http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/20/assurance-1/ Christ's Kingdom sacred and secular Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:30:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/20/assurance-1/#comment-1553 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:11:58 +0000 http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/20/assurance-1/#comment-1553 Thanks, Tim. And I do agree that what I’m getting at is inspired by and close to Luther. My back door is Luther’s nude God. God comes to us clothed in flesh; the enfleshed Son still comes to us by the Spirit in sensible form, in Word and Sacrament.

]]> http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/20/assurance-1/#comment-1552 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:58:00 +0000 http://deregnochristi.org/2007/09/20/assurance-1/#comment-1552 Pastor Leithart seems to be contrasting what Luther called a theology of the cross and a theology of glory. We can achieve assurance incrementally focused on the cross of Christ and the means of grace, or we can seek some sort of mystical experience (what Luther called seeing God in the nude!). The former is safe and sure, while the latter is quite dangerous. We can ascend to heaven (and assurance) in incremental steps, as on a ladder, or we can attempt one great leap. If we leap and miss, Luther assures us (pun intended), we fall and break our heads.

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