Hey Connor! A Lutheran here who's big into scholasticism and confessional tradition. I've been listening to your episodes of the Blood and Bone podcast from 2023, specifically I just completed the Semper Reformanda episode. I just wanted to say, that not only was that easily the best podcast on Lutheran discussion, but that episode particular was so unbelievably packed with so much beauty and really deep thought, from "Proper theology is revelation received" all of the way to creation being a form of Gospel, and correlating that with the creation of faith "from nothing" being in line with our creedal understanding and statements were things that intuitively locked together and really formulated our doctrine of monergism in a way that wasn't just heady, but intuivie, practical and beautiful. Especially with your statement on theology leading to doxology, leading to liturgy. Lastly, the distinction between the Divine Service and worship, and later, Pastor Roland saying "Worship is a disposition of faith." I'm not even sure where to begin, so, I will not. Rather, I'd like to thank you so much for tour contributions to the discussion of our faith and your talks have been so powerful and formative for me. Thank you so much!
Hey Connor! A Lutheran here who's big into scholasticism and confessional tradition. I've been listening to your episodes of the Blood and Bone podcast from 2023, specifically I just completed the Semper Reformanda episode.
I just wanted to say, that not only was that easily the best podcast on Lutheran discussion, but that episode particular was so unbelievably packed with so much beauty and really deep thought, from "Proper theology is revelation received" all of the way to creation being a form of Gospel, and correlating that with the creation of faith "from nothing" being in line with our creedal understanding and statements were things that intuitively locked together and really formulated our doctrine of monergism in a way that wasn't just heady, but intuivie, practical and beautiful. Especially with your statement on theology leading to doxology, leading to liturgy. Lastly, the distinction between the Divine Service and worship, and later, Pastor Roland saying "Worship is a disposition of faith."
I'm not even sure where to begin, so, I will not. Rather, I'd like to thank you so much for tour contributions to the discussion of our faith and your talks have been so powerful and formative for me. Thank you so much!