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.T.C.org.

Usually when we think about confessing Christ we think about what we say, what we do,

our whole life is a living confession of Christ.

What about the places where we worship? Not just the building, what

denomination it is, but what that building is shaped like, how it is designed, how it is appointed, does it matter whether or not a Christian congregation

has an altar and a pulpit and a font or not are those things arbitrary are they merely human edifices or is the way that a congregation appoints its worship space a confession of Christ too or not.

Joining us to talk about how church architecture confesses Christ.

Dr. Lawrence White, he's senior pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in Houston, Texas, an

author of a column for the October issue of the Luther Witness magazine titled

Sanctuaries that Confess. Dr. White, welcome back. Thank you.

Good to be back.

You say that architects are less helpful in building churches than any other structure.

What do you mean by that?

Well, a church church unlike any other structure is

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