Problem #1: Where’s the beef? Pastor Steven Gjerde, in “Tempering Troublesome Spirits,”[1] faults fellow Lutherans for dealing with “style” rather than doctrine, but he himself has the same problem. He does not want to suggest that “every division is wrong and hateful” (60), but he laments that the NALC and LCMC divide “so sharply over […]
Forde Fest 3!
Forde Fest 3! Monday, August 13, 2012 Engelbrecht claims: Major Lutheran scholars are wrong about a third use of the law. Including Forde…. 10:00 – 2:00 p.m. Holy Nativity Lutheran Church, 3900 Winnetka Ave No., New Hope, MN Cost: $10.00 for lunch and handouts Sign up by contacting one of the three people below: Stew […]
Memorial Day Prayer
Holy and mighty Lord, who has given us this good land for our inheritance, we ask that We may always prove ourselves a people, mindful of your favor and glad to do your will. Bless our nation with honorable industry and sound learning. Save us from violence, Discord and confusion, from pride and arrogance and […]
Forde got out of Biblicism; you can, too – 16
Forde: Neither inerrancy, nor Heilsgeschichte, nor existentialism From Forde’s theological autobiography: But in the seminary it soon became apparent that the ancient tradition was under attack. The attack, however, was not from without but from within. It was not, that is, the inroads of criticism and liberalism, etc., that were the ultimate source of trouble. […]
Forde got out of Biblicism; you can, too – 15
Romans 3:24: “[T]hey are justified by his grace as a gift….” This verse is used by some to justify a semi-Pelagian view of salvation: To be saved, the gift of faith must be received by responding in faith. Thus the believer has a crucial role in salvation. Forde: This semi-Pelagian interpretation of Scripture is wrong: […]