In part one we discussed the importance that the Protestant principle of sola scriptura still has as we near the 500th anniversary of the “Reformation.” Now it is time to get into the meat of the argument by examining the classic Protestant interpretation of two key verses of Scripture. “All Scripture Is Inspired” The Bible verses [...]
If you are not the sort of person who celebrates divorce anniversaries or sends congratulatory notes to pals for holding onto grudges, it may not have occurred to you that 2017 is going to be a big party year for some of our friends. The Banner of the “Reformation” Still Flies That year, October 31 [...]
God forgets, they say. I hope so. It was about 30 years ago, so I guess I can be excused for forgetting. But the temporal effects stick around. I do remember the physical consequences of my behavior — a broken kitchen window. Pam and I were arguing. Or, should I say, I was arguing and [...]
Looking ahead to the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017, the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD) started a Luther Garden in Wittenberg and invited each of the Lutheran Churches worldwide and also their ecumenical dialogue partners to plant a tree “as a sign of reconciliation and mutual understanding”. In one of his [...]
Adam and Eve really did have it easy. They were so comfortable in their human skin. More to the point, they were comfortable in their human skin which had a spiritual soul. This did not seem odd or cause them any kind of dilemma, stress, or confusion. They were created to be perfectly at ease [...]
