Monthly Archives: July 2014

Scratch a Fund Raiser and You’ll Smell a Pietist

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Paul Harris

That’s probably too strident, stringent, harsh even.  But you Waltherians can blame Walther for getting me to think along such clamorous lines.  He says in Law and Gospel that there are only two groups that humanity can be separated into … Continue reading →

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Well at Least We’re not Debating Whether or not Jesus was/is Divine

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Paul Harris

Dr. Dale Meyer, current president of Concordia Seminary, relates that one of Dr. Dean Wenthe’s favorite stories was of a cab ride he shared with the president of another denomination’s seminary. Wenthe asked what the hottest debate was on his … Continue reading →

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Is there an Imperative to Grow?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Paul Harris

The sainted Reverend Father Rudolph Kurz once wrote a paper saying that there is no command in Scripture for the church to grow in numbers. 

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