Irreconcilable doctrines?:
I pulled these two passages from the "This We Believe" essay. They seem to say the opposite of each other: 5. We believe that already before the world was created, God chose t...
Last Modified: 07/15/2005 16:36:02 |
Verses thath talk about salvation:
How can I be sure that I will go to heaven when I die?
Last Modified: 07/13/2005 07:00:42 |
Grace in Justification:
In my denomination and other Baptist groups, I find that the terms of salvation ("justification," in my view) are being increasingly explained as: "Give your life to Christ," or "...
Last Modified: 07/08/2005 14:22:47 |
Losing faith:
I am really struggling and have been for the past year and a half. Sometimes I worry that I have lost my faith because I so often feel angry, unrepentant and unable to understand S...
Last Modified: 07/06/2005 15:53:37 |
Galatians and Catholics:
I am a Catholic who heard you use a faulty argument based on the book of Galatians to try to disprove the Church. If you would read the "context" of Galatians it would show your fo...
Last Modified: 06/28/2005 08:37:56 |
What happens to those of other faiths:
There are many so different religions, and every one believes that "their" God is the only God. What happens to those who have never heard of Jesus, as people in desolate countrie...
Last Modified: 06/27/2005 11:21:09 |
Once saved always saved?:
Is a person, once they have been born again, [able to] fall away from the faith? Does his/her assurance of heaven swing one way or the other every day like a teeter totter?
Last Modified: 05/09/2005 06:21:30 |
Salvation and the old testament:
Will men who lived righteous lives in the Old Testament go to heaven? ***I'm asking because they died before the birth of christ.
Last Modified: 05/04/2005 14:56:49 |
Mentally retarded:
Are mentally retarded people, who cannot process any information given to them, going to be saved?
Last Modified: 05/04/2005 11:21:32 |
Snow-covered dung:
I often have heard the quote by Luther that we are like snow-covered dung inasmuch as we are not actually justified in Christ but our sins are simply not imputed to us. I would li...
Last Modified: 04/23/2005 10:48:50 |
Sin:
I was recently speaking to a gentleman who said that once he was saved by Jesus, he no longer sinned. He said anyone who believes that they sin after they are saved either: blatant...
Last Modified: 04/22/2005 07:25:41 |
becoming Christian:
I am visiting a WELS church in my area. I've never been baptised. My question is: How do I become a Christian? I've never been to church in my life and this is my 1st encounter...
Last Modified: 04/19/2005 15:05:51 |
Who will go to heaven?:
I am confused about something. Can someone who is not a WELS go to heaven? Example, can a person of another denomination go to heaven if they believe in the Triune God and belie...
Last Modified: 04/19/2005 12:53:39 |
Athanasian creed:
The Athanasain creed came up in our Friday morning Bible breakfast meeting last week. The last few lines state "At His coming all people will rise with their own bodies to answer f...
Last Modified: 04/19/2005 12:51:18 |
Bondage of the Will:
It is quite common for us to hear people talking about everyone having "free will." Those familiar with Martin Luther may know of a writing of his called "The Bondage of the Will....
Last Modified: 04/18/2005 07:26:38 |
Election and "once saved, always saved":
Given WELS theology, I don't understand how one can have a comfortable assurance of salvation. Only the elect will be saved, but we can't know if we, or anyone else, is among the ...
Last Modified: 04/11/2005 11:11:17 |
Cooperation/Accept:
I understand through Scripture that we are unable to accept Christ on our own without the help of the Holy Spirit and that it is by God's grace and mercy that we are saved. (Rom 3:...
Last Modified: 03/23/2005 14:26:35 |
Church Fathers and saving faith:
I read a book by theologian, James Buchanan. He mentions and quotes by the Church Fathers that salvation is through faith alone. Is he a well-reputed Lutheran theologian? Seems h...
Last Modified: 03/15/2005 14:44:25 |
point of salvation:
In a recent conversation with a lifelong LCMS member, this individual shared how, when he was a junior in a public high school, he had an English teacher who was a Christian and al...
Last Modified: 03/05/2005 07:13:31 |
Good Works:
I know James says faith without deeds is dead, yet we teach that good works don't get us to Heaven. I agree with it, but I was curious about what the difference is between the two....
Last Modified: 03/03/2005 14:12:55 |