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Just found out there will be FOUR baptisms in our church service tomorrow! Praise be to God!
Two newborns, a toddler, and a teenager. It’s going to be amazing!
happy new year and may the Lord be with us in this gentle new year
Wishing everyone a Blessed Palm Sunday!
Ride on ride on in Majesty,
In lowly pomp ride on to die.
Bow Thy meek head to mortal pain,
Then take, O Christ, Thy power and reign!
- Ride on, Ride on in Majesty, v. 5, The Lutheran Hymnal
If you had to pick one image to represent Lutheranism, what would it be and why?
(Note: the image does not have to be depicting something distinctly Lutheran, though it should be indicating something distinctly Lutheran. For example, my pick for my own denomination, Orthodoxy, is the icon of the Resurrection - the Resurrection is, of course, something we all believe in, but the way it's portrayed communicates distinctly Orthodox ideas.
Had to think about this one for a while, and I’m still not sure I have the perfect answer, but I do really like this one:
It’s from the triptych at St. Mary’s Church in Wittenberg (the church Luther did much of his public preaching), created a couple decades after his death.
What I like about this is the emphasis it places on “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor 2:2) being the center of our theology - everything we do should point back to that.
The Reformation Piggy-Backers
What does it mean to be a Confessional Lutheran?
Confessional Lutherans are those who hold to the Lutheran Confessions - hence the name.
We believe that the Confessions correctly explain what God's Word says - they do not add to God's Word or take away from it.
The Small Catechism is intended for the average person to have a basic understanding of the Faith - in fact, it was written for fathers to use in teaching their children.
The Large Catechism takes the same basic structure but goes more in-depth, for those with questions beyond the Small Catechism.
The other documents, including the Augsburg Confession, Apology to the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, and The Formula of Concord, go into much, much more detail and specifically outline not only what we believe, but what we reject - that is, things that other churches teach that are contrary to Scripture.
You can find these documents here:
The Original Home of the Book of Concord
If you are curious about Lutheranism, I recommend beginning with the Small and Large Catechisms, as beyond that the reading gets heavy and can be overwhelming.
“I simply taught, preached, and wrote God’s Word; otherwise I did nothing. And while I slept, or drank Wittenberg beer with my friends Philipp and Amsdorf, the Word so greatly weakened the papacy that no prince or emperor ever inflicted such losses upon it. I did nothing; the Word did everything.”
- Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, vol. 51 Sermons I, 76-77
