CUW --  "VERIFY; Only Then Can We Begin to Trust"

A very thoughtful friend on Facebook (I've been blessed with many wonderfully thoughtful friends and family!) asked where he could find verification for what I reported about the change of direction at Concordia University Wisconsin regarding its disturbing, years-long commitment to Wokeism.

Here's my reply for you to have and to share:

Thanks for asking ... your question is positively crucial!

My anonymous source is, I believe, trustworthy, but you have identified a significant problem: the board has not said anything publicly. The new president has not either, to my knowledge. 

That's why I said that my position remains "trust but verify." 

Given the current climate in our church body and in our Concordias, it may be wiser to say, "VERIFY, THEN TRUST" !

The confessional professors deserve verification. The confessional students deserve verification. Potential students and donors deserve verification.

Let me also mention in this connection that I'm sick to death of boards and officials slapping a label of "Confidentiality" on everything that they do not want Christ's Church to know about and to criticize for biblical and confessional reasons. 

That's why I have been arguing and writing for over a year that Wokeism at a CHRISTian institution is a public matter. That's why I've been citing 1 Timothy 5:20 about publicly rebuking religious leaders who sin publicly. That's why I am against attacks on academic freedom and free speech in the church and in the university.My reporting may conceivably turn out not to be verified in the long- or

even in the mid-term at CUW. 

If that turns out to be the case, I will speak up and so will you all, as the Lord gives us strength.

Of course the CUW board and president need to speak up, to put it in writing, and to deliver. 

Sooner rather than later would be a good idea.