Volume 14 Issue 10
The Augsburg Confession: Article 20 Of Good Works By Pastor Nathanael Mayhew Good Works This article, though placed near the conclusion of the first section of the Augsburg Confession, follows naturally after the study of Article 6 – Of New Obedience. The foundation laid in that article is necessary for a proper understanding of
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The Augsburg Confession – Article 19 Of the Cause of Sin By Pastor Nathanael Mayhew At first it may seem that this article is rather unimportant compared to other articles contained in the Augsburg Confession. Is an explanation of such a basic doctrine unnecessary? As we look ahead to the Roman Confutation on this article,
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At the end of January the chairman of the Board of Missions made a visit to Nepal. While in Nepal he visited several earthquake affects villages where the CLC and HCLCN have been working together to provide three phases of relief following the April 25, 2015 earthquake. Ten days into the visitation he was joined
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At the end of January the chairman of the Board of Missions made a visit to Nepal. While in Nepal he visited several earthquake affects villages where the CLC and HCLCN have been working together to provide three phases of relief following the April 25, 2015 earthquake. Ten days into the visitation he was joined
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The Augsburg Confession: Article 18 – Of Freedom of the Will By Nathanael Mayhew Article 2 (Of Sin) and Article 18 (Of Freedom of the Will) are very closely connected, because when a person comes to a faulty conclusion on one, he will usually have a faulty understanding of the other. The errors of Pelagius
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Initial Contact – 2012 Contact was first established between Pastor Juan Jose Olvera and Pastor Michael Roehl, of St. Paul – Bismarck, through email in October of 2012. For reasons of conscience and doctrine, Pastor Olvera had ended his affiliation with the WELS-sponsored Lutheran Church of Mexico – Iglesia Evangélica Lutherana Confesional (IELC) – earlier
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The Augsburg Confession: Article 17 – Of Christ’s Return for Judgment By Nathanael Mayhew Agreement This was one article where the Lutherans and the Romanists were in agreement. There was nothing which was in dispute in this article. In the Confutation the Romanists responded: “The confession of the seventeenth article is received, since from the Apostles’
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