Category Articles
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Why do Lutherans practice closed Communion?
Why do we at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church practice “closed” (also called “close”) Communion? This practice may be troubling to some, especially if we must turn someone away from communing with us at our altar, but it is based on Scriptures and the historic practice of the Christian church.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Forgiveness procured by Christ, offered and given through Word and Sacrament
We treat of the forgiveness of sins in two ways. First, how it is achieved and won. Second, how it is distributed and given to us.
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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Self-examination based on First Commandment
Do we truly fear and respect the LORD God enough that we hear and obey all His commandments? Do we sincerely love Him with all our heart, soul and mind, or do we just pay lip service?
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Is your worship and service idolatry?
We are quick to criticize the ancient Israelites, but so often we are guilty of the same thing. We worship and serve — with our own worship forms based on our culture and likings — a god made in our own image.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll