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I wonder how many agree with the statement The Gospel is a means of grace? What I mean by that is The gospel is the means through which the Spirit pours out God’s grace on individuals.
Credobaptists believe in a believers baptism and are against infants being baptized. What about the people with severe disabilities? They never receive baptism that Jesus told the disciples to go out and baptize all nations?
From the book The Spirituality of the Cross by Gene Edward Veith, Jr:
"To say God is hidden, of course, does not mean that He is absent. On the contrary, someone who is hidden is actually present, just not seen. The child who is hiding in the room is certainly there. God conceals Himself, often...
From this post in another thread (so as not to go off on a tangent I am starting a new thread): http://christianityhaven.com/showthread.php?4912-Is-Immersion-required-by-Scripture-when-a-baptism-is-performed&p=124281#post124281
DHoffmann, you don't think babies are conscious during their...
John 20:21-23 "Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
Jesus gives the...
Our culture tends to place more comfort in reasoning things out rather than faith. We put ourselves in the center of authority rather than God because we need things to make sense to us instead of trusting that God's reasons are not always our reasons. Our human reasoning after the fall was...
A Theology of Glory and a Theology of the Cross
Everyday in every way we are getting better and better. Really?
by Don Matzat
"The Protestant theology of glory begins with a one-time trip to the Cross of Jesus Christ."
"The theology of the Cross is quite different. The preaching of sin and...
This thread was begun because of the thread Passive Righteousness where many were confused between the two topics of Justification and Sanctification.
On the other thread pops asked:
Justification comes prior to sanctification as was pointed out in the Passive Righteousness thread. God gives...
In the bible without the apocrypha included the first Miracle Jesus did was to turn the water into wine. In the apocrypha there are miracles He did as a child. Does it make a difference which is accurate in the account? Do you think Jesus did miracles as a child?
At the marriage in Cana the wine runs out but Mary doesn't come out and ask Jesus to come up with more wine. She just presents the facts to him. Was she hoping for something? Was she encouraging Him? Or was she complaining?
James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
I don't know of too many...
http://www.rjgrune.com/blog/two-kinds-of-righteousness
"Passive righteousness is the vertical relationship between God and man. God does the work. The only contribution that man brings into this equation is sin. This is a righteousness that is alien; it is completely outside of ourselves."...
Modern weddings are not the same as what we see from the Old Testament. Jesus spoke of the bride and bridegroom because the Jews could relate and knew what was involved in a marriage.
The Father normally wanted to search out the perfect bride for his son. Marriages were arranged by the father...
Yesterday my pastor said during his sermon that Easter is for everyone. It's not just for those who believe.
Today I came across a response from another Lutheran pastor elsewhere who said Even without faith Jesus is still Savior.
These two lines of thinking point us to what is important...
I read this on a Lutheran board and thought I'd see what responses came up here. The question on the other board asked for biblical proof so it would be good to have some here too.
When were the sins of the world placed on Jesus?
Some denominations say church invisible and church visible but Lutherans prefer to say the church hidden and visible.
The church hidden is the one holy Christian (catholic) and apostolic church that consists of believers. The church visible consists of the godless among the saints.
Pedrito's...
Jonah didn't want to do what the Lord wanted him to do so he fled. Then after he went to Ninevah he was grumpy that the people repented and were saved. We see him happy for once when God had a plant grow next to him for shelter. But then God allowed a worm to cause the plant to whither and we...
The filioque is Latin for "and son".
We have an old thread HERE but never really got into it much.
The East and the West were split over the addition to the Nicene Creed. Our Statement of Faith includes both versions:
Who proceeds from the Father
Who proceeds from the Father and the Son...