The Unique Comfort of Lutheran Theology | A Conversation with Adam & Bethany Dirks, Part 2

About this sermon

#soulsurfer Most people recognize Bethany Hamilton (now Bethany Dirks) as the Soul Surfer. Bethany has built an encouraging course of conversations called "Unstoppable Year." (Learn more here: https://bethanyhamilton.com/product/unstoppable-year-online-course/ ) She and her husband Adam came to Austin to talk with Pastor Wolfmueller about the faith and the incredible grace of God. In this conversation we talk about: * St Paul Lutheran Church in Austin, TX, and about the sanctuary * The uniqueness of the Luther church: word and sacrament * Everything preaches Jesus, even the rocks * The Liturgy as Gospel redundancy * Vestments as church camouflage * What is worship? To give, but mostly to receive * The Lord is pruning us * Jesus establishes the church: absolution, preaching, baptism, Lord’s Supper * How does Jesus use physical means? Anti-gnosticism and the means of grace * ...and how this strengthens our faith * The story of Martin Luther carving "I am baptized" in the kitchen table * The danger of the three ladders (moralism, mysticism, and rationalism), and the promises that the Lord comes down to us The bookstore (where almost everything is free): http://www.wolfmueller.co/books/ To sign up for Pastor Wolfmueller's free weekly email of theological awesomeness called "Wednesday What-Not", visit http://www.wolfmueller.co/Wednesday . (Every month we give away a free book to a subscriber!) All the theological awesomeness ends up on the blog: http://www.wolfmueller.co

Topics

• Bible Study
• Encouragement