There are two ways of doing theology that claim the name of Martin Luther. One is rooted in

scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. The other is rooted in Luther himself. I've written a column

for the latest issues et cetera journal titled Lutheranism versus Lutherism. We'll send it to you for free.

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You can also read about Nathan Greeley's journey to confessional Lutheranism from evangelicalism,

skepticism, modern theology, and Anglicanism, the Issues Et cetera Journal.

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Why is it that manhood, fatherhood of the family are in Satan's crosshairs? What is it about biblical manhood that some Christians find

so, well, some of them would say toxic, some would say embarrassing? Is there actually a

teaching in scripture of man and woman? Welcome back to Issues Cedar. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to talk about biblical

manhood in the church, Dr. Peter Scare, professor of New Testament, and chairman of the

Department of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

He's author of a column for the latest Concordia Theological Quarterly titled Act Like

Men Be Strong, a call for

vigor and exhortation.

Peter, welcome back.

That's great to be with you, Todd.

Some years back, Deaconess Rosie Adel and Rebecca Curtis wrote a book on biblical womanhood

called Ladylike Living Biblically.

These two authors and Concordia Publishing House were chastised and mocked by some of

our fellow Lutherans who didn't like the term biblical in the subtitle because, in their opinion,

Lutherans are people of the gospel and not the law and it made them sound fundamentalist. How do you respond?

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