8/31/2023 0 Comments Silenced 2011 download![]() ![]() It’s Christ whom we follow and in whom we believe. Now, the name “Lutheran” is a somewhat unfortunate name, because for as much as we honor him and give thanks for him, it’s not Martin Luther whom we follow or in whom we believe. We Lutherans believe (or certainly ought to believe) that Luther got it right, not in everything he ever said, but in the chief points of doctrine he believed and confessed. Some Protestants stand off to the side when it comes to this or that doctrine. ![]() If the idea behind the Reformation was to get back in a straight line behind Christ and His apostles and behind the Church Fathers and Christians over the centuries who also followed in that straight line of the pure teaching of the Gospel (that’s what the word “orthodox” means, by the way-straight teaching), then we have to recognize that not everyone who took a stand against Rome stands in that straight line. Today we celebrate the Lutheran Reformation of the Church. Sermon for the Festival of the Lutheran Reformation ![]()
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