tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post6475371711023945325..comments2024-01-12T04:58:49.069-05:00Comments on Kyrie, Eleison!: Word GamesAnastasia Theodoridishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-83894991470103693072009-01-29T00:47:00.000-05:002009-01-29T00:47:00.000-05:00William, I'm off to bed now, too, belatedly. Hope...William, I'm off to bed now, too, belatedly. Hope you had a wonderful sleep.<BR/><BR/>What's the difference between regarding "their doctrinal content as a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture" and interpreting Scripture?<BR/><BR/>Deb, thank you. You were right, too many https. I've fixed it for you now. It's a fun site.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-25477523753248094782009-01-28T23:24:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:24:00.000-05:00A- the link doesn't work properly. You may want t...A- the link doesn't work properly. You may want to clean up some of the extra http's. <BR/><BR/>Enjoyed this post, still trying to wrap my brain around a few of them - its a bit late though.DebDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594843598589340808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-23309677377174746422009-01-28T23:11:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:11:00.000-05:00P.S. Off to bed for the night - and I wish you a ...P.S. Off to bed for the night - and I wish you a blessed night's sleep under the angel's care. I hope that the procedure has made a real and lasting change for good for you.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-50169993744872518082009-01-28T23:08:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:08:00.000-05:00Dear Anastasia,But look at what that statement sai...Dear Anastasia,<BR/><BR/>But look at what that statement said and did not say. It did not say that we INTERPRET the Scriptures by the Confessions; it said that we accept the Confessions because we believe them to confess what the Scriptures teach. Obviously private judgment is called for on both parts. Read the Scriptures, search them! Read the Symbols, search them! Do they teach the same thing or not? If you answer "yes" we gladly welcome you as a Lutheran. If you answer "in part" we say "God bless you, friend, but you are no Lutheran." For a Lutheran by definition is one who finds no discrepency between the Rule of faith (the Scriptures, infallible) and the Confession of that Rule (the Symbols, not infallible, but not erring in their faithfulness - IN OUR JUDGMENT).William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-9275478302206447492009-01-28T23:04:00.000-05:002009-01-28T23:04:00.000-05:00Is there really any difference between Double and ...Is there really any difference between Double and Single Predestination?<BR/><BR/>Here's a tidbit I found on the LCMS website, emphasis mine:<BR/><BR/>The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod accepts the Scriptures as the inspired and inerrant Word of God, and subscribes unconditionally to all the symbolical books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God. <I>We accept the Confessions because they are drawn from the Word of God and on that account regard their doctrinal content as a true and binding exposition of Holy Scripture</I> and as authoritative for all pastors, congregations and other rostered church workers of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.<BR/><BR/>But - if the shoe doesn't fit Lutherans, just don't wear it. It'll fit plenty of other folks.Anastasia Theodoridishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092531121989260111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546468339418636140.post-27829195063399758832009-01-28T22:35:00.000-05:002009-01-28T22:35:00.000-05:00Goodness - are you on a "go get the Lutherans" kic...Goodness - are you on a "go get the Lutherans" kick? ;)<BR/><BR/>You miss the boat, though, in a couple of key places. <BR/><BR/>Lutherans don't try to EXPLAIN logically how predestination works. We DO say that Scripture teaches that God predestines His children to eternal life. We DO say that Scripture teaches that God wishes no one to be damned, but all to come to a knowledge of the truth. <BR/><BR/>Lutherans do not interpret Scripture by their Confessions; rather we interpret both by the ordinary rules of language and we find them - by an exercise of private judgment - to say the same thing. In doing so we are NOT saying that you by an exercise of your private judgment will inevitably come to the same conclusion. We can respect that your private judgement may differ. We say of Scripture that it cannot err; we say of our Confessions merely that we believe that they did not err in expressing the Scriptural faith. If you agree with that, you're a Lutheran; if you don't, you're not. That simple, really. And no logical fallacy involved, sad to say.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.com