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A Theological Appraisal Of Comparative Symbolics, Herbert J. Bouman
A Theological Appraisal Of Comparative Symbolics, Herbert J. Bouman
Concordia Theological Monthly
The religious scene in America presents a bewildering spectacle of about 250 religious groups maintaining a separate and often precarious existence. This multiplicity of denominations, sects, and sectlets, segregated not only by deep and basic doctrinal cleavage but all too often also by merely peripheral and even meaningless differences, is extremely confusing to a thoughtful observer. Even worse, the disunity of churches, all of which claim some relation to Christ and His Word, is bound to be a sore scandal. At first glance this ecclesiastical fragmentation seems to defy intelligent and intelligible analysis. A little stirring beneath the surface, however, …
Nietzsche's Final View Of Luther And The Reformation, Heinz Bluhm
Nietzsche's Final View Of Luther And The Reformation, Heinz Bluhm
Concordia Theological Monthly
Nietzsche began as an admirer of Luther and the German Reformation. The age of Luther ranked as high in his early opinion as the age of Goethe and Beethoven. From Menschliches, Allzumenschliches on, this favorable attitude toward Luther underwent a strong transformation. In the five years from 1878 to 1883, Nietzsche’s second creative period, Luther emerged as a highly questionable figure, even as a most regrettable event in the history of German and European thought and civilization. But all these severe pronouncements on Luther were only a prelude to the scathing denunciations to come in Nietzsche's post-Zarathustra writings.
The Inclusiveness And The Exclusiveness Of The Gospel, As Seen In The Apostolate Of Paul, Martin H. Franzmann
The Inclusiveness And The Exclusiveness Of The Gospel, As Seen In The Apostolate Of Paul, Martin H. Franzmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
Our Lord promised the Spirit to His Apostles and said that when He came, He would convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment (John 16:8). He was indicating thereby that the work of His Apostles would involve the same conflict and struggle with self-assertive man that had taken place in His own disputes with the Pharisees; for, as Schlatter has pointed out, these three: sin, righteousness, and judgment, are central concerns of Pharisaic piety. The Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians is the chief document of the struggle within the church between the Gospel of …