Companion Volumes for Lutheranism 101
January is over, the groundhog is back in his home, and everyone has finished The Course, right?
Okay, maybe not everyone. But we know a lot of congregations have been making their way through The Course in small groups and Sunday School since the beginning of the year.
While working through The Course, you are directed to several resources that will help you work through the questions: a Bible, the Book of Concord, a hymnal, and Luther’s Small Catechism. Which of these resources have been most helpful to you? Was there one that you opened for the first time? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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The Book of Concord right now is the one I am turning to for reference. There are about 8 of us at our small church going through the 101 course right now. I finally realized that to understand what it means to be Lutheran, we have to understand where we can from, what happened during the Reformation and why the separation from the catholic church of that time occurred. The BOC (and the history notes added to the Reader’s edition) answers those questions.
We have completed about 60 per cent of Lutheranism 101 at Our Savior Lutheran in Arlington, VA and are taking a break with a study of Mark.
I agree with Bryan about the Book of Concord — I’ve posted elsewhere my hope that a BOC 101 might be in the works.
Finally back to Lutheranism 101, I wonder if having the section about the history of Lutheranism before the section on liturgy disrupts the flow. When we return to Lutheranism 101 I’m inclined to reverse the order. Any thoughts about that?
Rich, glad to hear you are enjoying Lutheranism 101. Please feel free to use it however you feel would be most helpful in your context.
As for “BOC 101″ – tell me what you have in mind. We designed the reader’s edition to provide resources for folks to get into the BOC, and put those all into the book itself. I’d be interested in knowing what you feel would be a BOC 101 approach, apart from the resources in the Concordia edition. Feel free to drop me a line at: paul.mccain@cph.org
Thanks.