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Lutheran Synod Quarterly December 2013 Volume 53, Number 4 Lutheran Synod Quarterly Lutheran Synod Quarterly Lutheran LUTHERAN SYNOD QUARTERLY VOLUME 53 • NUMBER 4 DECEMBER 2013 December 2013 How did Paul Engage Others With Jesus in Athens? Acts 17:16–34: An Exegetical and Evangelism Paper Preaching Christ to a Postmodern World Grace Before, In, and For All Time: The Election Controversy with Application to Inter-church Dialogue 450th Anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism Volume 53, Number 4 Volume Centennial of the Death of George Stoeckhardt (1842–1913) Stoeckhardt and the Comma Johanneum Book Review and Index The journal of Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary ISSN: 0360-9685 LUTHERAN SYNOD QUARTERLY VOLUME 53 • NUMBER 4 DECEMBER 2013 The journal of Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary LUTHERAN SYNOD QUARTERLY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF........................................................... Gaylin R. Schmeling BOOK REVIEW EDITOR ......................................................... Michael K. Smith LAYOUT EDITOR ................................................................. Daniel J. Hartwig PRINTER ......................................................... Books of the Way of the Lord FACULTY............. Adolph L. Harstad, Thomas A. Kuster, Dennis W. Marzolf, Gaylin R. Schmeling, Michael K. Smith, Erling T. Teigen The Lutheran Synod Quarterly (ISSN: 0360-9685) is edited by the faculty of Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary 6 Browns Court Mankato, Minnesota 56001 The Lutheran Synod Quarterly is a continuation of the Clergy Bulletin (1941–1960). The purpose of the Lutheran Synod Quarterly, as was the purpose of the Clergy Bulletin, is to provide a testimony of the theological position of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and also to promote the academic growth of her clergy roster by providing scholarly articles, rooted in the inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures and the Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Lutheran Synod Quarterly is published in March and December with a combined June and September issue. Subscription rates are $25.00 U.S. per year for domestic subscriptions and $30.00 U.S. per year for international subscriptions. All subscriptions and editorial correspondence should be sent to the following address: Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary Attn: Lutheran Synod Quarterly 6 Browns Ct Mankato MN 56001 Back issues of the Lutheran Synod Quarterly from the past two years are available at a cost of $8.00 per issue. Back issues of the Lutheran Synod Quarterly and Clergy Bulletin prior to the past two years are available at <www.blts.edu/lsq>. The Lutheran Synod Quarterly is abstracted in Religious and Theological Abstracts, PO Box 215, Myerstown, PA 17067 (E-mail: <[email protected]>; Website: <www.rtabst.org/abstracts>). Copyright ©2013 by Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary. Requests for permission to reproduce more than brief excerpts are to be directed to the Editor- in-Chief. Contents LSQ Vol. 53, No. 4 (December 2013) ARTICLES How did Paul Engage Others With Jesus in Athens? Acts 17:16-34: An Exegetical and Evangelism Paper .....................277 Timothy A. Hartwig Preaching Christ to a Postmodern World ......................................299 Allen J. Quist Grace Before, In, and For All Time: The Election Controversy with Application to Inter-church Dialogue ....................................315 John A. Moldstad 450th Anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism ............................389 Gaylin R. Schmeling Centennial of the Death of George Stoeckhardt (1842-1913) .......405 Gaylin R. Schmeling Stoeckhardt and the Comma Johanneum ......................................419 George Stoeckhardt BOOK REVIEW Book Review: The Gospel Preached Through Music: The Purpose and Practice of Lutheran Church Music ..........................425 Alexander K. Ring Index to Volume 53 ......................................................................427 272 Lutheran Synod Quarterly Vol. 53 Foreword LSQ Vol. 53, No. 4 (December 2013) HE PRESENT VISION STATEMENT OF the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is “In the next five years, we will learn to engage others more faithfully with Jesus.” With this vision Tstatement in mind, the Rev. Timothy Hartwig wrote the essay entitled “How Did Paul Engage Others with Jesus in Athens?” The essay is not purely an exegetical commentary on Acts 17:16–34, rather its scope is focused on answering the question, “How did Paul engage others with Jesus in Athens?” The Rev. Hartwig is pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in North Mankato, Minnesota. Americans are strongly influenced by postmodernism. The center of postmodernism is the view that there is no real truth—that people in different cultures see things certain ways because their culture has conditioned them to see things in that way. In the essay, “Preaching Christ to a Postmodern World,” Mr. Allen Quist, a member of ELS Doctrine Committee, summarizes