A helpful discussion. Cf: On Christian Formation and Lutheran Theology
Tag: sanctification
Helmut Thielicke on the Hallowing of God’s Name
[48] My friends, doesn’t it strike you as it does me, that in the Lord’s Prayer there is not a single petition that asks God to make me a sanctified, devout, and stoutly believing man, not a single petition that asks him to help me make progress in ‘sanctification’? In making this observation I am […]
Gerhard Forde on the Christian life
Gerhard Forde on the Christian life A locus on the Christian life is potentially the most dangerous in dogmatics. It is concerned with giving an account of how the act of God in Christ impinges on, effects, and affects the lives we live. Such an account is potentially dangerous because, as the tradition shows all […]
On the progress to be made in the Christian life
On the progress to be made in the Christian life A. Robert Jenson After baptism, what do we go on to next? Answers are generally advanced with a bad conscience, since the eschatological nature of the gifts biblically ascribed to baptism, if they are taken seriously, plainly leaves no space for progress or development in […]
Kosuke Koyama on the speed of God
We live today an efficient and speedy life. We are surrounded by electric switches, some of which cost us 10 dollars and others may even cost 2,000 dollars. We want more switches. Who among us dislikes efficiency and a smooth-going comfortable life? University students use the Xerox machine in their studies. Housewives use ‘instant pizza’ […]
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