Comments on: The Lutheran Confessions: Pastoral, Practical and Personal — What Do You Think About Them?

By: Randy Keyes

Randy Keyes — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:27:48 +0000

@Randy Keyes
That is, his beginning take, not his question.

Randy

By: Randy Keyes

Randy Keyes — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:26:46 +0000

@David C Busby
I second David’s take!

Also, great article, Pastor McCain!

Randy Keyes

By: Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes

Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:23:05 +0000

Commentaries on the FC:
* Contemporary Look at the Formula of Concord, by Preus, Robert; Rosin, Wilbert, editors Item #: 155055WEB / 2001 / Paperback / 320 Pages. ONLY $10
* Getting into the Formula of Concord : a history and digest of the Formula, by Eugene F. A. Klug and Otto F. Stahlke (St. Louis: Concordia, 1977).

Paul, at your Book of Concord site, do you have a list of commentaries on the confessions?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:28:49 +0000

I read through it every couple of years (as well as consulting it often on specific questions in between).

I still recall the first time I read through article IV on the Apology (on justification). It floored me, even as one who had always affirmed justification by faith in Jesus Christ. As a practical matter, my conception of justification was a mish-mash of faith and love for God. Article IV distinguishes the two sharply, and the necessity that faith in Christ precede love for God. It is the evangelical faith, pure and uncut.

By: Rev. Schroeder

Rev. Schroeder — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:34:13 +0000

I keep coming back because in the Book of Concord the Church also confesses catechesis and prayer particularly in the Small and Large Catechisms. We confess the necessity of hearing the Word in the 3rd Commandment, and so the Church is called together to sit at the feet of the Lord Who gave us His life. We confess marriage between a man and a woman in 4th and 6th Commandments and so teach marriage. We confess prayer as praying the Word of God in 2nd Commandment and in The Lord’s Prayer. We confess life in the 5th Commandment and so teach the sanctity of life. And so in the Catechisms there is laid out the clear distinction of Law and Promise. And as you have well-written: pastoral, practical and personal. Great insight. Thanks.

By: David C Busby

David C Busby — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:21:41 +0000

Why do I like the Book of Concord? It is a commentary on the WHOLE

Bible. When one finishes reading it, he/she has a better
understanding of Christian doctrine.

(Lutheran doctrine IS pure Christian doctrine).

I did have trouble with understanding parts of the Solid Declaration
of the Formula of Concord and I am wondering if you can recommend a
good commentary.

By: Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes

Rev. Dr. Benjamin Mayes — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:38:51 +0000

The confessions have deep insight into the true meaning of many, many Bible passages. Too often our modern Bible translations obscure the deep doctrinal content of the Bible. The authors of the BoC knew the Scriptures much more deeply than any currently-living scholar does. Therefore the BoC is my first reference when preparing a sermon after my Greek NT and dictionary.