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rlschultz has left a new comment on your post "The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity: Ephesians 4:1-6":
The church growth leaders of today are the progeny of Spener. The legalism in American Lutheranism always seemed like an odd duck. Pastor Jackson, like Toto, you may have pulled back the curtain. It really may have been nothing more than a cover for the doctrinal indifferentism that is a trademark of Pietism. A generation ago, a sizable share of the laity had a workable knowledge of many of the doctrinal points of contention. Now, they are peppered with life coaching sermons and how-to Bible studies.
Notice the sequence of Lenski's comment: 1) Doctrine 2) Faith (Justification) 3) Admonition......which deals with life and conduct (sanctification).
