tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post7686929802276704366..comments2024-02-27T00:11:57.219+11:00Comments on Extra Nos: No ApologiesLPChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-67084134076489688912007-07-15T22:36:00.000+10:002007-07-15T22:36:00.000+10:00JK,Ranting an raving is welcomed here! We do not e...JK,<BR/><BR/>Ranting an raving is welcomed here! We do not expect everyone to be Lutheran, however, if all of us are back into the purity of the Gospel, we have hit a major breakthrough.<BR/><BR/>Matthew,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link, I will visit. Indeed we are creatures who are capable of corrupting the Gospel and get into error ourselves, no wonder Paul said to Timothy to guard his doctrine. We can not stay complacent, we have to guard our own minds from making the Gospel a form of works, I agree.<BR/><BR/><BR/>LitoLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-14572638226905010082007-07-15T07:42:00.000+10:002007-07-15T07:42:00.000+10:00Thank you for this post! Your points concerning w...Thank you for this post! Your points concerning why there isn't so much lutheran appologetics is like you say, it's usually kept in the pastoral area. But there's another level to why this is where our efforts are centered. The issue is us fighting the believer's tendency toward generating as much discomfort for themselves as possible rather than simply believing the promises of God in Jesus Christ. This is the tendency of all believers, to fall into the trap of a theology of glory, which leaves them either broken and falling away from the faith or leaves them believing they are pulling off being "good Christians".<BR/><BR/>As for appologetics from the Lutherans, check out our new podcast at http://lutherandifference.blogspot.com/ . Our plan is to move from strictly "pastoral" appologetics into a head on clash with the culture.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09323238670840371258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-22943743911989468662007-07-15T03:26:00.000+10:002007-07-15T03:26:00.000+10:00Great post.As a Baptist, I have found that the maj...Great post.<BR/><BR/>As a Baptist, I have found that the major contribution that Lutheran theologians and apologists have made to my Christian life is the relentless drive they have to turn everything in Christianity back to the Person and work of Christ on our behalf. Montgomery and Rosenbladt are my favorites.<BR/><BR/>This is a major task of apologetics rightly practiced. The idea is to present the gospel as clearly and rationally as possible. The point is the gospel, not some string of wonderfully articulate arguments (not that we should argue inarticulately, or that Lutherans are inarticulate; they are very articulate).<BR/><BR/>I would argue the existence of God. I would argue the Bible as God’s Word. I would argue for the resurrection. I would argue anything and everything in the Christian worldview. I would start at the beginning, the end, around the side, up the back, over the top and digging underneath as a conversation would warrant. All of my arguments would be worthless if they did not present the finished work of Christ on our behalf. <BR/><BR/>Everything I said would be as a resounding gong or clanging cymbal if I did not point to the love of God demonstrated in the provision of righteousness through trust in what Christ did. Apologetics rightly employed leads directly to the expression of the great truths of the gospel.<BR/><BR/>We are, to a major extent and in every primarily important way, on the same team with the same objectives. Let’s never let our differences in approach and the discussion of those differences take away from the primary task of proclaiming the gospel. We are called to do the work of apologetics, not talk about how to do the work of apologetics.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the ranting and raving.J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.com