Is good theology like a pendulum or a plumb line?

In the latest issues etc journal I recount how I reacted to the heirs of evangelicalism

rather than return to the plumb line of God's word.

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Welcome back to issues, etc.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in on this Tuesday afternoon the 28th of May.

It's time to look forward to Sunday morning according to the three-year electionary,

the second Sunday after Pentecost and that reading in Mark chapter 2. Jesus is the

Lord of the Sabbath.

Pastor Sean Denzer joins us, he's director of worship for the Lutheran Church

Missouri Synod. Sean, welcome back.

Great to be back, Todd.

The three-year series calls this long half-year season in the church year, Pentecost.

The one-year series usually refers to it as Trinity.

Why the difference?

As we mentioned last week, there's a recognition

that Trinity Sunday is a late-comer

to the church year.

Relatively speaking, it's been around for a thousand years, but in the

churches thinking that's still pretty new and young. So the idea of Sundays

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