Consular, 1. You are trying to dissolve the unity between the cross and the institution of the Eucharist. That Christ's body and blood are given...
Consular, You write: It depends upon what you mean by "righteousness", I suppose. I would agree with you that "righteousness under God is our...
1) I believe a sinner is made righteous by faith alone. 2) I believe Jesus Christ is a singular Person (God and Man) and that He is always present...
Three times may not be enough...perhaps you had better try four...or five...or, better yet, FAITH! ;)
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Brother Stalwart, I disagree. The body and blood are indeed given to us for the forgiveness of sins. The words of Christ are clear: Notice...
Christ, on the night when He was betrayed, took bread and wine, gave them to the disciples and said: "Take, eat, and drink. These are my body and...
Brother Adam, Yes. Luther did teach that Christians make the sign of the cross in order to remember the grace of God given in baptism. It is a...
If the Sacrament delivers forgiveness of sins--which I believe it does--then it delivers salvation. Because where there is forgiveness, there is...
I appreciate what you are saying here Gordon. You are right that it is God who will take care of justifying sinners. God will win back the world...
Part II Here is a second distinction that is needful for our discussion to be meaningful: (a) A bad tree produces bad fruit. The bad tree cannot...
Part I Contarini, Your "challenge" is this: Plato once said that without distinctions nothing can be understood. In order for us to have a...
Hello Contarini, First of all, could you please explain what you understand to be Luther’s position on justification? Secondly, why is...
I realize that things are getting a bit heated on this thread, but I would just like to clarify my own comments in case they did cause offense to...
Thank you, Scottish Monk. I look forward to our future discussions as well. Yours in Christ, Jerome
I am just started reading Gerhard Forde's A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism. So far it has been...
I just finished reading Steven Paulson's Luther for Armchair Theologians. I would recommend it to anyone looking for an in depth but highly...
By that I just meant that our feelings can never measure or determine whether or not Christ is working in us. For example, I might "feel" that...
Sure thing. Here is article XI: This article clearly teaches that the sinner is justified entirely on account of what Christ has done on his or...
No problem, Scottish Monk. I am fully sympathetic with your aversion to theological hair-splitting (I share that same aversion myself). But it...