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October 2001
Volume Five, Number Four
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Confessions in a Non-Confessional World By Dr. Max Kiesling, Member of Crown of Life Lutheran Church, San Antonio, Tex. We are living in an increasingly "non-confessional" world. It is a reality that has a strong hold on society at large, and is increasingly afflicting the Christian church. As Christians, our foundational beliefs should be defined and understood first, followed by the proclamation of those beliefs in the world around us. To reverse this process by letting our daily contact with the world influence our foundational beliefs would be dangerous, if not fatal. |
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On the Councils and the Church: Luther on Reform, Government, and Institutions of the Church By the Rev. Prof. Roland F. Ziegler, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. There was never an age where the church was unanimous, where there was no strife and struggle, where everybody lived in peace and harmony. Reading the New Testament shows us congregations loaded with problems. Any study of church history gives us a picture of a church in distress. And how else could it be in this world, in this age, where sin is still here, where the devil still tries to destroy God's holy Church through false doctrine and temptation to a sinful life? |
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The "Marks" of the Church By the Rev. Dr. Kurt E. Marquart, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. The marks of the Church mean that we are to be guided by faith, not by sight, in dealing with the church. In the church, it is above all truth and truth alone that counts--not numbers or prestige or pleasant relations. Where the Gospel is purely preached and the sacraments are rightly administered, there Christ's Church is rightly and properly represented. |
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In the Field: By Monica Robins Featuring the Rev. Christopher Esget, Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Va. |
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