ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the National Council of Churches.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Purity of the Word and Its Effect
Johann Gerhard was a prolific orthodox author, letter writer, and father. He was not a Book of Concord author but worked with Martin Chemnitz as co-author of the gigantic Harmonia. I recall that he wrote around 10,000 letters, not to mention more theological works than anyone can imagine.
