These videos consist of a series of questions answered by Dr. Arand and Dr. Schulz over the Book of Concord and the issues it tried to answer.
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01 - Schulz Introduction
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand introduces himself and explains what the videos cover.
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02 - Why place such emphasis on the Confessions?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains how creeds and confessions understand the Bible in the whole of God's work for the salvation of man.
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03 - Do creeds and confessions make the Bible itself secondary?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains why it is important to have creeds and confessions.
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04 - What makes a creed or a confession different from other theological writings?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains the role of creeds and confessions within the Christian Church.
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05 - How is a personal testimony different from a confession of faith?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains the differences between the use of personal testimony and creeds and why Americans are more likely to use a personal testimony.
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06 - What is the Book of Concord?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains the reason for and purpose of the Book of Concord.
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07 - Why does the LCMS ask its pastors and other church professionals to subscribe to the Book of Concord unconditionally?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains why church workers in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod are asked to subscribe to the Book of Concord.
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08 - Did the making of creeds and confessions end with the Book of Concord?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand discusses the possibility that new creeds of confessions could be added to the Book of Concord.
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43 - How did the Emperor and papal representatives respond to the Augsburg Confession when it was presented?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand gives the historical background for the Diet of Augsburg 1530.
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44 - What is the usefulness of the Apology for those living in a country which separates church and state?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand gives the historical background for the Apology for the Augsburg Confession and how the understandings of the Apology could affect our own church -state relations.
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45 - Is there a theological framework which can help make sense of the Apology?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arnad explains the purpose and what can be learned from the Apology to the Augsburg Confessions.
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46 - What are the differences between righteousness of faith and righteousness of works?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand gives good examples of the difference between active righteousness and passive righteousness and when they apply.
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47 - How does Melanchthon's specialized language fit into a medieval theological framework?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains the two school of thought on grace in the 1500's.
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48 - How does the Two Kinds of Righteousness help to diagnose the fundamental flaw in the theology of Melanchthon's opponents?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains the difference between the Catholic and Lutheran view of righteousness.
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49 - How does the Apology maintain the balance between the Two Kinds of Righteousness?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand how the Apology maintain the balance between the Two Kinds of Righteousness.
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50 - What guidance does Melanchthon give for persuing a righteousness of works without giving up the righteousness of faith?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains how to live in both kinds of righteousness.
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51 - Why does Melanchthon see the inability to keep the First Commandment as the key to understanding original sin?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains the effects of original sin on the human condition.
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52 - What is the line of argument in Apology IV?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains how Melanchthon thought as he wrote the Apology to the Augsburg Confessions and why Article 4 is written the way it is.
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53 - If Christians are forgiven, then why do they still suffer the common calamaties of life?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains why Christians suffer like the unrighteous.
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54 - What principles guided the confessors on which parts of church practice to keep?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains how the confessors chose what practices to keep and which ones to change.
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55 - Why is there confusion over the number of Sacraments?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand explains what a sacrament is and why one can argue that there arte 2 or 3 sacraments.
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56 - Is there a proper way to honor the saints?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand discusses the use of saints to intercede for us and why Lutherans do not.
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57 - Why were the Smalcald Articles needed?
Charles Arand
Dr. reviews the history that lead up to the writing of the Smalcald Articles and why they were written.
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58 - How was it that a secular group took up the matter of what to say at a church council?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand reviews the history of why the secular princes were involved in the proposed church council.
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59 - Was Luther near death at the time of the writing of the Smalcald Articles?
Charles Arand
Dr. Arand responds to the last will and testament that Luther had in the Smalcald Articles.
