Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics: Law and Gospel and the Means of Grace

Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics Series: Law and Gospel and the Means of Grace, Vol. XI, 238 pgs, hardcover



By David P. Scaer



This dogmatic resource is based upon the outline and thought pattern of the Lutheran Confessions.



The series is strictly and consciously confessional in its presentation of doctrine and its assessment and analysis of modern theological trends throughout the Christian church.



Preface to the General Introduction

Author’s Preface

Abbreviations

Part One: Law and Gospel

1. Law and Gospel: Defining the Terms

2. Human Existence under the Law and the Gospel

3. Law and Gospel as Revelation of God and Principle of Proclamation

4. The Third Use of the Law

6. Law and Gospel in the Twentieth Century

Part Two: The Means of Grace

6. The Means of Grace: The Meaning of a Phrase

7. The Word as a Means of Grace

8. Sacraments as Means of Grace

9. Word and Sacraments as Distinct Means of Grace

10. God and the Sacraments

11. Sacraments and Created Things

12. Means of Grace: Extending the Boundaries

13. The Means of Grace and Prayer

14. The Means of Grace and Non-Lutheran Churches

15. The Holy Spirit, the Means of Grace, and Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements

16. The Philosophical and Historical Roots of Reformed Thought

Conclusion

Bibliography

Indices