It began as a Baptist college and only severed its church ties in — one hundred years ago. It was associated with a particular brand of Baptist churches — the Free Will Baptists. So why would Baptists like Mohler and Moore today find Calvinism to be a brand of Protestantism worthy of emulation? Why not a Lutheran Baptist? After all, Calvinism has as many foreign Christian elements as Lutheranism.
And if Lutheranism has odd notions about church membership, Calvinism has its own set of difficulties for Protestants who prize congregational autonomy and rule by church members. Last summer a writer for the conservative journal, First Things , tried to account for Baptist preferences for Calvinism over Lutheranism. He observed that when Lutherans came to North America, they actually had a far more flexible form of church government than Calvinism. Yet the irony is that Lutheranism is associated much more than Calvinism with a fixed understanding of church organization, whereas Calvinism is associated almost exclusively with ideas not about the church but about salvation — as in the Five Points of Calvinism, or T-U-L-I-P.
The same would have been said of Calvinism at least in the sixteenth century. Indeed, a common occurrence among pundits in the United States and the United Kingdom is to associate Calvinism with aspects of modern life well beyond the church — politics, economics, education, science, art.
Calvinism, no matter what it actually means, is a word with which most English-speakers are comfortable. In contrast, Lutheranism feels like a foreign word, sort of like Hegelianism. If you are going to drop that into a sentence or two to explain developments in the West, you better be sure you know what you are talking about. Get newsletters and updates Close.
Also, send me the Evangelical Newsletter and special offers. Also, send me the Evangelical Newsletter. How can bodily eating and drinking do such great things? How, then, does the Sacrament impart such forgiveness of sins?
These words, therefore, are the chief thing in the Sacrament. Now if this covenant did not exist, and God were not so merciful as to wink at our sins, there could be no sin so small but it would condemn us. For the judgment of God can endure no sin. Therefore there is no greater comfort on earth than baptism.
For it is through baptism that we come under the judgment of grace and mercy, which does not condemn our sins but drives them out by many trials. There is a fine sentence of St. But so long as we do not give our consent to it or desire to remain in it, sin is so overruled by our baptism that it does not condemn us and is not harmful to us. Rather it is daily being more and more destroyed in us until our death.
Baptism leads us to a new life on earth; the bread guides us through death into eternal life. So entirely is this sacrament intended and instituted for a strengthening against death and an entrance into eternal life. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, p. Thank you Pastor Chet. I was wondering about the difference between Calvinism and Lutheranism. It does not sound Biblical to me. Am I wrong? Salvation certainly is not just for some, but available to all who will choose Christ.
John , 2 Peter We are justified by grace alone, faith alone and Scripture alone. For the sake of Christ, Who in His love for us laid down His precious life as a ransom to free us from the bondage of sin.
It is not difficult, so trust in Him with a child-like faith and be Lutheran lol. God bless each of you. Only a few facts are inaccurate, but those facts are so wrong that your article seems completely inaccurate.
Aaron it is obvious that you truly do not understand the differences between Luther and Calvin. Luther did not believe in predestination in the way Calvin did. There is a huge difference in predestination and double predestination.
Second to simplify the difference Luther understood Gods ability to see throughout time. That pesky all knowing attribute of God for predestination believers.
There is s difference in God knowing and God picking who and who will not choose and have faith in Christ. Luther and Calvin when put on a chart may look as if they believe the same things but how they believe these things is totally different. Now to suggest either is burning in Hell as you put it is absolutely false. For one not your call, but Gods. Both men no matter their theology believed in justification through Grace. They both I believe had faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is Gods only requirement for salvation period.
Even today the Catholic Church now agrees with this basis for salvation. Phil, the highest authority is God, and His Word the Bible is the truth.
Paul tells the Ephesians not that they had made a choice based on free will, but that God raised them from spiritual death. Where does Scripture tell us that we have free will? By all means let us differ theologically, but let us refrain from calling each other heretics or liars. Who gave these guys the authority to come up with their theories. Who decided on Sola Scriptura.
The Catholics make the most sense. The Bible is filled with discrepancies, and makes no sense a good bit of the time. Much more involvement in the Church. Everybody tries to tear Catholicism apart, but the Bible has a lot more tearing to do. Catholicism has been a growing religion. The Bible goes nowhere, and leaves itself open to quacks. Many of the teachings are such made up rubbish. The Catholics put the Bible together.
This is why they have a catechism. Something as complex as a religion needs putting a lot of heads together.
Whereas the theology influenced by the teaching of John Calvin believe in calvinism. It is a church or denomination within a fold. They believe that anyone can attain salvation regardless of him having faith or belief in Jesus.
On the other hand in calvinism, they believe that God has already chosen whom he wants to give salvation and nothing else is going to make a change in it.
Lutheranism is one of the many branches of Christianity. The teachings of a German monk and theologian Martin Luther is practiced here. In lutheranism, they believe that the reason for Jesus to sacrifice his life on the cross was for the forgiveness of all the sins that the people have committed. It is believed that the sacrifice made was for all the followers who have faith and belief in Jesus and also for the people who do not have faith and belief in him.
However, some do not believe that there are certain people that are predestined to salvation, but salvation is predestined for those who seek God. Lutherans believe Christians should be assured that they are among the predestined.
Orthodox Lutheran theology holds that God made the world, including humanity, perfect, holy and sinless. Lutherans have always believed that Mary is the Theotokos, the God-bearer. For Lutherans, justification is in no way dependent upon the thoughts, words, and deeds of those justified through faith alone in Christ. Lutherans believe that individuals receive this gift of salvation through faith alone.
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