Christianity, Culture, Vocation
June 23rd, 2008 | Church
Would you like an example–or, better yet, a model–of a sermon that powerfully applies the Law and then powerfully applies the Gospel? Here is what Pastor Douthwaite preached yesterday, on the text of Romans 6:12-23.
Gene Edward Veith is the Provost and Professor of Literature at Patrick Henry College, the Director of the Cranach Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, a columnist for World Magazine and TableTalk, and the author of 18 books on different facets of Christianity & Culture.
Lucas Cranach was the great artist of the Reformation. He was a close friend of Martin Luther. He was a businessman, who first printed Luther's translation of the Bible; a politician, who served on the Wittenberg town council and served the city as its mayor; a chemist, who operated a pharmacy; a teacher, who trained a host of apprentice artists; a family-man, who helped arrange Luther's marriage with the two men serving as the godfathers of each other's children; and an active layman in his church, who gave his pastors important personal and material support.
As a Christian who lived out his faith in his many different callings, Cranach thus embodies the Reformation doctrine of vocation, using the gifts God had given him in service to Christ and his neighbor in the church, the family, the workplace, and the culture.
In the spirit of Lucas Cranach, this blog will discuss wide-ranging issues of Christianity and culture with a Lutheran twist.
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6 comments ↓
Great message. Now, how can I steal this sermon without sinning?
Praise the God Who is our only answer for sin!
Thanks for giving us a heads up about it.
Grace and Peace to you brother,
Craig
Wonderful sermon:
And so for the Christian, the opposite of sinning is to repent. For that is to live under grace.
thanks for sharing,
Hunter
I love reading or hearing the pure preaching of God’s Word. My response is amen. While the Law always condemns me, God confers His Sons righteousness on me.
Now doesn’t that beat getting kicked in the face by Todd Bentley!
bob hunter:
in the holy church there is no such thing as plagerism when it is about Jesus and his grace. plagerize freely and with a pure conscience!
this sermon handled an area that is problematic even for most Lutherans with great lucidity. thanks for this Dr Vieth! I needed to hear this today. I have not been feeling alot like a “good person”. the opposite of sin is faith!
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