A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
Among the Orthodox, theosis refers to a process of becoming one with God, generally by way of spiritual exercise. For Confessional Lutheranism, by contrast, theosis is not a process at all, but another, beautiful way of looking at what we have received in Christ. The difference is ultimately as simple as the difference between works and faith.
Read MoreThe public space has never been a theologically or morally neutral one; therefore, the Church has and will continue to heed the divine obligation to speak into it the holy Word of God. Only a godless culture would dare to claim that the public sphere is somehow neutral. The New Testament clearly announces the darkness of this present age (Eph 6:12).
Read MoreWe do not live in the Age of Reason, nor the Age of Aquarius, nor the Information Age. We live in the Age of Bubulum Stercus.
Read MoreThe Paschal Greeting is one of the most ancient Christian traditions by which disciples of the risen Lord Jesus Christ around the world confess and celebrate His glorious resurrection and victory over death.
Read MoreThis is the night, beloved. This is the night. All is accomplished, all is finished, all is done. All is fulfilled. And all that was written before reaches its grand climactic end in this wonderful night of the resurrection of our Lord.
Read MoreOne of the official publications of one of our LCMS Districts reports that a retired pastor has just been given an honorary doctorate from one of the Concordia universities owing to the fact that under his leadership, his congregation's music "transitioned from the emphasis on traditional music and added a more Gospel oriented genre."
Read MoreAdvocates of church-growth, multiculturalism, and anti-liturgicalism in our midst often resort to the canard that the liturgy is “too European” and our hymns are “too German.“
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Read MoreThe LCMS is a conservative church body in a conservative confession, grounded in the inerrant Scriptures according to a quia subscription to the Book of Concord. We privilege our fathers in the faith, and look askance at innovation. This is not to say that we never change things, but we are reformers, not revolutionaries.
Read MoreOne of the many advantages to serving in Fort Wayne is proximity to Concordia Theological Seminary. I particularly relish the opportunities to develop friendships and fraternal relationships with the professors and seminarians that I regularly come into contact with as well as with the many pastors who stop by during Symposia week.
Read MoreNow that I have reached the seventieth year of my life, I have with it the joyous hope that my devout and loving God will shortly release me from this world and lead me in a better life than I have had thus far on earth. I thank Him firstly for all His goodness and faithfulness…
Read MoreWorship is the essence of the catholic faith, and we cannot be saved unless we confess it. Our worship is directed solely to the Holy Trinity who is also the Holy Unity. Worship and confession cannot be separated. And indeed, “whoever does not believe” the catholic faith “faithfully and firmly cannot be saved.”
Read MoreIf we don’t “ordain” women because God’s Word forbids us, then we can safely conclude that Satan is driving us toward the practice as a subversion of our biblical confession. And why would he not? We’ve seen church body after church body fall into this practice - followed up swiftly by embracing homosexuality and other sexual deviancies.
Read MoreI guess Father Braaten was right. Our development officer—no, really, we have one—has been telling us that what our readers are likely most interested in is the provision of some clarity in theological thought and basis for our incessant objections to contemporary worship.
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