Lutheran Theology

Contents......Page 6
The Assault......Page 10
The Legal Scheme......Page 11
The Great Misunderstood......Page 14
Four Exegetical Episodes of Lutheran History......Page 20
Paul’s Letter to the Romans......Page 22
The Bombshell......Page 27
Preached God and Not-preached God: ‘‘Paul, slave . . . Apostle . . .’’ (Romans 1:1a)......Page 32
Apostolic Preaching......Page 35
Lutheran Method......Page 37
That One Word: Iustitia Dei......Page 44
Contemptum Dei and Odium Sui......Page 49
The End of the Legal Context......Page 52
God’s Justice is by Faith (Habakkuk’s Oracle)......Page 54
Sola fide, gratis, passiva......Page 59
Deum Justificare (David’s Psalm 51)......Page 63
Penance and Forgiveness......Page 66
Protestant Failure......Page 68
The Foolishness of Preaching......Page 70
Teaching God’s Wrath......Page 71
Fear of God......Page 76
Paul’s Prosecution of the Ungodly......Page 79
We Did Not Want Him There: Idolatry......Page 83
The Second Accusation: The Judge is Also Judged......Page 88
Third Accusation: This Repugnant Thought......Page 91
There is a Rhubarb......Page 96
Christ the Preacher and the Preached......Page 98
Christ the Mercy Seat......Page 102
Communicatio Idiomatum: Christ Deep in the Flesh......Page 105
Christ Became Sin......Page 110
The Astonishing Duel......Page 119
Christ’s Benefits and Their Distribution......Page 123
Faith......Page 126
The Promise is Not Like the Law......Page 128
Reckoning or Imputation......Page 130
Grace is God’s Favor......Page 136
Faith’s Certainty......Page 140
The Proper Application of the Pronoun......Page 145
Access......Page 147
On Being a Theologian of the Cross......Page 149
God’s Love vs. Human Love......Page 155
Original Sin......Page 158
Death and the Two Aeons......Page 162
Death is Freedom from Sin......Page 166
Union with Christ’s Death......Page 167
Baptism and Resurrection......Page 169
Preaching Baptism......Page 171
Faith Needs Something to Believe......Page 173
Pugnat Fides......Page 179
Law Attacks Baptism’s Promise......Page 181
The Simul: Freedom from Law......Page 185
If the Law Killed Me, Is the Law Sin?......Page 189
Antinomians......Page 193
Wretched Man That I Am......Page 198
The Declaration of Independence......Page 202
Spiritus Exstinctor et Creator......Page 203
Favor Dei: Grace and Law, Not Grace and Nature......Page 208
Prayer: Defiance of Death......Page 212
Using the Promise: Confession and Lament......Page 217
The Modern Escape from Justification......Page 222
Israel: Elected and Elector......Page 224
Predestination as Pastoral Care (Romans 8:29–30)......Page 227
Christ the End of the Law......Page 231
Faith Comes by What is Heard (Romans 10:17)......Page 234
Faith Active in Love......Page 237
Paul’s Appeal......Page 239
Non-cultic Sacrifice......Page 240
Good Works and the Cross......Page 243
Faith and Love......Page 244
The Church......Page 246
Fanaticism and Ecclesiastical Authority......Page 249
Christ is a Gemellus: Two Kingdoms......Page 253
The One God’s Two Ways of Ruling......Page 256
Domination, Withdrawal, or Participation......Page 261
Participation by Resistance......Page 264
Romans 14: Faith, Love, and Adiaphora......Page 270
Doctrine and History......Page 274
Christ’s Mission and Paul’s......Page 278
The New, and Last, Testament......Page 279
Notes......Page 283
B......Page 294
F......Page 295
I......Page 296
M......Page 297
P......Page 298
R......Page 299
Z......Page 302