"Micheal-
I just read your interview over on iMonk. It was excellent, and I really appreciated it. Thank you- it was a blessing."
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Is there any problem with using the word "altar"?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ant Sterr Aug 17, 2009.
Lutherans and the Holy Spirit
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Started this discussion. Last reply by William Weedon Jul 28, 2009.
The Season of Eastertide
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Started this discussion. Last reply by etem May 11, 2009.
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- New member to Lutheran church after 30 years in nondenominational churches
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Ant Sterr replied to Michael Mercer's discussion Is there any problem with using the word "altar"?"I would suggest that we should use the term alter because there is a sacrifice upon it. If it is Jesus body and blood then it is a sacrifice, Not one we've made, but the sacrifice that was given for us 2000 years ago.
Secondly, and for me this…"
Michael Mercer commented on TSchneider's blog post Creation vs. Evolution"As I have expressed on other posts, I take a different position, and I will not wade in here except to insert the following quote from Galileo as a warning: "Take note, theologians, that in your desire to make matters of faith out of…"
Michael Mercer replied to Michael Mercer's discussion Is there any problem with using the word "altar"?"This excellent quote from Melanchthon's "Apology of the Augsburg Confession" makes a helpful distinction:
"Moreover, the proximate species of sacrifice are two, and there are no more. One is the propitiatory sacrifice, i.e., a…"
Didymus20X6 replied to Michael Mercer's discussion Is there any problem with using the word "altar"?"Not just that, but almost anything that runs contrary to their form of pietism, they will often dismiss and use Romanism as an excuse for doing so. They use the same "argument" against such things as candles, vestments, chanting,…"
Kelly replied to Michael Mercer's discussion Is there any problem with using the word "altar"?"I've only been a Lutheran for a few years myself (former Baptist), but suffice it to say that Lutherans do not believe that we are offering up a re-sacrificed Christ on our altar. My instinctive reaction is that if the Bible can describe the…"
Michael Mercer replied to Michael Mercer's discussion Is there any problem with using the word "altar"?"Thank you, Seth. I have come out of the non-denominational evangelical tradition where I was a pastor for 25+ years. I understand that tradition's aversion to the term, and want to get as much Lutheran perspective as I can on things like this.…"
Seth replied to Michael Mercer's discussion Is there any problem with using the word "altar"?"michael: if you look in the Small Catechism under The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, you will find that one of the terms Lutherans use for the Sacrament of the LOrd's Supper is THE SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR. i myself (as well as my…"
Comment Wall (9 comments)
- At 11:06am on February 14, 2009,
Dave Gosse said… - Hi Michael
Welcome to the Trail. I see we share a common interest in Genesis and evolution and how to reconcile to the two accounts. I am a recent (@ 15 yrs now) convert to Christianity and Genesis was a question that never really went away for me, I would set it aside for a while and then I would read something and it would come right back to the front again. I think I have found a satifactory position now, but I still find myself drawn back to it again and again. I think it may be the great question of our time.
Dave
- At 11:32am on February 14, 2009,
James Robertson said… - Welcome brother. From your comments I sense a kindred spirit.
- At 10:03am on April 8, 2009,
Tim Steele II said… - Thank you for your responses to my post "Female Ordination". Even though they did stir up controversy, I nonetheless appreciated them. I would like to see where your basis is for female ordination. I say this not because I agree with you, nor am attacking you. Rather, I would like to see the oppossing view- to see both sides of the argument.
- At 7:34pm on April 8, 2009, Tim Steele II said…
- Thanks for your reply to my question. To be honest, not sure if I'm quite ready for NT debate yet... lot of stuff coming up.
Anyway, here is my humble take. It may simplistic, but this is my thoughts:
Male and Female are equal- this I don't deny. It is not a matter of "because men and women are equal, they can have the same jobs (minus giving birth: thats a girl-only thing). Rather, it is a matter of where God has commanded each to be. We complement each other, male and female, and we best go to where the Lord commands us. Whether or not patriarchal systems are a result of the Fall I do not think is necessarily important (I know- big statement there). Rather, even if it is, God still commands men and women to different vocations, and allows each to have certain things the other cannot have. And who am I to judge the Lord's thinking? Again, this is just my thought, in accordance not only with the way I have been raised, but also from what I see in the Scriptural witness.
- At 7:34pm on April 8, 2009, Tim Steele II said…
- Btw-
have a blessed Easter!
- At 9:21pm on April 8, 2009, Dave Gosse said…
- Hi Michael
Thanks for inviting me to be your friend. How are things in Bargersville (I had never heard of Bargersville 'til now and had to Google it to find out where it is) I am located in a small town (@20,000 pop) in Alberta Canada and am looking forward to the return of golfing season. Have a wonderful Easter.
- At 10:13am on April 9, 2009, Tim Steele II said…
- Have a blessed Easter!
- At 5:50pm on July 17, 2009,
Linda D. Traylor said… - Dear Michael, For what it's worth to you my husband and I were members of our the ELCA for ten years.
- At 3:12pm on November 18, 2009, Tim Steele II said…
- Micheal-
I just read your interview over on iMonk. It was excellent, and I really appreciated it. Thank you- it was a blessing.
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