Would you happen to know why so many confessional Lutheran pastors favor Berthold von Schenk and why all I get is a chuckle and the 8th Commandment in return when I complain about it?
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GJ - I was not aware of him, except I heard about his group when working on my dissertation at Notre Dame.
Oddly enough, I just volunteered to write a review of his book, which will appear in Christian News in the near future.
From my first reading of the book I would say that someone defending and following Von Schenk is anything but a Confessional Lutheran. Remember that Rev. Richard J. Neuhaus (LCMS, Seminex, ELCA, Church of Rome) called himself a Confessional Lutheran until he poped. His Confessional Lutheran friends have also poped.
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
Von Schenk Question
