Jesus in the Tomb:
Please help me with a confusion. I have several related questions, all coming from Matthew 12:40. This verse says that Jesus will be in the tomb for 3 days and 3 nights. I was t...
Last Modified: 10/25/2004 12:19:33 |
faith and works:
I've been told that works protect and preserve faith and that is how works contribute to our salvation. I've never heard this before and it came from an ELCA pastor in the pul...
Last Modified: 10/25/2004 12:10:38 |
Jer. 23:34:
In Jeremiah 23:34 it states that a false prophet and his family will be punished. Does God punish innocent children for this sins of their father?
Last Modified: 10/25/2004 12:02:46 |
Finding Christ in everyone:
Recently I have heard the encouragement in Catholic circles to "find Christ in everyone". Do you see anything wrong with this encouragement? And by 'wrong' I mean spiritually dange...
Last Modified: 10/25/2004 11:55:42 |
evangelical:
Please explain the word evangelical in usage as in ELCA and ELC and in association with LCMS and WELS. Is there a difference in how the word is used among these different branches ...
Last Modified: 10/18/2004 12:12:05 |
Growing In Faith:
I have a friend who recently told me that he does not feel God as a prominent influence in his life. He also says that because he is saved by faith alone that once he believes in J...
Last Modified: 10/06/2004 12:28:12 |
Doctrine of purgatory and the early church fathers.:
I have read your previously posted answers regarding purgatory and how this concept has its roots in pagan philosophies. I have several questions: How come the early church fathers...
Last Modified: 10/06/2004 11:42:35 |
Original or Inherited Sin:
Was sin found in the Scriptures from our fathers, mothers, brothers anywhere in the Scriptures, and does it say that babies are innocent from birth and have no sins because they do...
Last Modified: 09/30/2004 14:14:45 |
Athanasian Creed:
I have been a Christian since my baptism as a child and have been raised Lutheran. I believe that there is one God in three persons, but from time to time will suffer doubts conce...
Last Modified: 09/29/2004 06:49:31 |
Healing by faith:
The Bible says many times that "your faith has healed you." Does this mean that if I believe, have faith, that God will heal me? If God does not heal me, miraculously, then I don...
Last Modified: 09/13/2004 08:21:04 |
Judging others...:
Any info you can help me with would be extremely appreciated. I am 19 and have been a WELS member my entire life. One of the most used phrases I hear from my friends...
Last Modified: 08/06/2004 13:58:27 |
Replacement Theology:
What is "Replacement Theology"? When and where did it originate? What church bodies believe it? Is it consistent with WELS theology?
Last Modified: 07/28/2004 14:17:16 |
Rev. 22,17:
Why is Rev. 22,17 not teaching free will?
Last Modified: 07/14/2004 12:48:26 |
Dilemma between love and the nature of sin:
I feel a dilemma between love and original sin. On the one hand we are to love and forgive our neighbor, but on the other hand we know that after the fall of man in the Garden of ...
Last Modified: 07/12/2004 07:42:00 |
Physical Pain:
I have been living with a very painful illness going on 4 years now. Its not something that is fatal, however it is also incurable. No pills or surgery will make it better. I gu...
Last Modified: 07/07/2004 16:36:49 |
Substitution Theory:
Is WELS teaching Substitution Theory (with respect to Israel and the church)?
Last Modified: 06/28/2004 07:44:13 |
Official WELS history:
You state this forum is not the official WELS site or answerer to questions. Where can I go to find the OFFICIAL teaching of the WELS Church. I am interested in the history of ...
Last Modified: 06/26/2004 09:54:05 |
Consequences of rejecting OSAS:
If OSAS (once saved always saved) is false, and true believers can fall away for all eternity then it follows (1) that there have to be true non-elected believers, for all elected...
Last Modified: 06/21/2004 07:02:17 |
Means of Grace:
Recently there was a response posted in this forum that stated that we would go beyond what Scripture states if we said categorically that God will not deal with someone outside of...
Last Modified: 06/18/2004 14:44:03 |
Name:
Isn't the name Lutheran giving Martin Luther the glory instead of Jesus?
Last Modified: 06/18/2004 07:41:20 |