postmodernism and gives guid- ance for Christians proclaiming the Gospel in a postmodern world. Mr. Quist wrote this article in consultation with the other members of the Doctrine Committee. On April 11–12, 2013, a free conference was held at Parkland Lutheran Church and School in Tacoma, Washington. This was the third time presidents of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) convened for informal discussions in a free 274 Lutheran Synod Quarterly Vol. 53 conferencing format. ELS President, the Rev. John A. Moldstad, presented an essay entitled, “Grace Before, In and For All Time: The Election Controversy with Application to Inter-church Dialogue.” The Rev. Mark Schroeder, president of WELS, and the Rev. Matthew Harrison, president of the LCMS, served as reactors. Pres. Moldstad’s essay is printed in this issue of the Quarterly due to its significance in relating the intriguing doctrinal influences on the historical develop- ment of the ELS, as well as the anticipated implications for future church-to-church discussions. We hope our readers will appreciate how lessons from our forefathers impact the life of our church body today as we seek to preserve the gospel of our Lord Jesus both now and for succeeding generations. January 19, 2013, marked the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism. The Heidelberg Catechism has its origin in the Palatinate and was intended to bring harmony among the various divisions in Protestantism at the time. While this was the intention of its writers, it is obvious to confessional Lutherans that the catechism embraces a mild form of Calvinism. The Heidelberg Catechism today is a confession espoused by nearly all Calvinistic Reformed Churches. This essay gives a brief history of the catechism and its contents with special emphasis on the doctrines of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. This year is the centennial of the death of George Stoeckhardt (1842–1913). His life spanned two continents and two centuries. He was a stalwart Lutheran confessor and one of the most important exegetes of the Synodical Conference. He had a profound influence on generations of LCMS pastors, inspired the founders of Wauwatosa Theology in the WELS, and through his commentaries and sermon books was a great blessing to our synod. Stoeckhardt’s monogram, entitled Lectures on the Three Letters of John, gives an interesting defense for including the Comma Johanneum in the sacred text. TheComma Johanneum is a section of 1 John 5:7–8 not found in many of the ancient manuscripts or writings of the early church fathers but is a clear witness to the doctrine of the Trinity: “For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.” His defense is found in the article entitled “Stoeckhardt and the Comma Johanneum.” Stoeckhardt also explains that the Spirit, the water, and the blood point to the means of grace: the waters of Baptism, the blood of the Lord’s Supper, and the Word which is spirit and life. No. 4 275 This year marks a number of other important anniversaries, including the 170th anniversary of the Old Lutheran immigration in 1843, the 350th anniversary of the birth of August Hermann Francke, the 100th anniversary of The Lutheran Hymnary (1913), and the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference (CELC) in 1993. Also included in this issue is a review of the book The Gospel Preached Through Music: The Purpose and Practice of Lutheran Church Music by Daniel Zager. It was reviewed by the Rev. Alexander Ring, who is pastor of Parkland Lutheran Church in Tacoma, Washington. – GRS 276 Lutheran Synod Quarterly Vol. 53 How did Paul Engage Others With Jesus in Athens? Acts 17:16-34: An Exegetical and Evangelism Paper Timothy A. Hartwig Pastor, Peace Lutheran Church North Mankato, Minnesota LSQ Vol. 53, No. 4 (December 2013) HE AUTHOR DOES NOT HAVE the fondest memories of Athens. He arrived there a day behind schedule. The eight-hour layover was a rush from one ruined temple to another. There are Ta lot of temples in Athens! Maybe more time to stroll leisurely down the streets, breathing in the culture; maybe looking with unrushed eyes at the optically perfect marble columns would have left a different impres- sion. But alas, eight hours of guided tours and waiting in the airport left a sour taste. Some commentators have proposed that Paul’s trip to Athens didn’t create the fondest memories either, suggesting that he left Athens disap- pointed. They speculate that his work there did not enjoy the success that he had elsewhere. Some of them even go so far as to suggest that he tried something new there and failed, even taking his statement in 1 Corinthians, “For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified” (2:2), to be the result of his failed experiment in Athens. The text before us supports none of this specula- tion. The Paul we see in Athens is the same one we see in Jerusalem, in Antioch, in Philippi, in Pisidian Antioch, in Corinth, in every place that Paul travelled. It is the same Paul, being all things to all men that he might save some.1 This paper is not purely an exegetical commentary of Acts 17:16–34.
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