Tag: Liturgy
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Every Teaching Claims to Be Ancient—Law and Gospel Actually Is
Catholics point to Mary.Pentecostals point to tongues.Baptists point to decision theology, exclusive to adults. Luther’s most distinctive teaching was the distinction between Law and Gospel. All are justified in Christ. This is received through faith alone. And so the Bible is only rightly understood when we recognise the distinction everywhere between God’s commands and God’s…
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When Love Must Refuse Communion
Sincere Christians, who genuinely love Jesus and one another, but sincerely believe God is saying different things when they read the Bible should not take the Lord’s Supper with one another. Perhaps, reading that sentence, you want to respond with one of these very common replies: The heart of the matter is this: What does…