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More Forde…
Pelagius was a moral reformer and like all moral reformers he didn’t want a theology that allowed people to relax. So he said that man must use his God-given strength to climb the ladder. Sin is not...
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Christian Growth
. . . . … …. . Here’s another gem from Gerhard Forde. “Christian growth is forgetting about yourself.” (…and your Christian growth) The parenthetical statement is my addition....
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Another priceless Forde quote…
. .. “The Word is not relevant to the ‘Old Adam’ as such…. It is something like the word, ‘I love you,’ spoken in a brothel” – Gerhard Forde, ”A Short Word,” 1981...
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Preach the Gospel, not the text -1
What’s a preacher to do? Preach the text? Or the gospel? Even Gerhard Forde said preaching is “doing the text” to believers. But doesn’t that work better with some texts more than others? For...
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Gerhard Forde got out of Biblicism; you can too – #13
From CrossAlone Lutheran District http://crossalone.us/?p=1592 The Bible says: “Repent and believe in the gospel.”[1] Does that mean that Forde was wrong? Does that mean that salvation is mostly...
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“The idea of “free-will” is blasphemous”
That’s right. It is not biblical, and it places the human being’s will over and above the will of the Living God....
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Gerhard Forde on “the will of man”.
_ “If you begin with the assumption of freedom, the preoccupation is always how to keep freedom in check, how to bind; But if you begin with the assumption of bondage, the preoccupation is always how...
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“When the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.”
From Pastor Mark’s blog http://www.lightofthemaster.net/apps/blog/t _ by Pastor Mark Anderson _ From time to time I flip through the television channels to watch various T.V. preachers, just to...
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“The Ten Commandments Do Not Apply to Christians”
_ That statement might pique somebody’s interest. _ _ Pastor Mark comments on portions of Gerhard Forde’s book, “Where God Meets Man” _ click here > What the law intends _ Or… Play Pause Mute...
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Turning the church into a “Christian Boot Camp”
_ Gerhard Forde once said that “the gospel of Jesus Christ is not a movement from vice to virtue…but a movement from virtue to grace.” _ Pastor Mark explains that statement and expands on it: _ click...
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Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, unpacked by Gerhard Forde
_ The narrator mispronounces his name (should be pronounced Gare-hard Fur-dee), but the book is surely a winner. _ By the way, anyone, no matter their denominational affiliation (or non) can become a...
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Christian Growth
- Here’s another gem from Gerhard Forde: - “Christian growth is forgetting about yourself.” (…and your Christian growth) – Gerhard Forde - * The parenthetical statement...
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