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A Formula for Parish Practice: Using the Formula of Concord in Congregations is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book combines a rich description of the (Lutheran) Formula of Concord (1577) with experiences in today’s Lutheran parishes to demonstrate how confessional texts may still come to life in modern Christian congregations. Timothy Wengert takes the Formula of Concord—traditionally used as ammunition in doctrinal disagreements—back to its historical home, the local congregation, giving pastors,...

Paragraph 2. There is a difference between God’s creation and human sin. I am reminded of that poster of the late sixties. A defiant little boy stands in a vacant lot in front of a dilapidated tenement. The caption: “God made me, and God don’t make no junk.” However we describe the depth of our sin (and it is deep), we cannot confuse God’s creative work with our destructive mess of things. Think of what this means today! Here we should not so much worry about those who believe we are products of
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