Posts tagged Law and Gospel

Does God Contradict Himself? By Noah Hahn

Guest Essay by Noah Hahn: Does God Contradict Himself?

It is sometimes suggested by Lutherans that God contradicts Himself. This is probably because many Lutherans enjoy focusing on various tensions in the Christian life, such as the tension between Law and Gospel, or the tension between the revealed and the hidden God. But there are two problems with suggesting that these tensions amount to genuine contradictions.

David PetersenJuly 1, 2023Noah Hahn, Lutheran Theology, Contradictions, Lutheran view of Reason, Law and Gospel Comments

A Bibliography to Condemn Screens, Redeem Allegory, and Restore Lutheran Preaching

The essay provide a bibliography that supports and shows why screens are robbing or have already largely destroyed our ability to read deeply, how ancient allegory has not been understand correctly among modern Lutherans, and why the Law/Gospel paradigm for preaching is, by itself, insufficient.

David PetersenMay 13, 2021Law and Gospel, Homeltics, Lutheran Hermeneutics, hermeneutics, Screens, Amusing Ourselves to Death, The medium is the message, Allegory, Lutheran Biblical Interpretation, Preaching, Confessional Lutheran Preaching, Gottesdienst Conference, Communication theory, public speaking, The Writing Process, Sermon writing Comments

Why Can’t the LCMS Preach?

David PetersenMay 15, 2020Preaching, Homiletics, Richard R. Caemmerer, David Scmiddt, Confessional Lutheran Preaching, Law and Gospel, Rhetoric, Composition, hermeneutics Comments

Sinning that Grace may Abound

David PetersenSeptember 13, 2019Law, Law and Gospel, Antinomianism, Gospel Reductionism, Tchividjian, Sanctification, Justi, Formula of Concord, First ThingsComment

Guest Post: "The New Antinomianism: Denying Thesis 18 of Law and Gospel” By Rev. Mark A. Preus

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