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Denominations

Denominations. Lutheran. Martin Luther started with somewhat noble intentions Reform Roman Catholicism Not to start a “new” church Wanted to affirm Bible as sole authority Nailed 95 theses to Wittenburg church “Lutheran” a nickname. Denominations. Lutheran. Luther ran from Babylon,

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Denominations

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  1. Denominations Lutheran • Martin Luther started with somewhat noble intentions • Reform Roman Catholicism • Not to start a “new” church • Wanted to affirm Bible as sole authority • Nailed 95 theses to Wittenburg church • “Lutheran” a nickname

  2. Denominations Lutheran • Luther ran from Babylon, • Passed Jerusalem • To Egypt • Cannot turn to right • Cannot turn to left • Must go down the strait path, Mt. 7:13, 14

  3. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization Doctrines & Practices

  4. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization • Began in Germany & spread • Nine major Lutheran bodies in N. America • Apostolic Lutheran Church in America • Church of the Lutheran Brethren • Church of the Lutheran Confession • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America • Evangelical Lutheran Synod

  5. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization • Began in Germany & spread • Nine major Lutheran bodies in N. America • The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations • Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod • Protestant Conference (Lutheran) • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

  6. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization • Began in Germany & spread • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America • 4.9 million members • 2.3 million communing & contributing • 280 adult missionaries • 17,651 clergy (1,952 women)

  7. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization • Began in Germany & spread • Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod • 2.4 million members • 1.9 million confirmed • 365 missionaries • 8,936 clergy

  8. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization • ELCA & LCMS differ on some key points • Fellowship of liberal churches • View of Roman Catholic Church • Nature of Bible authority • Authority of Lutheran Confessions • Ordination of women

  9. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization • Lutheran beliefs are based on the Bible plus the doctrines of men, Mt. 15:7-9 • Longer & Shorter Catechisms • Augsburg Confession • Smalcald Articles of Faith • Formula of Concord • Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasain Creeds

  10. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • ELCA • Women “clergy,” 1 Tim. 2:11-15; 1 Pt. 2:9

  11. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • ELCA • Homosexuality: • “The first is to deal with the blessing of same-gender unions and the rostering of persons in committed gay or lesbian relationships” • Rom. 1:26-32; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10

  12. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • ELCA • The Church: • “Lutherans believe that they are part of the community of faith that began…on the day of Pentecost,” and “The ELCA…can trace its roots directly to…the 16th Century.” • Rom. 16:16; Acts 2:47

  13. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • ELCA • Sin: • “’Sin’ describes not so much individual acts of wrongdoing as fractured relationships between people…and God. Our every attempt to please God falls short of the mark.” • 1 Jn. 3:4; 1 Thes. 4:1, 2

  14. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • ELCA • To become a Christian: • “Jn. 11:25, 26”

  15. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • ELCA • To become a Lutheran: • “…only Baptism and instruction in the Christian faith is required. If you are already baptized…necessary only to attend a membership class…” • Lutheran & Christian are different • Acts 2:38

  16. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • ELCA • Creation & Evolution: • “…doesn’t have an official position…we believe God created the universe…only not necessarily in six 24-hour days, and that he may actually have used evolution in the process of creation” • Ex. 20:11; Mk. 10:6; Gen. 1

  17. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Creeds & Confessions: • “…hold the Lutheran Confessions as the correct interpretation and presentation of Biblical doctrine,” and are a “…binding exposition of Holy Scripture as authoritative…” • Col. 2:8; Acts 17:11; 2 Tim. 2:15; 1 Pt. 4:11

  18. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Sin nature: • “By this Fall not only he [Adam] himself, but also his natural offspring have lost the original knowledge, righteousness, and holiness…”

  19. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Sin nature: • “…and thus all men are sinners already by birth, dead in sins, inclined to all evil, and subject to the wrath of God, Rom. 5:12, 18; Eph. 2:1-3”

  20. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Sin nature: • All men including Christ • Why did Adam & Eve sin, Gen. 1:31 • Did Christ’s righteousness pass to all, Rom. 5:12, 18

  21. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Sin nature: • “By nature” to do what is “against nature,” Eph. 2:1-3; Rom. 1:26, 27 • If start as sinners, how can we be REconciled to God, Eph. 2:1-3, 16

  22. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Election: • “…God, before the foundation of the world…because of the redemption of Christ, has chose for His own a definite number of persons…and has determined to bring them through Word and Sacrament, to faith and salvation…”

  23. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Election: • Reject individual election to hell • God’s fault for any lost, cf. Jn. 3:16 • Men chosen in Christ, Eph. 1:3, 11; 2 Tim. 1:9 • God shows partiality, cf. Acts 10:34

  24. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Sunday: • “The observance of Sunday and other church festivals is an ordinance of the Church, made by virtue of Christian liberty…Hence Christians should not regard such…as ordained by God and binding upon the conscience…”

  25. Denominations Lutheran Doctrines & Practices • LCMS • Sunday: • Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:1, 2; Heb. 10:25

  26. Denominations Lutheran History & Organization Doctrines & Practices

  27. Denominations Lutheran • Martin Luther started with somewhat noble intentions • Reform Roman Catholicism • Not to start a “new” church • Wanted to affirm Bible as sole authority • Nailed 95 theses to Wittenburg church • “Lutheran” a nickname

  28. Denominations Lutheran • Luther ran from Babylon, • Passed Jerusalem • To Egypt • Cannot turn to right • Cannot turn to left • Must go down the strait path, Mt. 7:13, 14

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