tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post7844557274386126662..comments2024-03-29T09:20:16.581-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: The Bible is a dangerous bookPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-20764622554871662512011-03-29T08:43:36.782-05:002011-03-29T08:43:36.782-05:00Dead on, Pr. Peters. I enjoy your blog.
Confessi...Dead on, Pr. Peters. I enjoy your blog. <br /><br />Confessions. So true, if it's just about getting people to belief the Bible is holy, inerrant, true...then why don't Baptist, Fundamentalist and others believe like Lutherans.Rev. Weinkaufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109679164669873385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-22764647094504734942011-03-28T15:28:42.506-05:002011-03-28T15:28:42.506-05:00The Bible claims for itself to be
the absolute tru...The Bible claims for itself to be<br />the absolute truth of God. Our<br />culture no longer believes in the<br />concept of absolute truth. So some<br />Christians say homosexuality is a<br />sin and an abomination in the sight<br />of God. Other Christian say there<br />are no moral absolutes and that truth<br />is relative to your circumstances.<br />This type of belief makes homo-<br />sexuality an acceptable alternate<br />lifestyle.<br /><br />The LCMS believes the Bible is the<br />absolute truth of God and the<br />moral authority for our lives.<br />The Bible is only dangerous if you<br />do not believe it is God's Word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-30447293127622479282011-03-28T11:38:56.351-05:002011-03-28T11:38:56.351-05:00It was good to see Cousin Erling's thoughts on...It was good to see Cousin Erling's thoughts on your blog. We know him to be a wise theologian.Norman Teigenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704523935095549165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-66585719795915598022011-03-28T11:10:27.863-05:002011-03-28T11:10:27.863-05:00I did not speak to the value of distributing Bible...I did not speak to the value of distributing Bibles but was rather speaking to the need and value of the Confessions, creed, and catechism to instruct us in what Scripture says. This was related to the post from yesterday.<br /><br />For much of Christian history people were without a written copy of the Bible in their homes but they were not without Scripture. It did not seem to prohibit the work of God in bringing people to Christ to be without a copy of the Bible in their hands. They had the Word preached and taught, the memorized words of the creed, and the hymns of the faith.<br /><br />Today everyone has multiple copies of the Bible, different versions, and yet we have no shortage of doubts about what it says, more groups preaching different conclusions on "what does this mean," and private Biblical interpretations that conflict with the catholic and apostolic faith. So, just perhaps, we need not only Scripture but Scripture rightly proclaimed and correctly understood. And, my point then, is that the catechism, creed, and confessions help us have just that.<br /><br />With respect to Bible distribution, I might suggest that if all we need to do is to distribute a Bible, then we should dump them from the skies the way pamphlets were dropped during the wars. But surely the job of the Church is not just to distribute the Bible but to make sure that people are rightly taught and correctly led to its saving truth in Christ.Pastor Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-15788957876708065292011-03-28T10:30:44.963-05:002011-03-28T10:30:44.963-05:00Our LCMS parish gives away free
Bibles at our city...Our LCMS parish gives away free<br />Bibles at our city's annual festival<br />days. We have a booth and get many<br />people who will take a Bible. We<br />encourage them to read one of the<br />four gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke or<br />John to learn about Jesus Christ, <br />the Son of God. We also enclose a <br />brochure inviting them to visit our<br />worship services on Sunday. It does<br />lead to Sunday visitors who are<br />looking for a church home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-69998603036989588182011-03-28T10:16:50.510-05:002011-03-28T10:16:50.510-05:00It seems more mischief arises from withholding God...It seems more mischief arises from withholding God's word than from distributing it widely. The Bible is far more likely to lead one to good than to be subverted for ill especially by ordinary folks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com