Luther's Outlaw God: Volume 1: Hiddenness, Evil, and Predestination

Paulson, Steven D.

ISBN 10: 1506432964 / ISBN 13: 9781506432960

Verlag: Fortress Press, 2018

In. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ria9781506432960_new

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In this first of three volumes addressing Luther's outlaw God, Steven D. Paulson considers the two "monsters" of theology, as Luther calls them: evil and predestination. He explores how these produce fear of God but can also become the great and only comforts of conscience when a preacher arrives.

Luther's new distinction between God as he is preached and God without any preacher absolutely frightened all of the schools of theology that preceded it, and for that matter all that followed Luther, as well. That fear coalesced in various opponents like Eck and Latomus, but in a special way in Desiderius Erasmus.

For Paulson, bad theology begins with bad preaching, and since the church is what preaching does, bad preaching hides the church under such a dark blanket that it can hardly be detected. He argues that the primary distinction of naked/clothed or unpreached/preached radiates out in all directions for Luther's theology, and shows what difference this makes for current preaching. Specifically, Paulson takes up the central question of all theology (and life): What is God's relation to the law, and the law's relation to God? Luther's answers are surprising and will change the way you preach.

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Steven D. Paulson is professor of systematic theology at Luther House of Study, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is an ordained pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Titel: Luther's Outlaw God: Volume 1: Hiddenness, ...
Verlag: Fortress Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New