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MWUTT 43: MLC & PELSB

Martin Luther College's licensing dispute prompts calls for accountability, faithfulness to Scripture, and continued support for training future church workers.

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In our 43rd episode of "Men Who Understood the Times," we discuss: MLC and PELSB:

  1. 1. What is MLC
  2. Who is PELSB
  3. What happened with MLC and PLESB
  4. What remedy is underway
  5. How might this hurt recruiting at MLC
  6. Is there a better way
  7. Encouragement, support, and prayers for MLC

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Introduction and Background
Pastor Michael Zarling, Dr. Phil Hahn, Pastor Andy Mueller, Pastor Zachary VonDeylen
  1. Pastor Michael Zarling

    Welcome to this episode of Men Who Understood the Times. This is kind of an epic one because this is the first time in 40-plus episodes that we have four guys that are here. So we've got Zach, and Andy, and Phil. So Phil, what are you drinking this evening?

  2. Dr. Phil Hahn

    Same thing I always drink, a home brew cider.

  3. Pastor Michael Zarling

    Andy, what are you drinking tonight?

  4. Pastor Andy Mueller

    The thing I usually drink unless it's 6:00 AM when it's good coffee is just water tonight, and I don't normally drink out of a plastic bottle but I was desperately in a hurry.

  5. Pastor Michael Zarling

    And, and Zach, what are you drinking tonight that's I'm sure is very healthy?

  6. Pastor Zachary VonDeylen

    I have a dandelion root tea here for liver support.

  7. Pastor Michael Zarling

    So my wife has been canning like mad for the last two days, and she has some extra strawberry syrup that she made, and then so put that in with some lemonade, and then with a little bit of Southern Comfort in there. So, uh, just our disclaim- disclaimer that, uh, the four of us are not talking for our churches or our church body. Just, uh, three pastors and a layman that are getting together, uh, early in the, in the week this week to record this episode. Today we're gonna be talking about MLC, so Martin Luther College, and PELSB or P-E-L-S-B. And the reason that we're talking about this is that, uh, a few weeks ago when everything happened with MLC and PELSB, uh, a number of us had, uh, you know, half a dozen to a dozen people reach out. I told my wife that, you know, something happened because all of a sudden my Facebook Messenger just blew up with people reaching out asking me questions. I know Andy had the same thing. Phil not so much because, uh, people didn't know him yet, and then after he had written an article, then he had all kinds of people reaching out. And Zach had said no one knew him yet 'cause he hadn't been on the podcast yet, so he didn't have people reaching out. But we had asked... We had had people asking us to talk about this publicly as well. So Zach, if you wanna inform our listeners, what is MLC?

What is Martin Luther College
Pastor Zachary VonDeylen, Pastor Michael Zarling, Pastor Andy Mueller
What is PELSB
Pastor Michael Zarling, Pastor Andy Mueller
What Happened with MLC and PELSB
Dr. Phil Hahn, Pastor Michael Zarling, Pastor Andy Mueller
Should We Pursue Relicensure
Pastor Michael Zarling, Pastor Andy Mueller
Concerns About Transparency and Communication
Pastor Michael Zarling, Pastor Andy Mueller
How This Affects Student Recruitment
Pastor Zachary VonDeylen
A Better Path Forward
Pastor Michael Zarling, Pastor Andy Mueller
Encouragement and Support for MLC
Pastor Michael Zarling, Dr. Phil Hahn, Pastor Zachary VonDeylen, Pastor Andy Mueller

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