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2024 AFLC Annual Conference

On June 12-15 I attended the Annual Conference for our Association of Free Lutheran Congregations on the campus of the ...
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Order in the Church

For about the last year, I’ve used this space to walk through the Augsburg Confession article by article. The Augsburg ...
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The Use of the Sacraments

In the Lutheran Church we consider two things to be Sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. And they are great ...
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Repentance

Repentance is a way of life for Christians. Maybe we don’t want it to be this way, but it is ...
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Confession

Confession is good for the soul. And Absolution is better. We carry our sins around like weights. Sometimes it even ...
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The Lord’s Supper

Our churches teach that the body and blood of Christ are truly present and distributed to those who eat the ...
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Baptism

Concerning Baptism, our churches teach that Baptism is necessary for salvation and that God’s grace is offered through Baptism. They ...
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The Church

Our churches teach that one holy Church is to remain forever. The Church is the congregation of saints in which ...
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New Obedience

Do Lutherans have a problem with good works? The chief article of our faith, justification, teaches that we are saved ...
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The Ministry

Last month I wrote about justification. The Augsburg Confession describes it this way: Our churches teach that people cannot be ...
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