First and foremost, the three of us who contribute to this blog are Confessional Lutherans. This means we hold unapologetically to the authority of Holy Scripture. It also means that we hold to the teachings found in the Book of Concord,which we believe to be the proper exposition of what is taught in Scripture.
This of course means that we are going to be heavy on Christ for you in Word and Sacrament. We'll speak about Baptism and the Lord's Supper a lot. We like to quote from Luther's Small Catechism and the six chief parts. And we love the Augsburg Confession, by the way.
It also means that as Confessional Lutherans, we are unapologetic in our stance that other theologies are in error. So there will be some talk about other theologies on this blog, and it may or may not be favorable to the other theology.
Finally, all of the contributors to this blog are former Calvinists as well as former Baptists. Therefore, one of the other purposes of this blog is to educate Lutherans regarding the more radical branch of the Reformation, which is today contained in the Reformed and Presbyterian churches (and to an extent Anglicanism), and in the more sacramentarian churches that are baptist in their theology. This is to say, there will be a lot of blogging done on Calvinism or on Lutheranism compared to Calvinism as well as critique of baptist theology and its errors.
This might rub some people the wrong way, but we believe that error must be outed, so to speak. We also believe that our Lutheran brethren should be aware of other teachings, why we do not agree with them, and why they are incorrect in light of Holy Scripture and our Confessions.
The blogging will not always be favorable to Reformed Theology or Baptist Theology either. We believe firmly that Reformed Theology is in error on some very key doctrines of the Christian faith; and Baptist Theology even more so on many accounts.
Of course this blog is not intended to be an anti-Calvinist rant, yet there will be, as stated above, numerous blogs in due time that are clearly in disagreement with Calvinism. The recent post that compared Calvin's view of the Lord's Supper with Nestorianism was one such example of this.
It is important to mention, however, that we in no way question the salvation or the dedication to Christ and the Gospel of either Calvinists or Baptists. We consider them to be Christians as we are. We also consider some of their teachings to be erroneous and in some cases even dangerous to the Christian faith.
We are very fortunate to have three contributors who understand Reformed Theology well; or at least well enough to comment on it with some substance. The same can be said for Baptist Theology. The three of us have taken very similar paths to Confessional Lutheranism.
That being said, we shall press on!
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