Brief reflections on the church and culture The other day, I was having a friendly disagreement online with another Christian, who was arguing that culture is essentially neutral, implying that the musical styles and genres used in Christian worship are interchangeable. The point being made was that it’s not necessary for Christian worship to be…
Children in the Service
This is printed on the front page of the bulletin each week at Our Saviour Lutheran Church: It is a delight and a privilege to have children in the service. Children as much as adults are members of God’s family and Jesus welcomes little children to Him. There is a Sunday School for children during…
Revelation, knowledge and the Church
The concept of a contingent revelation of God in Christ denies in principle the possibility of the self-understanding of the I apart from the reference to revelation (Christian transcendentalism). The concept of revelation must, therefore, yield an epistemology of its own. But inasmuch as an interpretation of revelation in terms of act or in terms…
Why Luther Foundation hasn’t founded a new church
A translation from the FAQ page of Luther Foundation Finland. Why do you not leave the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland if it is so bad? It is the duty of Christians to abide in the vine by remaining in God’s word: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every…
The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church — Free Download
New Reformation Press has made the classic Rod Rosenbladt lecture, The Gospel for Those Broken by the Church, available as a free download (it used to be for sale only). You can get both the audio (mp3) and the text (pdf) from here. Later this year, the lecture will also become available as a HD…
Et unam sanctam …
If the church were constituted by our faith, then a series of churches would be conceivable, because there are varying views regarding Christ. Luther's faith in Christ is something different than [sic] that of the modern American Protestant. But if Christ, the present Lord, constitutes the church, then there can be only one church, because…
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