A sermon for the Season of Lent
Today we’re going to look at the Beloved Disciple.
Lutherans are those who take the Bible seriously. As Cromwell said when a painter was painting his portrait: “Paint warts and all.” We take the Scripture as it is, and we still take it seriously. It would be easy to say: “Look at all the difficulties,” and walk away. We take it seriously and ask: “What do we do with it?”
With that comes the matter of tradition. We know the famous song from the musical, Fiddler on the Roof, in which Tevya stands on the roof and sings: “Tradition! Tradition!”
