Confirmation Student Ryan Hart travels around the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod to learn about how we open up the Bible.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Share Ideas
How are you opening the scriptures in your congregation, with your friends, in your family, and in your own life? What works? What does not? What have you tried? Share your ideas and read the ideas of others so that everyone in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod can become fluent in the first language of the faith: the scriptures.
Click on "comments" below to be a part of the conversation.
Click on "comments" below to be a part of the conversation.
Scripture Conversation
The Authority of Scripture
Here are some short thoughts on what Lutherans are talking about when they speak of the "authority of scripture." These thoughts come from Augsburg Fortress' 2008 publication "Opening the book of faith: Lutheran Insights for Bible Study" by Diane Jacobson, Mark Allan Powell, and Stanley N. Olson.
"Lutherans say the Bible is inspired. The Spirit of God speaks there" (p. 2).
"The Bible is authoritative because it communicates the grace of God in Jesus Christ. Grace comes to us as law and gospel, demand and promise" (p. 2).
"The Bible is authoritative for us in much the same way that Jesus Christ was authoritative for those first-century women and men who became his disciples. They encountered God in him. We encounter God through the Bible because it effectively conveys Jesus Christ to us" (p. 2).
"Lutherans begin with what the Bible does, rather than beginning with claims about its nature or origin." (p. 3)
Lutherans tend to think that the power of the Bible does not come from the book itself. We do not worship the book. The power of the scriptures take hold of us when God encounters us through the words printed there.
This is the conversation starter. What thoughts or questions do you have concerning the "authority of the scriptures?" Click on "comments" below to be a part of the conversation.
Here are some short thoughts on what Lutherans are talking about when they speak of the "authority of scripture." These thoughts come from Augsburg Fortress' 2008 publication "Opening the book of faith: Lutheran Insights for Bible Study" by Diane Jacobson, Mark Allan Powell, and Stanley N. Olson.
"Lutherans say the Bible is inspired. The Spirit of God speaks there" (p. 2).
"The Bible is authoritative because it communicates the grace of God in Jesus Christ. Grace comes to us as law and gospel, demand and promise" (p. 2).
"The Bible is authoritative for us in much the same way that Jesus Christ was authoritative for those first-century women and men who became his disciples. They encountered God in him. We encounter God through the Bible because it effectively conveys Jesus Christ to us" (p. 2).
"Lutherans begin with what the Bible does, rather than beginning with claims about its nature or origin." (p. 3)
Lutherans tend to think that the power of the Bible does not come from the book itself. We do not worship the book. The power of the scriptures take hold of us when God encounters us through the words printed there.
This is the conversation starter. What thoughts or questions do you have concerning the "authority of the scriptures?" Click on "comments" below to be a part of the conversation.
Online Resources
There are many resources on the web that help us engage the scriptures. What have you found? Click on "comments" below to add descriptions and web addresses of trusted websites that help us to faithfully open up the scriptures. Go ahead and be a part of the conversation.
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