tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881617320676906596.post1603713249185690507..comments2024-01-02T16:09:57.364-07:00Comments on Intrepid Lutherans: UPDATE: A Deceptive Pamphlet from Bethany Lutheran College (ELS)Intrepid Lutheranshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05867580862562801804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881617320676906596.post-89277807067585346532013-05-05T03:34:47.792-07:002013-05-05T03:34:47.792-07:00The issue in question is a very important one, sin...The issue in question is a very important one, since it is on justification, the heart of our Christian faith. I might be, as I see it, the wording in the ELS Synodical Catechism isn't the best one, but the the doctrine is that of general justification or reconciliation, based on 2 Cor. 5:17 ff.; Rom 4:25 and its relation to personal justification. All that is very important. It is Biblical doctrine, that, IN CHRIST, God is reconciled to the world, IN CHRIST, God is not imputing the trespasses unto sinners. That all is reality, it is the reality of Easter. There is nothing you have to do for, since it is done - and it is the fundament for personal justification, that you can grasp that by personal faith, worked by the Holy Ghost through the Gospel. General justification is a fact - but you have the blessing of it only by personal justification, which is through personal faith.Roland Sckerlhttp://www.lutherische-bekenntnisgemeinde.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881617320676906596.post-10927961283415084062013-04-16T20:08:42.501-07:002013-04-16T20:08:42.501-07:00Please. The bigger problem here is the language i...Please. The bigger problem here is the language in the pamphlet that interchanges objective thought/terminology with subjective thought/terminology. It is here that I feel Pr. Rydecki's pain of being ousted from the WELS as that of my own.<br /><br />My Luther's Small Catechism (NPH 1956 Gausewitz) as well as the BoC (under Election) nor scripture ever speaks of an imputed righteousness (subjective justification) to an unbeliever. It only speaks in terms of the forgiveness of a debt without regard to an individual (redemption and reconciliation); which is imputed to an individual through faith: Justification by Faith Alone through the MoG by the power of the Holy Ghost. Joe Krohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08675123326627773329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881617320676906596.post-78937166499067240612013-04-16T09:51:40.918-07:002013-04-16T09:51:40.918-07:00Thank you, Rev. Moldstad, for this apology. It is...Thank you, Rev. Moldstad, for this apology. It is certainly accepted. It will be easier to discuss the issues surrounding the article of justification if we can clarify what the confessional Lutheran doctrine is (that is, the doctrine expressed in the Book of Concord), in comparison with the subsequent articulations of any given synod.Rev. Paul A. Rydeckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447491206453142100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881617320676906596.post-69508036806638631252013-04-16T07:05:24.589-07:002013-04-16T07:05:24.589-07:00This is Chaplain Don Moldstad responding: I do apo...This is Chaplain Don Moldstad responding: I do apologize for not being more accurate with my source. I was simply attempting to show how the Confessional Lutheran church has confessed this blessed truth in contrast to Rome. Thank you for your attention to detail. My apologies. Don Moldstad, Chaplainnoreply@blogger.com