Why is reverence a hallmark of Lutheran worship?

Find out in Pastor Will Weiden's column in the latest issues etc journal.

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Pastor Joshua Schuping tells the story of his disillusionment with the errors of

Eastern Orthodoxy and his joy in finding a gospel-centered confession of faith

in Confessional Lutheranism. The free online issues et cetera journal issues et cetc dot org Issues ETC.C.org.

The following is an encore presentation of issues, etc.

I avoid using pronouns for transgender identifying persons and I reject the new

vocabulary because I've seen the suffering to which it leads. I often compare Mormonism to like a

pressure cooker but it's got no release valve and they just keep turning up the

heat, try harder, keep improving, keep striving.

The Holy Spirit doesn't use errors.

He doesn't use false statements.

And confidence in certain false statements might actually land you in hell instead of in heaven.

Our greatest problem is not suffering.

It's suffering and dying without Christ.

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The apostle Paul talks about rightly handling the word of truth. There is the word of truth, this is God's inherent word, it is revelation from Him, It is truthful, but we as sinners can mishandle it.

And the key to rightly handling God's word, one of the big keys is to properly distinguish between law, God's word of law,

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