Category: Lutheran Theology

Friends Of The Law: Luther’s Use Of The Law For The Christian Life

Friends Of The Law: Luther’s Use Of The Law For The Christian LifeAuthor: Edward EngelbrechtGenre: Lutheran TheologyPublisher: Concordia Publishing HousePublished: July 3, 1905Format: Soft CoverISBN: 9780758631381 I thought this was a descent book that defended all three uses of the Law according to Luther. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a historical survey on the uses of the Law in Christianity. It seems though that the author needed to get his dig in Read More …

A Case Against Online Communion

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INTRODUCTION There is no question, life has changed. The global pandemic has sheltered us in our homes unable to continue life as it was before.  The Church, the Body of Christ, in the world must respond. Thrust upon us has been the need to rapidly adapt our corporate worship, meetings, and all manner of gatherings.  With these adaptations has arisen questions about our theology.  Now is the time not to just change because the world Read More …

What does a Lutheran look like?

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When I first became Lutheran I understood it to be a theological movement.  I was brought into a church by a pastor who said, “If you can mix your Catholic upbringing with your recent Evangelical faith, you will do well in the Lutheran Church.”  That pastor went on to mentor me in the Lutheran Confessions, teach me how to read scripture, show me how to think theologically, and bring me up in the Lutheran Christian Read More …