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Marquart Claims Correct Doctrine Must
Precede Evangelism
By: Rev. Jack Cascione |
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The following letter by Doctor Kurt Marquart appeared in the March 3, 2003
LCMS "Reporter."
Doctrine and outreach
President Kieschnick's concern about "incessant internal
purification" distracting us from mission work (January Reporter) is,
with all due respect, pure fantasy.
If anything, we are plagued by incessant confusion and division about the
pure Gospel. Examples? First, there is the neo-Pentecostal movement in our
Synod. As President Kuhn said in his 2001 convention report, "the
charismatic movement and the teachings of God's Word are incompatible."
And then there are the lobbies for women's ordination, open communion and
various confusions about the Gospel ministry. Instead of
"incessant" attempts to correct these aberrations, our real danger
is incessant
yakkedeyak to evade the issues.
Getting the message straight is logically and theologically prior to getting
it out! Evangelism depends absolutely on the evangel, the content of the
Gospel. If synodical trumpets cannot give a clear sound (1 Cor. 14:7,8),
they need to be replaced - precisely for the sake of the Church's sacred
mission!
Dr. Kurt Marquart
Fort Wayne, Ind
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March 8, 2003 |