Just and Sinner
On today’s program, I continued the series on the Lord’s Supper. I examined several Biblical passages which address the issue, and demonstrated the Scriptural nature of the Lutheran teaching. Here is the program. Read more
On today’s program, I continued the series on the Lord’s Supper. I examined several Biblical passages which address the issue, and demonstrated the Scriptural nature of the Lutheran teaching. Here is the program. Read more
If I hear him rightly, Montgomery is saying, among other things, something like “correspondence – not just coherence”. As Wikipedia says about “the Correspondence theory of truth”, “the truth or falsity of a statement is determined only by how it relates to the world and whether it accurately describes (i.e., corresponds with) that world”. Related to this of course, is the matter of demonstrable evidence, necessary to establish/verify particular claims. In a previous post on apologetics, I had quoted this... Read more
Adapted from a discussion from the Twitterverse; starting in medias res… The real issue diving the Lutherans and the Reformed is not “single v. double predestination”, but the doctrine of the Person and Work of Christ. Whose nature does Christ assume? Human nature. Are you a human? Yes? Then He assumed your nature. He assumed your humanity. This means that He is for you. The Nicene Creed does not say that Christ became a man (although He did, in the sense... Read more
Good words from Pastor Fisk: . On his blog, he provides additional links with documents and news reports. +Nathan Read more
Pseudepodcast would like to thank Rev. Dr. Burnell F. Eckardt, editor-in-chief of Gottesdienst, for graciously allowing us to air his talk. Featured material: Rev. Dr. Eckardt’s Curriculum Vitae Dr. Eckardt’s Publications Spotlight at Lulu.com Gottesdienst Online | A Blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy +SDG+ Read more
For judgment I came into this world…. I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world (John 9:39, 12:47) It’s not about you: It’s about Jesus for you – and against you. What?! All of us who are in Christ know that we do not trust our Lord as we ought.* When we talk about such matters, we are not talking about our justification – for it is not the strength of our faith that saves... Read more
On today’s program, I continue my series on the Lord’s Supper in the Lutheran tradition. I spent the entire hour discussing the words of institution, and especially the phrase: “This is my body.” I demonstrate that the literal sense of these words should be accepted. I also spent some time responding to some arguments to the contrary from Dr. Mark Allison’s lecture here. Here is the program. Read more
“Tell him: Some people say that according to God’s justice, this boy is damned because he took his life. I say it was overcome by the devil. Is this child any more to blame for the despair that overtook him than an innocent man who is murdered by a robber in the woods? God must be mercy. God IS mercy.” The death of Robin Williams, as well as the recent suicide of Braxton Caner, have brought about a number of discussions about the... Read more
Here is my vote – this C.S. Lewis gem – embedded in a quotation from the well-known Lutheran apologist John Warwick Mongomery: “[My argumentation that the New Testament books need to be construed as reliable] rests solely and squarely upon historical method, the kind of method all of us, whether Christians, rationalists, agnostics, or Tibetan monks, have to use in analyzing historical data. Perhaps at this point we can understand why C.S. Lewis, the great Renaissance English scholar, in describing... Read more
…and it’s pretty significant that it is, too. Grammar matters, and this episode of Pseudepodcast highlights just one more reason why it is. Join Trent, Matt, and (a sleepy) Levi as they throw the book at anyone advancing the singularly silly claim that there’s another standard for judging Christian doctrine equal to Holy Scripture. Here’s a picture of Trent’s cat: Featured content: The Holy Scriptures and the Writings of the Fathers A blurb from Fr. Charles on the canon of Scripture…... Read more
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In