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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In the Wittenberg trail feature, Felix Locke writes about his journey from reliance on sincerity and knowledge to a reliance on Christ.

The free online issues et cetera journal issues ETC.T.C.org. Some Christian hymns are just prayers. They are the opening of the heart, the Christian to God, and a plea

for everything that God can do for someone, not only for salvation and faith and perseverance but also for the

smallest circumstances of life. Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera,

coming to you from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio

in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin.

Thanks for tuning us in.

We're going to be studying the hymn,

Jesus Thy boundless love to me with Dr Arthur Just and then we'll replay an interview on

critical theory gender race and class with Dr Neil Shenvey.

Dr Arthur Just is professor of New Testament at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

He's author of the two-volume Concordia commentary on Luke and the book Heaven On Earth The Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service.

Dr. Just, welcome back.

Great to be with you, Todd, and I'm speaking from our home in New Hampshire where we spend our summers and we're having a beautiful summer day and it's always great to be here for the 4th of July.

So we really enjoyed our celebration yesterday.

The hymn that we're going to look at is essentially a prayer.

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