Articles
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Are you guilty of venial or mortal sin?
Very few preachers speak of mortal and venial sin any more. Instead, they treat all sin as though it’s really not a big deal. Yet the Bible, as well as the Lutheran Confessions, clearly speaks of both mortal and venial sins.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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What is confession and how does it work?
What is confession? What sins should we confess? Can we be sure of forgiveness?
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Why do we sing the Agnus Dei?
In the Service of Holy Communion, after the bread and wine are consecrated and before they are distributed, we sing the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God), which is based on the words of John the Baptist pointing his disciples to Jesus and saying….
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Why am I still a Lutheran?
Why do I continue to be a Lutheran in a place where most are Baptists or hold to some other flavor of Reformed or Arminian theology and at a time when so many who use the name Lutheran have departed entirely or, at least in part, from the Lutheran Faith?
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Luther's Preface to the Small Catechism for Pastors and Preachers
The deplorable, miserable condition which I discovered lately when I, too, was a visitor, has forced and urged me to prepare [publish] this Catechism, or Christian doctrine, in this small, plain, simple form.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll