tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post4940543666430454262..comments2024-03-22T16:09:48.895-04:00Comments on Beggars All: Reformation And Apologetics: On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on My Studies in RomanismJames Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-9631753414299886292011-01-02T19:37:06.088-05:002011-01-02T19:37:06.088-05:00Hmmm. So, you don't like the Roman Catholic Ch...<i>Hmmm. So, you don't like the Roman Catholic Church, which through its magisterium (of faith plus reason) gave Protestants the canon of Holy Scriptures. </i><br /><br />Neither Luther nor myself are against "reason." What Luther fought against was scholastic theology, and hoisting Aristotle upon the Scriptures.<br /><br /><i> If you trash the Catholic Church then please find it consistent to trash the Scriptures. </i><br /><br />Correction: I'm a member of the catholic church. Romanism though is not.<br /><br /><i> You can't have the Bible with the Catholic Church's declaration of what it is and was... well, until the Protestants removed 7 books from the canon in the 1800s. Even Luther kept them in his translations. Duh! What's wrong with your picture</i><br /><br />A comment like this (including "Duh!") makes me very curious as to what your PH.D was in. It certainly wasn't in church history.James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-73711302567979036352011-01-02T18:37:18.999-05:002011-01-02T18:37:18.999-05:00Hmmm. So, you don't like the Roman Catholic C...Hmmm. So, you don't like the Roman Catholic Church, which through its magisterium (of faith plus reason) gave Protestants the canon of Holy Scriptures. If you trash the Catholic Church then please find it consistent to trash the Scriptures. You can't have the Bible with the Catholic Church's declaration of what it is and was... well, until the Protestants removed 7 books from the canon in the 1800s. Even Luther kept them in his translations. Duh! What's wrong with your picture.Stan Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12084603289444240062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-34429858872556758692010-07-28T06:24:19.587-04:002010-07-28T06:24:19.587-04:00Sidney-
Good catch. Fixed.Sidney-<br /><br />Good catch. Fixed.James Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136781934797867593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-30731886501571340272010-07-27T22:06:31.516-04:002010-07-27T22:06:31.516-04:00One small quibble: God saves sinners by grace alo...One small quibble: God saves sinners by grace alone, through faith alone. Eph 2:8-10.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />SidneySidney Bostianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06095306838161629734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-46349246173643592592010-07-25T22:43:35.605-04:002010-07-25T22:43:35.605-04:00Interesting you mentioned Robert Kolb. He had bee...Interesting you mentioned Robert Kolb. He had been a mentor to my Lutheran campus pastor, back at Ball State in the 70s and 80s.<br /><br />Several years ago I read "The Bondage Of The Will." I had grown up Lutheran (LCMS), but have been Calvinist for the past 25 years or so. After reading BOTW, I wanted to know why Lutherans were not more Reformed in their theology. BOTW seemed VERY Reformed. <br /><br />So I searched for information to answer my question, and I found Robert Kolb's book, "Bound Choice, Election, And Wittenberg Theological Method: From Martin Luther To The Formula Of Concord."<br /><br />Turns out there's not one easy simple answer to the question. Suffice to say that early Lutheranism went through a long process of theological development which resulted in the Formula of Concord.<br /><br />But thanks to Robert Kolb for his excellent insights into this period of Lutheranism.<br /><br />And I thank the Lord for all my Lutheran grade school and high school teachers, back in Fort Wayne. The Lord blessed me with some very godly teachers and pastors during my time in the LCMS.<br /><br />My theology has become Reformed in the second half of my life, but growing up in the LCMS turned out to be an excellent preparation for becoming a Calvinist.John Stebbehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302856233031231643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-67491984224283389062010-07-25T08:29:17.821-04:002010-07-25T08:29:17.821-04:00Triumphalism of Rome is perfect example of Theolog...Triumphalism of Rome is perfect example of Theology of Glory.<br /><br />LPCLPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352627830833515548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-56455114710667121442010-07-24T23:20:34.209-04:002010-07-24T23:20:34.209-04:00Very well put. Good word, brother.Very well put. Good word, brother.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056210915546208869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-16553620738360365502010-07-24T20:10:40.826-04:002010-07-24T20:10:40.826-04:00That is a "great book". All his books ar...That is a "great book". All his books are living epistles, though he has now, recently, gone on before us, as a lot of those Saints of the Cross have as well!<br /><br />I highly recommend getting this book and in fact, all of Forde's writings!<br /><br />We have some in my church who met him recently before his passing.<br /><br />We have invited others of his closest friends and they have come and taught us. Pastor James Nestigen is one of those! He tells the story of coming over to his house when Forde was on his death bed and whispering in his ear just at the moments before he passed saying: "the next words you hear will be those of your Loving Savior!"<br /><br />Here's a quote from the book:<br /><b>Luther</b>: <i>In the kingdom of his humanity and his flesh, in which we live by faith, he makes us of the same form as himself and crucifies us by making us true humans instead of unhappy and proud gods: humans, that is, in their misery and their sin. Because in Adam we mounted up towards equality with God, he descended to be like us, to bring us back to knowledge of himself. That is the sacrament of the incarnation. That is the kingdom of faith in which the cross of Christ holds sway, which sets at naught the divinity for which we perversely strive and restores the despised weakness of the flesh which we have perversely abandoned. (On Being a Theologian of the Cross, p.14)</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-76471872422592674742010-07-24T19:12:26.331-04:002010-07-24T19:12:26.331-04:00Beautifully written, James.
The response from som...Beautifully written, James.<br /><br />The response from some will be like Henry's, that this is foolishness. But Paul warned us about that in 1 Corinthians 1:20-25. To those who belong to groups who look for signs and wonders (i.e. Fatima, Lourdes, etc.)or exalt human wisdom (i.e. Magisterium) this is foolishness. That is the very nature of the case. In Paul's day it was the Jews and then the Greeks.<br /><br />But glory be to God that He "was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe."<br /><br />As the rain and the snow<br /> come down from heaven,<br /> and do not return to it<br /> without watering the earth<br /> and making it bud and flourish,so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,<br /> so is my word that goes out from my mouth:<br /> It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:10-11)<br /><br />Great stuff, James. Thanks again.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00759432774174066023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19795707.post-86944264922641336822010-07-24T12:44:28.535-04:002010-07-24T12:44:28.535-04:00I would rather be thought a fool than to deny Chri...<i>I would rather be thought a fool than to deny Christ's perfect work.</i><br /><br />Unluckily for you, you have it both ways.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473397809904866621noreply@blogger.com