Sermon Notes from October 22, 2023
A Valiant Bride: A Holy Wife
Scripture: Proverbs 31:10-31; 1 Peter 2:9-12
Source: Medieval Social Structure., accessed October 22, 2023. https://slideplayer.com/amp/5280068/
“A priest, especially in the New Testament, was not made but was born. He was created, not ordained. He was born not indeed of flesh, but through a birth of the Spirit, by water and the Spirit in the washing of regeneration (John 3:6f.; Titus 3:5f.). Indeed, all Christians are priests and all priests are Christian"
~ Martin Luther Concerning the Ministry ~
“We often understand the Protestant Reformation as a conflict about doctrine. Justification. Grace versus works. Ecclesiology. Indulgences. And it was. But what captured the imagination of the commoners in Europe during the Reformation was not only the finer points of doctrine, but the earthy notion of vocation.3 The idea that all good work is holy work was revolutionary. The Reformation toppled a vocational hierarchy that had placed monks, nuns, and priests at the top and everyone else below. The Reformers taught that a farmer may worship God by being a good farmer and that a parent changing diapers could be as near to Jesus as the pope. This was a scandal.”
~ Tish Harrison Warren, Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life ~