tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post2211758350765304289..comments2024-02-27T00:11:57.219+11:00Comments on Extra Nos: The Small CatLPChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-3529089243030215462007-05-03T14:20:00.000+10:002007-05-03T14:20:00.000+10:00Steve,I spoke to some young people and they have n...Steve,<BR/><BR/>I spoke to some young people and they have never heard of the word catechism, but these young people are going to a very large Penty church! They are high on feeling but low on doctrine. I am not even talking about Luther's Small Cat, let us just talk about their own Cat - they don't have one. They do have - how to live the abundant life, though.<BR/><BR/>On the one hand, there are those who know what the Small Cat teaches and still wind up banking on their own merits(hopefully you do not encounter so much of this in LCMS).<BR/><BR/>No wonder Luther even studied his own catechism even though he wrote them - it is a life time study because the Gospel is not intuitive.<BR/><BR/>LitoLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15967712.post-82198426029628358282007-05-02T21:07:00.000+10:002007-05-02T21:07:00.000+10:00The first time I read Luther's Small Catechism was...The first time I read Luther's Small Catechism was in college. At the time, I was dating my wife (she is Lutheran and I was Southern Baptist) and attending both the campus Lutheran and Baptist Churches. A friend, who as Free Methodist gave me a copy which she had received from her ex-boyfriend was as studying to be a pastor after being raised Methodist. I found this a great clear teaching of the most important aspects of the Christian faith. This helped in my move to Lutheranism since the Lutherans are willing to put into writing what they believe and try to teach and practice what they way they believe. There is a refusal to put on paper what a church believes or a refusal to remain faithful to their statement of doctrine.<BR/><BR/>When I compare what churches teach their members and compare it to the SC, many fall short since they are not teaching faith orthodox Christianity. They focus on the Christian and not on the Chirst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com