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A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
A second reason why a certain class of theologians charges Luther with teaching predestinarianism in De Servo Arbitrio is because he so emphatically and uncompromisingly teaches the monergism of grace. What these theologians-the synergists mislike more than the "harsh, predestinarian" sayings of Luther is the sola gratia back of them. Because they do not like the sola gratia, they mislike Luther's teaching on election.
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
People are saying that De Servo Arbitrio is a dangerous book. We have heard them rail against it, first, because of Luther's teaching on the diacretio personarum, and, secondly, because of his statements concerning the Deus Absconditus. Usually the warning against De Servo Arbitrio takes this third form: It teaches Calviniatic determinism. If this charge is well founded, our book could not serve as a handbook for a course in Lutheran theology. It is therefore necessary to examine this sinister charge at some length.
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
The third and final chapter of our study in De Servo Arbitrio deals with the question, What portions of this treatise must be discarded by good Lutherans? The Catholic and the thoroughgoing synergists feel bad over the entire book. They will never forgive Luther for his mighty vindication of the thesis that salvation is by grace alone. They have put the whole book on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. But there are others, who are not necessarily synergists, who would like to put certain portions of the book on the Index. They strenuously object to certain teachings or at least to …
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
We have not exhausted the subject of sola gratia as treated by Luther in De Servo Arbitrio. There is the all-important matter of the sinner's justification before God. And the sola gratia is the heart of the doctrine of justification. That is the blessed truth which comforts the heart of the despairing sinner. That is the glorious truth which the minister of the Gospel needs to study and restudy, to study every day of his life.
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
Luther points out that the "free-will" heresy has "gained so much ground," p. 362.) Indeed, in what period of history and in what part of the Church did it not make its baneful influence widely felt? It had and it has a strangle-hold on philosophy and theology. It is "the myth of all ages,") accepted and proclaimed as God's truth. The keenest philosophers have succumbed to it. Kant embraced it and Fichte and the rest.
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
The subject of our first study in De Servo Arbitrio was the sola Scriptura. The second deals with the sola gratia. De Servo Arbitrio is a powerful exposition of the fundamental truth that we owe our salvation exclusively to the grace of God, in no wise and in no degree to our own power and activity.
The Inspiration Question, Th. Engelder
The Inspiration Question, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
On November 1, 1937, Lutheran pastors of Washington, D. C., discussed the doctrine of Inspiration on the basis of two essays on “The Inspiration Question," one presented by Dr. H. W. Snyder of the U. L. C. and the other by Rev. Th. P. Fricke of the A. L C. Dr. G. E. Lenski of Washington was asked ''to forward copies of these essays to the theological journals of different bodies for publication."
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
A Course In Lutheran Theology, Th. Engelder
Concordia Theological Monthly
Those who feel the need of acquiring a deeper understanding of the saving truths of the Bible will do well to take up the study of Luther's De Servo Arbitrio. That will provide an excellent course in Lutheran theology. Study and restudy the weighty matters presented in this course, and you will become a proficient and efficient Christian theologian.
Growth In Exegesis, W. Arndt
Growth In Exegesis, W. Arndt
Concordia Theological Monthly
In continuing the series of discussions having to do with a pastor's professional development we come to exegesis, the exposition of the Bible. That Lutheran theologians, while not hostile to any legitimate field of theology, lay particular stress on exegesis has as solid and venerable a historical basis as one may wish for.