When Doctrinal Review Misses a Question
Note: This essay may be downloaded in a PDF here. Sometimes doctrinal review is like what happens frequently in court. A man driving his car across railroad tracks was struck…
When Doctrinal Review Is Like Spell Check
Sometimes doctrinal review is like spell check. Spell check is up to its own task, but not up to other tasks. Its competence does not extend to, for example, diction.…
Atonement in Lutheran Orthodoxy: Johannes Quenstedt
Johannes Quenstedt’s De Officio Christi is an antidote to errors about atonement in Lutheran circles. Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of atonement is vicarious satisfaction. Adversaries deny vicarious…
New Book: Vicarious Satisfaction in Lutheran Catechisms, Confessions, and Hymns
Synoptic Text Information Services, Inc. announces the release of the new book, Vicarious Satisfaction in Lutheran Catechisms, Confessions, and Hymns by T. R. Halvorson. Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that a vital…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
Note: This essay may be downloaded in a PDF here. Introduction Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work that God has done in Christ is atonement…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Invocation
NOTE: This essay may be downloaded in a PDF here. Introduction Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work that God has done in Christ is atonement…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Liturgy: Worship in General
NOTE: This essay may be downloaded in a PDF here. Introduction Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work that God has done in Christ is atonement…
Atonement in Our Circles and Church
NOTE: This essay may be downloaded in a PDF here. Introduction Twice this century Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne has held multi-day symposia prompted by issues about the teaching…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Lutheran Hymns
Note: The full article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Abstract Lutheran Orthodoxy teaches that an indispensable part of the mighty work that God has done in Christ is atonement…
Vicarious Satisfaction in Explanations of Luther’s Small Catechism
by T. R. Halvorson Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF file. Summary This article briefly sketches the orthodox Christian doctrine of Christ’s redemption by vicarious satisfaction; briefly sketches…