Gottesblog

I recently received an email from a pastor questioning the paradigm in the LCMS that places a high value on “preaching the Gospel” and wondering if that “were enough’ - especially in light of racism, “LGBTQ issues” and “global warming.”

In several places in his epistles (including a self-application in Romans 1:1), St. Paul uses the term “δοῦλος Χριστοῦ,” usually translated into English as “servant of Christ,” reflecting the Latin translation “servus.”

Although this could have been written yesterday by the Roman Catholic watchdog organization, Church Militant, it was actually penned in 1531 by Philipp Melanchthon in response to the Roman Catholic critique of our married priests. Melanchthon takes the gloves off in defense of the restoration of the older catholic practice sacerdotal matrimony: