The Social Implications in the Gospels and in the Book of Acts

Authors

P. E. Kretzmann, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

6-1-1940

Document Type

Article

Keywords

social gospel, st. luke, st. mark, christian, faith, salvation, blind, ministry

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

What are social implications? We might ask first: What is meant by "social"? Obviously the answer is: Anything that Involves two or more people as distinguished from a situation that concerns one person, or individual, alone. To satisfy one probable Inquiry at once, we hasten to say that we want to forestall any suspicion as to any inclination toward a social gospel by stating that the message of the Gospel as we find it in the Holy Scriptures, although commonly proclaimed before social groups, is definitely addressed to the individual, since faith is clearly a matter of the individual, as Luther brings out so beautifully in his exposition of the Creed.

Disciplines

Practical Theology

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Luke 17:21; Matthew 20:28; Mark 10:45; Matthew 8:16-17; Acts 10:38; Acts 1:1; John 6:46-54; Mark 1:29-34; Matthew 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Kretzmann, P. E. (1940) "The Social Implications in the Gospels and in the Book of Acts," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 11, Article 38.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol11/iss1/38