Evangelisk-lutherske kirker

Overalt i det danske samfund er der spor af kristendommen. Kirkerne er synlige i det danske landskab og bybillede. De fleste betaler kirkeskat, præsterne er statslige embedsmænd, alle skal – uanset trosretning – have deres børn skrevet ind i kirkebøgerne, og kalenderåret har en lang række kirkelige helligdage. Alligevel er mange ikke opmærksomme på, hvordan kristendommen og navnlig lutherdommen har præget det moderne danske samfund. Kirken og den lutherske tro har historisk spillet en betydeligt større rolle for den danske befolkning, end den gør i dag. Pligt og omsorg viser, hvordan den kristne kulturarv og luthersk teologi har præget det danske samfund på områder, vi ikke umiddelbart forstår som religiøse. Og bogen giver baggrunden for vores forestillinger om autoritet, socialt ansvar, pligt, arbejde, fattige og omsorg. Det moderne danske samfund har lutherske rødder – rødder, der har givet næring til vores forståelse af velfærdsstatens grundprincipper om sociale ydelser, gratis uddannelse, ligestilling og familiepolitik. På den måde bidrager bogen til en dybere forståelse af danskernes tillid til velfærdsstaten.

Ægtemænd og Fædre er obligatorisk læsning for enhver, der ønsker at se en styrkelse af familien i det moderne samfund – uden tvivl et påtrængende behov. Den er skrevet for på en enkel og praktisk måde at vise læseren, hvad der kræves for at kunne blive en vellykket ægtemand og en vellykket far. Den velkendte forfatter forklarer uden omsvøb de bibelske retningslinjer i et klart og letforståeligt sprog, der har givet ham et internationalt ry som bibellærer. ”Denne bog er en fyldestgørende og bibelbaseret fremstilling af et emne så vigtigt og alligevel så forsømt i nutidens verden” Salwyn Hughes, grundlægger af CWR

Kraftfulde gaver til din rådighedEnhver troende har fået mindst én overnaturlig gave af Helligånden. Ved du, hvad din gave er, og hvordan du skal bruge den? Den internationalt kendte bibellærer Derek Prince forklarer, at troende, som ikke manifesterer Åndens gaver, lever langt under det niveau, som Guds forsyn ellers har gjort mulig for dem.Prince afslører, hvordan du kan - betjene andre gennem gaverne- afsløre efterligning-vidne ved hjælp af åndelige gaver-opflamme gaven inden i dig En af de største fornødenheder i kirken i dag er, at troende ved Helligåndens kraft kan demonstrere, at Jesus lever, og at hans evangelium er sandt. Verden har brug for at se, at Guds nærvær bliver manifesteret. Troende har brug for at blive betjent af Kristi legeme gennem de åndelige gaver. Åndens gaver viser os, hvordan vi kan opfylde disse behov – praktisk og kraftfuldt. Derek Prince er forfatter til mere end 50 bøger, 600 lydbånd og 110 videoer med undervisning, hvoraf mange er blevet oversat og udgivet på mere end 100 sprog. Hans daglige radioprogram fortsætter med at berøre mennesker i hele verden.

Hemmeligheden: At modtage Guds overnaturlige overflodVores Gud er en overflodens Gud. Han er ikke fattig, ikke nærig, ikke begrænset. Alligevel føler vi det ofte, som om Guds velsignelser er gået os forbi, og vi oplever, at vi kæmper for at have nok. Problemet er, at vi ikke ved, hvordan vi får adgang til Guds rigdom. Vi forstår ikke, hvordan vi skal modtage den – og hvad vi skal gøre, når vi modtager den.Den respekterede bibellærer Derek Prince viser dig med visdom og indsigt, hvordan du skal modtage denne arv. Han viser dig også:Hvordan du kan blive sat fri fra en fattigdomsåndFem principper for at modtage Guds overflodHvordan du kan velsigne andre med Guds overflodPraktiske skridt og vejledning til at skabe et liv i overflodOg meget mere!Gud ønsker at give dig sit riges generøse velsignelser. Begynd i dag at leve et liv i overflod.

