Following the Formula

Episodes

• Following the Formula, Article X: Church Practices — LW Searching Scripture, October 2026 2026-10-02
  “Adiaphora,” while not a biblical term, was employed during the Reformation to refer to “ceremonies and Church practices … neither commanded nor…
• Following the Formula, Article IX: Christ’s Descent into Hell — LW Searching Scripture, September 2026 2026-09-03
  In the 16th century, there were some disputes among Lutherans over the phrase of the Apostles’ Creed, “He descended into hell.” The FC explains its…
• Following the Formula, Article VIII: The Person of Christ — LW Searching Scripture, August 2026 2026-08-03
  Article VIII of the Formula of Concord (FC), “The Person of Christ,” is closely related to Article VII, “The Holy Supper of Christ.” After Luther’s…
• Following the Formula, Article VII: The Lord’s Supper — LW Searching Scripture, July 2026 2026-07-06
  Article VII of the Formula of Concord confesses the biblical doctrine of the Lord’s Supper, distinguishing it from the teachings of the Zwinglians…
• Following the Formula, Article VI: The Third Use of God’s Law — LW Searching Scripture, June 2026 2026-06-01
  God’s Word plainly teaches, “The law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good” (Romans 7:12). And so, we do not discard the Law,…
• Following the Formula, Article V: Law and Gospel — LW Searching Scripture, May 2026 2026-05-04
  Luther famously said that students of the Bible need “to retain the distinction between Law and Gospel” (AE 26: 406). This became the official…
• Following the Formula, Article IV: Good Works — LW Searching Scripture, April 2026 2026-04-06
  Article IV of the Formula of Concord elaborates on teachings introduced in the previous article: “Good works always follow justifying faith and are…
• Following the Formula, Article III: The Righteousness of Faith Before God — LW Searching Scripture, March 2026 2026-03-03
  Article III of the Formula of Concord addresses doctrinal errors spread by two 16th-century teachers, Andreas Osiander (1498–1552) and Francesco…
• Following the Formula, Article II: Free Will — LW Searching Scripture, February 2026 2026-02-05
  “Free will” is not a phrase found in the Bible. The concept seems to have been brought into Christian theology by the church father Tertullian…
• Following the Formula, Article I: Original Sin — LW Searching Scripture, January 2026 2026-01-08
  Readers of The Lutheran Witness are likely familiar with the Formula of Concord (FC) — not only from its inclusion in the Lutheran Book of Concord,…