tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post5307232873290980616..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Could it be???Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-91379021756321250622011-07-20T12:23:54.355-05:002011-07-20T12:23:54.355-05:00Evangelicals and mainliners that out-Lutheran the ...Evangelicals and mainliners that out-Lutheran the Lutherans. Shame on us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-30736095380141398012011-07-20T10:51:21.651-05:002011-07-20T10:51:21.651-05:00"We are beggars: This is true." Luther ...<b>"We are beggars: This is true." </b> Luther writes his last note in German as though Luther he wanted to say what he had to say one last time; for all, for his contemporaries, those who came after him, for Christianity of all times. "We are beggars! This is true!" This is the fundamental melody which rang out throughout his entire life, doctrine and work. <br /><br />I think Luther would also agree that "Salvation is of the Lord," as well as the sustaining of the faith. When a man is made a child of God he does not have a stock of grace given to him with which to go on forever, but he has grace for that day. He must have grace for each and everyday thereafter ("We are beggars".) As a man does not make himnself spiritually alive, so neither can he keep himself so. No man of himself, even when regenerated (born again), has any power, except as that power is daily, costantly and perpetually infused into him by the Spirit.<br /><br />I pray the above makes some sense and will conclude with this thought. In the Lords prayer we say "Gives us our daily bread" might we also pray<br /><b>give us our daily GRACE.</b>ErnestOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077415409728022160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-13926059885391246092011-07-20T08:30:10.556-05:002011-07-20T08:30:10.556-05:00Martin Luther's Preface to Romans
had a profou...Martin Luther's Preface to Romans<br />had a profound impact on John Wesley<br />(1703-1791) who went on to help<br />establish the Methodist Church.<br /><br />Luther's Preface also influenced<br />Donald Grey Barnhouse (1895-1960)<br />famed Presbyterian pastor and one of<br />the first radio evangelists.<br /><br />The Holy Spirit works through the<br />Word of God.....Beware !!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-75252877455586080582011-07-20T08:12:39.161-05:002011-07-20T08:12:39.161-05:00Pastor P,
The truth of this post is the entire rea...Pastor P,<br />The truth of this post is the entire reason I came running to the Lutheran truth of the Gospel after reformed theology had pretty much left me in despair.<br /><br />I wouldn't go back to the reformed faith for all the .....(there aren't any comparisons that could be made here)<br /><br />Steve Foxx SSPStevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977465696758179388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-1927574485369370582011-07-20T07:56:07.393-05:002011-07-20T07:56:07.393-05:00This is wonderful news. I keep telling friends ho...This is wonderful news. I keep telling friends how freeing it is to have the gospel preached without ending the sermon with now you must do....<br /><br />Lutheran's have a remarkable blessing to have this gift. Something that many take for granted who have never experienced the shackles of the law being pounded into your head day in and out with no hope but your own works to save you.<br /><br />Perhaps as more ministers in other denominations discover this, we will have a true 'revival' in resting in the Lord and allowing Him to lead His church.Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337019503451500138noreply@blogger.com