Alexandria , Virginia
A
senior editor at The Federalist,
Mollie has been tirelessly writing and speaking out in defense of life, and unflinching
in exposing the lies and atrocities committed by the enemies of the Church and
the unborn, often covering stories that mainstream media tries to bury, ignore,
or distort. She is credited with
introducing the nation to the atrocities of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell.
2) Rev. J. Bart Day, Executive Director of
the LCMS Corporate
Pastor
Day works mostly behind the scenes at the national office of the Missouri Synod,
having hired faithful and confessional employees to positions of authority in
the Office of National Mission, slowly and methodically refocusing the work of
the 17 national mission ministries. He
has also spoken out frankly and forthrightly in behalf of the Church when
others have remained silent, issuing public statements on the Boy Scouts of
America decision regarding homosexual Scouts, and the Supreme Court’s decision
regarding same-sex unions. For his
service he has received hate mail, vitriolic emails, public scorn, slander, and
libel.
3) Rev. Wade Seaver, Pastor of Hope Lutheran
Church , Bellaire , Michigan
Pastor Seaver has throughout his
career upheld the Scriptures and the Lutheran confessions. His
unwillingness to bend to current trends has caused him to be singled out as difficult
and intolerant. In humility he calls people to repentance for living a sinful
lifestyle, in spite of the ill effects this faithfulness has had upon his reputation.
He is simply a servant of God, who seeks to guide His flock faithfully.
4) Rev. Vance Tech, Our Savior Lutheran
Church , Crestview , Florida
Pastor Tech, in spite of his being a beloved confessional
pastor among the laity and clergy, with a reputation a true gentleman, has been
the victim of unscrupulous attacks on his reputation by a bureaucracy that
appears to have found his faithfulness inconvenient. For a time restricted, and
forced to undergo a psychological evaluation, he was at length cleared, and
continues to serve the same parish, never having wavered throughout the
onslaught.
5) Mrs. Amy Tackitt of Wheatland Wyoming
Miss
Tackitt made a courageous confession of faith at the 2013 Synodical Convention,
when she spoke out on a resolution seeking to
commend the Concordia University System Schools for faithfulness. She had the
audacity to state that she had been taught theistic evolution at one of our
Concordias when she was a student in the 1980s, and suggested that before
commending faithfulness, we should make certain that institutions are faithful.
The reaction was swift and severe. Pressured
her to recant and admit publicly to breaking the eighth commandment, and taken
to four separate meetings with officials, she stood by her claim and at length
gained support from the Synodical President, and later, a unanimous vote of the
Wyoming District Pastoral intending on the basis of her evidence to investigate
the institution in question.
6) Rev. Michael Brockman of Wichita, Kansas
Biography to follow soon.
6) Rev. Michael Brockman of Wichita, Kansas
Biography to follow soon.