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Religion and the Arts

A Lutheran Learns to Read and Write Icons

By Frederick J. Schumacher

Masks for J.B.

By John A. Lang

As I See It: Clothed in Righteousness

By Frank C. Senn

On the Way: Called on Film

By Benjamin Dueholm

Book Review: Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner and Saint

By Gordon J. Straw

Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Season of Advent

By Maxwell E. Johnson

“Eternity,” You Thunder Word

By Frank C. Senn

Homily at Bach Vespers: Breathing Together Again

By Frank C. Senn

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The Bible and the Liturgy

February 11, 2015 by Frank C. Senn

The Bible and the liturgy need each other. The Bible was being read in the liturgical assemblies of Christians already by the middle of the second century, according to Justin Martyr (Apology, I, 67), “as long as time permits.” What Justin called “the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets” were the […]

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The Public Role of the Minister of Word and Sacrament

February 11, 2015 by Frank C. Senn

On or about the 4th of July, our Presiding Bishop, Mark Hanson, sent an electronic encyclical to ELCA pastors enjoining us to use our public office of word and sacrament to address public issues, such as matters of social justice and world peace. He gave several examples of his own recent forays into the field […]

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Readers’ Response

February 11, 2015 by Gregory Holmes Singleton

The Spring 2004 issue of Let’s Talk stimulated a number of responses from our readers. Many of the comments referred to an article by Robert Benne, which was itself a “Reader’s Response.” We appreciate the thoughtful responses printed below, which have a variety of points of view. Thanks so much for allowing us to see […]

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The Sacraments and Ecumenical Possibilities

February 11, 2015 by Paul Lehninger

Yesterday at a conference of the Association of Confessional Lutherans I presented almost the same paper I am presenting here today, but under a different title. The title of that paper, “The Difference between the Lutheran and the Roman Catholic Doctrine of the Sacraments,” was exactly the wording of the topic I was asked to […]

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What is Essential for Unity?

February 11, 2015 by Andrew Leahy

I have a question for our readers’ consideration. What does it mean to be a Lutheran in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church? The Augsburg Confession, Article 7, states: “…it is enough for the true unity of the church to agree concerning the teaching of the gospel and the administration of the sacraments. It […]

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The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification

February 11, 2015 by William H. Lazareth

Martin Luther wrote very little on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity as such, concentrating instead in his own calling as a church reformer on the redemptive work of the Triune God among us. Nevertheless, it was only “the lofty articles of the divine Majesty…both parties confess” (Die Bekenntniss-chriften, der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirche, BSLK, The Smalcald […]

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The Liturgy in the Bible

February 11, 2015 by Arthur A. Just Jr.

The worship of early Christians developed from Jewish worship and the ministry of Jesus. The New Testament gives us both the forms of worship and the theology behind those forms. As an orthodox Jew Jesus worshipped where Jews worshipped and participated fully in Jewish rites.Although Jesus was critical of many aspects of Israel’s religious life […]

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At the Dawn

February 11, 2015 by Paul G. Bieber

Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia! This resurrection gospel has a lot of what we who have heard the story year after year have come to expect: the women coming to the tomb at dawn; the stone rolled away; the vision of angels; the other disciples’ disbelief of the women’s “idle tale” […]

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