tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post7879044761347964183..comments2022-11-11T00:56:30.446-08:00Comments on Concordia | The Lutheran Confessions: Reflection: What I Like About the Book of ConcordRev. Paul T. McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-34599941680774232572008-07-29T12:03:00.000-07:002008-07-29T12:03:00.000-07:00Of all the Confessions, I think the Formula most s...Of all the Confessions, I think the Formula most strikes the laity "where they live" so to speak, if they want to be serious about really being Lutheran. Straight up, no holds barred. This we believe, teach and confess; this we reject and condemn. Can't be much clearer than that.<BR/>I led an adult class in the Formula over 25 year ago and was surprised how little some of the "old timers" Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00062514262724967559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-18409713951246738712007-03-15T06:09:00.000-07:002007-03-15T06:09:00.000-07:00I truly appreciate the Confessions. They are a won...I truly appreciate the Confessions. They are a wonderful preaching resource for the struggling pastor. I look up a citation in the index, and see what doctrine any given passage is connected to. Then that gives me another facet to consider as I prepare to preach God's Word to His people.Rev. Alex Klageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263426531673789700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-75307657452379839722007-03-12T09:31:00.000-07:002007-03-12T09:31:00.000-07:00I am impressed by its continued relevance and vita...I am impressed by its continued relevance and vitality. Alot of the conviction and frustration that is so clearly expressed in in the Book of Concord struck home for me when I first read it. Boy was I right there!<BR/><BR/>As a convert to Lutheranism, it is easy to step right in the shoes of men who suffered under similar false notions and false teachings for much of their lives. To these Mike Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202275259518132834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-90844971026233372222007-03-11T23:27:00.000-07:002007-03-11T23:27:00.000-07:00Nicely said, William! We don't give the Book of C...Nicely said, William! We don't give the Book of Concord and the confessors who wrote it due credit when we fail to see it in the greater context of the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit working through the Word. It is not simply a "Lutheran" book but it is fully evangelical, catholic, and orthodox in all the lowercase senses of those words.<BR/><BR/>A late night thought that occurred to me is WM Cwirlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317197804776939257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-17304242415729721432007-03-11T19:43:00.000-07:002007-03-11T19:43:00.000-07:00Oh, pooh. You obviously haven't been enjoying the...Oh, pooh. You obviously haven't been enjoying the code of canon of law. LOL!<BR/><BR/>No, there is no other collection so beautiful in "pulling it all together." But what is pulled together in those books is the conversation that the Holy Spirit has been having with the Church from the first days. <BR/><BR/>Or said in the way of Sasse, all any Confession of the church seeks to do is explicateWilliam Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-89497348722535805792007-03-11T16:10:00.000-07:002007-03-11T16:10:00.000-07:00I'll challenge my very good friend Pastor Weedon, ...I'll challenge my very good friend Pastor Weedon, as a fellow knight of the Roundtable here, to show me any other formal collections of church confessions that so clearly and beautifully and purely articulates the Gospel, in as simple and to the point manner as the Book of Concord. I agree with you that it is part of the Church's larger conversation, but...we simply do not have the Gospel so Rev. Paul T. McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-42099480572794951482007-03-11T14:28:00.000-07:002007-03-11T14:28:00.000-07:00Well, if we're chiming in on what we like about th...Well, if we're chiming in on what we like about the BOC...<BR/><BR/>...I like that it for all the reasons Paul listed and for one more: it's part of a conversation that the Church has been having for a very, very long time. I think you can consider the whole of it a discussion of the meaning of the words: "who for us men and for our salvation" of the Nicene Creed. <BR/><BR/>Yet that also William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-38356611586999718872007-03-11T12:49:00.000-07:002007-03-11T12:49:00.000-07:00Ok.. I've been waiting for an excuse to say this e...Ok.. I've been waiting for an excuse to say this ever since we started this blog...<BR/><BR/>We're knights of the Round Table, we dance whene'er we're able. We do routines and chorus scenes with footwork impec-cable... :-) <BR/><BR/>That doesn't mean we can't reflect a bit as well. <BR/><BR/>The Lutheran Confessions are practical, because they embody Lutheran theology which is, by its Rev. Ryan Foutshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608412790780631961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-59667499331759812992007-03-11T10:40:00.000-07:002007-03-11T10:40:00.000-07:00"Reflections" are opportunities for the blog's aut..."Reflections" are opportunities for the blog's authors to...ah...well, reflect on topics that come to mind, pertaining to the Lutheran Confessions. "Roundtable" posts are discussions of specific portions of the Book of Concord.Rev. Paul T. McCainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846468267196335350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19071531712378916.post-12134480318251694802007-03-11T07:01:00.000-07:002007-03-11T07:01:00.000-07:00What is this, a praise break? The round table joi...What is this, a praise break? The round table joins hands and gives personal testimonies, just as we were getting nice and edgy about the nature of the church. But if you insist....<BR/><BR/>I value the Book of Concord in that it provides an objective standard for clergy and laity alike. Too often we hear the claims of being "Lutheran" without the application of an objective standard. Simply WM Cwirlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317197804776939257noreply@blogger.com