Comments on: Lent for Dummies http://seminaryblog.com/2008/02/22/lent-for-dummies/ A blog by the Admission Department of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Grant Knepper http://seminaryblog.com/2008/02/22/lent-for-dummies/#comment-375 Grant Knepper Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:19:31 +0000 http://seminaryblog.com/2008/02/22/lent-for-dummies/#comment-375 I remember the quote from the old Hee Haw show "deep dark depression, excessive misery, if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all . . ." Now that does sound like some Lutherans I have known. I remember the quote from the old Hee Haw show “deep dark depression, excessive misery, if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all . . .” Now that does sound like some Lutherans I have known.

]]> By: Anastasia Theodoridi http://seminaryblog.com/2008/02/22/lent-for-dummies/#comment-374 Anastasia Theodoridi Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:07:06 +0000 http://seminaryblog.com/2008/02/22/lent-for-dummies/#comment-374 Yup, Hee Haw. "If I had no bad luck, I'd have no luck at all..." The principal reason we cannot attain God's favor on our own is that it is already ours, from all eternity, as proved by the fact that Christ died for us "while we were yet sinners." But as I don't really imagine an Orthodox viewpoint ought to be posted at any length here, I won't elaborate here. Anybody who wishes may read more about that (and about 2 Corinthians 5:21) at my blog, at http://anastasias-corner.blogspot.com <em>Anastasia Theodoridi's last blog post..<a href='http://anastasias-corner.blogspot.com/2008/02/he-who-knew-no-sin-became-sin-for-us.html' rel="nofollow">He Who Knew no Sin Became Sin For Us</a></em> Yup, Hee Haw. “If I had no bad luck, I’d have no luck at all…”

The principal reason we cannot attain God’s favor on our own is that it is already ours, from all eternity, as proved by the fact that Christ died for us “while we were yet sinners.”

But as I don’t really imagine an Orthodox viewpoint ought to be posted at any length here, I won’t elaborate here. Anybody who wishes may read more about that (and about 2 Corinthians 5:21) at my blog, at http://anastasias-corner.blogspot.com

Anastasia Theodoridi’s last blog post..He Who Knew no Sin Became Sin For Us

]]> By: Der Bettler http://seminaryblog.com/2008/02/22/lent-for-dummies/#comment-373 Der Bettler Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:20:23 +0000 http://seminaryblog.com/2008/02/22/lent-for-dummies/#comment-373 Well said. Prof. Bushur (who is yet another treasure of CTS) speaks to this when he discusses Augustine and justification in his Church History I class. And I'm old enough to know that the mystery line comes from Hee Haw. <em>Der Bettler's last blog post..<a href='http://hocestverum.blogspot.com/2008/02/verb-forms.html' rel="nofollow">Verb Forms</a></em> Well said. Prof. Bushur (who is yet another treasure of CTS) speaks to this when he discusses Augustine and justification in his Church History I class.

And I’m old enough to know that the mystery line comes from Hee Haw.

Der Bettler’s last blog post..Verb Forms

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