convention resolution:
I was reading the resolutions that were passed at our recent WELS convention. The resolution, "Clarifying the Mission of the Synod," contains the statement "That the Synod in conv...
Last Modified: 08/03/2005 11:05:16 |
Pronunciation question:
Can you tell me how to pronounce "Loci Theologici"? I wasn't sure whom I should ask, but I thought you would know.
Last Modified: 07/30/2005 09:46:26 |
Gospel:
Please tell me if my thinking is correct. Man cannot choose God, because man is evil and apposed to God, and has no desire to find God. God must force man to hear the gospel, and o...
Last Modified: 07/28/2005 13:26:43 |
King Solomon:
No refrence can be found in the Bible as to the eternal end of King Solomon. So the answer could ony be found in paradise. What might be the WELS scholers' opinion be ?
Last Modified: 07/28/2005 10:33:47 |
Divine Providence & "Bad" Things:
Does WELS have a Bible-based position on the cause of bad things and the resultant human suffering? When bad things happen, are they attributable to God and we simply are not capa...
Last Modified: 07/24/2005 16:28:56 |
Sin and Sanctification:
Recently I have come across many Web sites which make the claim to be 100% scripturally accurate. One particular claim stood out among the others: "A Christian CANNOT sin becau...
Last Modified: 07/19/2005 16:02:37 |
Excommunication:
I read on an Internet discussion board recently that it was recommended that when a person is excommunicated that the reason be published. In records of meetings of WELS congregati...
Last Modified: 07/15/2005 07:38:29 |
Age of Accountability-Revisited:
Of those churches that falsely teach an "age of accountability" and deny that Holy Baptism is for infants as well as people of all ages (as Baptism is God's action, not man's, and ...
Last Modified: 07/13/2005 17:04:48 |
original sin:
My daughter has asked me for Bible verses supporting our belief in original sin. We of course are aware of Psalm 51;5. What other passages are there ?
Last Modified: 07/11/2005 14:28:10 |
God's Promises:
I was taught that God always keeps His promises. In the People's Bible on Judges, page 37, it says "The Lord withdrew his promise to root them out because Israel had not placed fu...
Last Modified: 07/08/2005 07:36:34 |
Sin:
In my NIV study Bible under notes for the passage 1 John 3:6 it says the following: "...The believer's life is characterized not by sin but by doing what is right." I cannot recon...
Last Modified: 07/06/2005 16:07:14 |
Romanizing Lutherans:
In a recent answer the writer speaks of romanizing Lutherans and a revival of their views within the Lutheran Church today. What are these views and where are they showing up?
Last Modified: 07/06/2005 15:29:23 |
Sanctification only by grace?:
Is also sanctification by grace only? Why or why not? Hasn't the Lutheran church downplayed the importance of sanctification?
Last Modified: 06/30/2005 06:54:11 |
WELS' change in doctrine:
Why was WELS changing its doctrine about the church and its ministry? Things have begun when Koehler, Pieper and Schaller started their false teaching, which has not been taught...
Last Modified: 06/23/2005 07:35:54 |
Calvinism:
I would like to know about Calvinism and why the Lutherans don't follow this way of thinking. It seems to me that Lutherans are stuck on what Martin Luther believed and it seems a ...
Last Modified: 06/23/2005 07:18:21 |
Age Of accountability:
Is there such a thing as an age of accountability? Are we not accountable for our sins from birth?
Last Modified: 06/21/2005 11:14:29 |
Military chaplains:
This has to be an easy question which I should know but don't. Why the WELS doesn't have military chaplains? It stated this in the "Forward in Christ" article (May '05) about a W...
Last Modified: 06/21/2005 10:19:43 |
alcoholics:
My huband is an active alcoholic. I have been emotionally abused for some time now. I have been praying for him daily for three years. He will not get help or go to rehab. How do I...
Last Modified: 06/16/2005 15:52:59 |
Sacrament versus Ordinance:
Could you provide a good, Lutheran definition of a sacrament? What is the Scriptural basis for such a definition, including the necessity for the word? Also, could you compare th...
Last Modified: 06/06/2005 13:36:37 |
Mass as a Sacrifice:
Could you provide explanation and insight on the Roman Catholic concept of the mass as a sacrifice? Furthermore, please explain Luther's opposition to this view of the mass.
Last Modified: 06/06/2005 13:25:44 |