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The story had to be told, the story of a large, confessional church body gradually, almost imperceptibly but seemingly irrevocably, losing its evangelical and confessional character and identity. But then, contrary to all expectations and historical precedent, a reversal of a trend which has dominated modern church history! The lay people and rank and file clergy of the Missouri Synod take a stand. They elect new leaders with a mandate to turn the direction of their synod back to the old ways, to the evangelical orthodoxy they had learned and known so well. They support an investigation of the doctrine of the largest and at the time most prestigious seminary of their synod. They study the issues confronting their church, they review their doctrinal position; and in convention assembled they take the bold unprecedented step of condemning the doctrine taught at that very seminary which was founded by and flourished under the greatest theological leaders the synod had ever known. The majority of the faculty members denounce the action of their church, and at what seems like a propitious time they refuse en masse to carry out their call to teach in the church. Students by the hundreds follow their professors into what was called an exile, but was really more a sort of captivity, led by the prestige and persuasions of their teachers and by the incredibly great pressure of their peers. And for the most part both faculty and students are still lost to the church, lost not because their friends and former brethren have not tried to retrieve them, but because they reject their synod, not merely its leaders and some of its actions, but also its theology. The scars inflicted on their church by their departure are deep, and they will last beyond the lives of any of us.

2022 Christianity Today Finalist, Theology (Academic)God's Word creates what he commandsIn Justification by the Word, Jack D. Kilcrease reintroduces Martin Luther's key doctrine. Though a linchpin of the Reformation, Luther's view of justification is often misunderstood. For Luther, justification is an expression of God's creative Word. To understand Luther on justification, one must grasp his doctrine of the Word. The same God who declared "let there be light"--and it was so--also declares "your sins are forgiven." Justification is an objective reality. It is achieved in Christ's resurrection and received through an encounter with the risen Christ in Word and sacrament. Justification turns us outward, away from our own unsteady feelings and limited understanding, to look to Christ. And the church must preach justification, lest we so easily forfeit the joy of the gospel.Justification by the Word inspires readers to reencounter the radical doctrine of justification by faith alone.

Missing Letters to Lutheran Pastors, Hermann Sasse letters and articles by Hermann Sasse, not included in the several volumes of Herman Sasses Letters to Lutheran Pastors already published by the official church press. He is regarded by many as the greatest Lutheran theologian of the 20th Century. Missing Letters will show how he was a big supporter of Christian News.

We Believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran IdentitiesToday the concept of "identity" is contested against the backdrop of myriad forms of social, political, economic and ecological exclusion. How is identity expressed in a global Lutheran tradition whose members share common biblical, liturgical, confessional, theological and spiritual foundations, yet represent diverse cultures and traditions?At the end of 2019, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) hosted a global consultation on contemporary Lutheran identities, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The result is the papers presented in this publication. The authors - church leaders, young Christians, theologians, lay and ordained practitioners in local communities - explore the Spirit's work to revive and equip the faithful for vocation through the ministry of the church today and into the future of the Lutheran communion.[Wir glauben an den Heiligen Geist: Lutherische Identitäten aus weltweiter Perspektive]Vor dem Hintergrund der vielfältigen Formen von gesellschaftlicher, politischer, wirtschaftlicher und ökologischer Ausgrenzung ist das Konzept einer "Identität" in unserer aktuellen Zeit höchst umstritten. Wie wird Identität in einer globalen lutherischen Glaubenstradition zum Ausdruck gebracht, deren Anhängerinnen und Anhänger zwar gemeinsame biblische, gottesdienstliche, konfessionelle, theologische und spirituelle Grundfeste haben, aber gleichzeitig aus ganz unterschiedlichen Kulturen und Traditionen kommen?Ende 2019 hat der Lutherische Weltbund (LWB)in Addis Abeba, Äthiopien, eine globale Konsultation zu lutherischen Identitäten von heute veranstaltet. Das Ergebnis dieser Konsultation sind die Abhandlungen in dieser Publikation. Die Autorenschaft - Kirchenleitende, junge Erwachsene, Theologie-Fachleute, ordinierte und nicht-ordinierten Fachleute aus Ortsgemeinden - untersucht das Wirken des Heiligen Geistes, der die Gläubigen für ihre Berufung durch den Dienst der Kirche von heute und die Zukunft der lutherischen Kirchengemeinschaft neu belebt und zurüstet.