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Theology and Church Relations
M. LORD’S SUPPER
Our churches teach that the body and blood of Christ are
truly present and are distributed to those who eat in the Supper of the Lord. They disapprove of those who teach otherwise
(Augsburg Confession X).
N. RETURN OF CHRIST TO JUDGMENT—
MILLENNIALISM
Our churches also teach that at the consummation of the
world, Christ will appear for judgment and will raise up all the
dead. To the godly and elect He will give eternal life and endless joy, but ungodly men and devils he will condemn to be
tormented without end.
Our churches condemn those who think that there will be
an end to the punishments of condemned men and devils. They
also condemn others who are now spreading ideas associated
with Judaism to the effect that, before the resurrection of the
dead, the godly will make an appearance, and which teach
that, before the resurrection of the dead, saints and godly men
will possess a worldly kingdom and annihilate all the godless.
(Augsburg Confession XI).
O. BIRTH CONTROL

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“How the Word of God Speaks to the Church of the Reformation
Today,” Elmer Moeller, 180–181.
“Contradictions, Errors in the Scriptures,” L. W. Faulstich, 181.
“What Does ‘Inerrancy’ Mean?” Karl Barth.
“Luther’s Attitude Toward Scripture and Basic Hermeneutical Principles,” Raymond Surburg, 192–193.
“Monotheism in the Old Testament,” Seth Erlandson, 194.
“The Scriptures Are the Word of God,” Clarence Schuknecht, 195–
196.
“Bible as the Inspired Word of God,” John W. Behnken, 196, 199.
“A Response to Father Hughes’ Attack on Missouri’s Doctrine of
Biblical Inerrancy,” Raymond Surburg, 197–198.
“Jesus and the Canon,” Raymond Surburg, 199.
“The Ten Commandments of Bible Interpretation,” Roger Kovaciny, 203.
“The Untenability of Ecumenism’s Attempt to Promote the Apocrypha as Word of God,” Raymond Surburg, 204–206.
“Is God the Only Author of the Bible,” 211.
“Conflicting Views in Modern Biblical Scholarship,” John E. Steinmueller, 213.
“‘Operation Outreach’ and the Inerrancy of Scripture,” 214–216.

Martin Luther strongly condemned birth control (Luther’s
Works, Genesis 38:9, 10 [American Edition, p. 21]).
Most major Protestant denominations along with the Roman
Catholic Church and Orthodox Church until the 1930s opposed
birth control.
The Bible prohibits birth control (Genesis 1:28).
John H. C. Fritz in his Pastoral Theology, long used as a
textbook in LCMS seminaries, shows that birth control “is sinful.” It is a willful setting aside of God’s will and command,
Gen. 1:28; 1 Tim. 5:15, 2:15; Gen. 8, 9, 10. (177).
Lutheran Hour speaker Walter Maier in a chapter titled “The
Blight of Birth Control” in his marriage manual, “For Better
Not For Worse,” shows that birth control is sinful and contrary
to the Bible (377–421).
A major factor in the decline of church growth is the ever
decreasing size of the families of pastors and church members.
We accept the scriptural position of Martin Luther on birth
control and the position long promoted in the LCMS by such
orthodox LCMS theologians as John H. C. Fritz, Walter Maier,
Martin Nauman, Theodore Laetch, and many others.

“How Is the Lutheran Church to Interpret and Use the Old and New
Testament,” Robert Preus, 217–221.
“Implications of Form Criticism for the Historical Understanding of
the Old Testament,” 222–224.
“The Bearing of the Variant Readings on the Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures,” Siegbert W. Becker, 225–6.
“The Implications of the Historical-Critical Method—From Professor to Pulpit to Practice,” Phillip Giessler, 229.
“How Modern Is ‘Modern’ Bible Interpretation,” Kurt Marquart,
230.
“Missouri’s Critical Issue,” Elmer J. Moeller, 231.
“The Historical-Critical Method and Lutheran Presuppositions,”
Kurt Marquart, 232–236.
“Where Do They Get Their ‘History’?” Paul Burgdorf, 236.
“Historical Critical Method of Biblical Interpretation and Its History,” Joe E. Schrul, 237–239.
“The End of the Historical Critical Method,” review of Concordia
book by Gerhard Maier, 239.
“Form Criticism Examined,” review of book by Walter A. Maier,
239.

NOTES

“Old Testament Introduction,” William Beck, 240.

1. The Brief Statement of the Doctrinal Position of The Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod, The Christian News Encyclopedia (hereafter
CNE) Appendix. CN has published hundreds of articles by LCMS
professors and pastors on the inerrancy of the Bible and related matters.
The LCMS is one of the major church bodies which still officially
affirms the inerrancy of the Bible in all matters.
Some articles in the CNE defending the inerrancy of the Bible and
showing the antiscriptural and unscientific nature of the historical-critical method are:

“HCM—The Magic Formula,” Paul Burgdorf, 241.

“A Book Review Article of ‘The Battle For the Bible,’ ” Raymond
Surburg, 157–170.
“Unicorns,” Kenneth Miller, 170.
“The Inspiration of the Bible,” LCMS’s Commission on Theology
and Church-Relations, 174–175.
“Whither Biblical Inerrancy,” John W. Montgomery, 171.
“The Inerrancy of Scripture,” Vernon Barley, 178–179.

“The Historical-Critical Method: A Response,” by Ralph Klein.
“The Historical Critical Method,” by Harold Buls, 243–244.
“A Response to Dr. Tepker’s ‘The Inspiration and Inerrancy of the
Holy Scripture,’ ” James Childs Jr., 245.
“The Inerrancy of the Bible,” Robert Preus, 246.
“Does History Repeat Itself,” L. W. Faulstich.
“Theologian Disputes Bible Scholars, Says New Testament Was
Completed By AD 70,” John A. T. Robinson, 250.
“The Interpretation of the Bible—The Relationship of Luther, the
Lutheran Confessions and The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod to
the Historical-Grammatical Method,” Raymond Surburg, 251–252.
“Some Reasons Why Biblical Research Is Having Problems,” Ingemar Furberg, 253.
“Gospel and Scripture,” Vernon Harley, 257.

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