Overall this album will shake things up in the CHH world. Some are already calling for a response, while many others are being exposed to historic reformational thought. Great album.
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Meal, Manna, Medicine
Most Sunday mornings I am, by God’s grace, to be found wobbling up to the rail with other sinners. Any doctrine of the Supper that requires I ascend into the heavenlies to feed there with Jesus is entirely too much to ask of me.
Dear Lutheranism
The opportunity to share our sound confessional principles with the American church, comfort those in our pews, and reject unbiblical notions which directly support social oppression cannot go unanswered. I pray that once again Lutherans will be willing to stand up for the Biblical principles they confess.
Baptismal Hypocrisy
"I’m not welcomed at this Church!"
Book Review: Hands of Faith
Pertinent to Lutherans and Reformed communities, Cooper helpfully navigates the over extended law-gospel schema regularly depicted in its reductionist form.
Reflection on Eucharist Tradition
It remains unclear if Luther returned to the doctrine of the early church or truly added to it as the Orthodox theologians claim.
Law & Gospel: Yes & No
For Lutherans, these two words (revelations from God) are "law" and "gospel." As an avid reader of Karl Barth, I imagine these "two words" to be "yes" and "no" (2 Cor 1:17-19).
Baptism as the Basis of Christian Life
For neither Lutheran nor Reformed Theology can baptism remain a past event. It is a perpetual identity that makes demands upon the believe.
Book Review: Wittenberg Vs. Geneva
I cannot list all the times I had to highlight misrepresentation. For interested Lutherans, Jordan Cooper's The Great Divide is infinitely more faithful in its depiction of the Reformed Tradition.
Barth, Cooper, & Prison
Barth's emphatic preaching of God's positive word of Jesus Christ to every man, woman, and child reminds me of my Lutheran brothers and sisters in Christ.
Book Review: The Great Divide by Jordan Cooper
Jordan Cooper's The Great Divide is an important book for young theologians moving forward.
The Great Divide: The Lord's Supper
"The flesh and blood of Christ are not less truly given to the unworthy into the elect believers of God." - John Calvin
The Great Divide: Liturgy & Baptism
I continue my walk through Jordan Cooper's The Great Divide.
The Great Divide: Atonement & Apostasy
What is undeniably "limited" in the Reformed sense is the extent of the application of the atonement.
The Great Divide: Predestination & Election
I will be decisively less interested in presenting my arguments than Cooper. But I do hope to encourage some Reformed thinking.
"I'm Not a Calvinist/Baptist/Etc, I Follow Jesus"
If we want to “follow Jesus” then it makes no sense to shun His Body the church. That is why Paul says that it makes no sense for a husband to treat his wife
Book Review: The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church by G.H. Gerberding
Evangelicals seeking "revival" will likely feel disappointed with how ordinary the answers are from traditional Christianity. I love it and I love this book.
A Response to "Looking at Christian Obedience"
One should not seek assurance from their works. One should not presume to be under God's wrath because they slip up occasionally (or even regularly). But works are valuable both to others and ourselves. They are essential for "saving faith" (Hebrews 5:9). And when we see the fruits of God working in us through the power of the Holy Spirit we should be encouraged and edified. Likewise, when we see the Holy Spirit producing fruits in other we should also be edified.