When Gerhard Forde writes in the previous post: 1. “…all causes are relativized” and “…there are no levers here,” this means: a. There is no “revealed” or “natural” law except the basic content of the law: love and care for the neighbor. Forde: “What the law enjoins is love of and service to the neighbor. […]
Forde got out of Biblicism; you can, too (9)
“First of all, if justification proceeds by way of negation, then the judgment is indeed universal and all causes are relativized. This flows from the very nature of the gospel and cannot be compromised. “Secondly, for Luther’s theology, it seems to me that the only way from such universal negation back to the concrete is […]
A Wedding Prayer that really works
Blessed are you, Father and Lord, Who created joy and gladness, bridegroom and bride, comfort and delight, love and friendship, Who established marriage for the happiness and well-being of men and women, We thank you for the gift of love to these two, and we rejoice on this glad occasion. We put this marriage into […]
Forde got out of Biblicism; you can, too (8)
“Unable to rhyme Matt. 5:17-18 with Rom. 10:4, the dogmatic tradition has experienced nothing but trouble over the law…. Paul and Matthew are at irreconcilable odds. [The tradition tried to arrive at a compromise.] The result was the idea that in Christ the ceremonial laws of the Old Testament were abrogated….while the ‘moral’ law was […]
Luther didn’t have a plan
Luther was like a man groping his way up a medieval cathedral tower in the pitch black, mounting the staircase and reaching out for a stair rope. He felt one and pulled on it to steady himself. Then to his amazement, he heard a bell ringing above him that woke up the countryside. He had […]