Lutheran Stuff (Five Solas and Career Ministry)
In latin, Sola Gratia, this statement describes how we receive salvation
What is "grace alone"
Luther's explanation to this commandment, "We are to fear, love, and trust God above all things," is at the core of his explanations of all ten commandments
What is the First Commandment?
At the ecumenical council that led to the formation of this creed, "Santa Claus punched a dude."
What is the Nicene Creed?
Martin Luther was a law student when this sudden event caused him to promise God that he'd become a monk if he survived it.
What is a thunderstorm?
This process, done by the church, is often challenging for people who feel called to ordained ministry
What is candidacy?
Pastor Russ has said that this commandment is the one that he has the most trouble with keeping - especially while driving.
What is the Fifth Commandment, or what is, "You shall not murder"?
(Please explain your answer)
This Person of the Trinity is often invoked during baptisms and confirmations - and will be invoked in yours!
Who is the Holy Spirit?
What is the Diet of Worms?
This "Sola" statement doesn't mean that the Bible has every answer to every question ever.
What is Sola Scriptura?
Luther frames his explanation of this commandment not in terms of not working on a particular day, but rather in terms of setting aside time to worship and draw closer to God.
What is the third commandment, or What is "Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy"?
This symbol of our faith can take many different forms, but all of them speak to God's self-giving love and defeat of sin and death for us.
What is the cross?
These documents, sold by the medieval Catholic church, promised time off purgatory, and were one of Luther's major disagreements with the Church
What are indulgences?
Lutherans believe you must do this to get into heaven.
What is nothing?
Employers who don't allow their employees to take their scheduled - and legally required - breaks, or who force employees to do work off the clock, are guilty of violating this commandment.
What is the seventh commandment, or what is, "you shall not steal"?
The dude that St. Nicholas (allegedly) punched during the Council of Nicea, this theologian and his followers spread heresy about Jesus in the Third Century
Who was Arius?
This document, written by Luther, contained a lot of hatred for Jewish people, and was used in the 20th Century as justification for antisemitism.
What is On the Jews and their Lies?
Many clergypeople, including Pastor Russ, have felt a strong affinity for this Biblical character who ran away and did everything he could to avoid the work God was calling him to.
Who was Job?
Martin Luther has said that this kind of (bad) theology (counter to the Ten Commandments) "calls good evil and evil good."
What is a theology of glory?
By far the longest and most repetitive of the three creeds, this creed is seldom used by Lutherans in public worship.
Since about the time of World War 2, American Lutherans have had a complicated relationship with this American symbol: some churches put it into their sanctuaries in the 1940s, and other churches removed it entirely at the same time.
What is the American flag?
(Bonus: What prompted Lutherans to have that reaction?)