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Table of Contents
Title Page
1 Introduction
1.1 Examination
1.2 Disputation
1.3 Publication
2 Foreword to the June 2010 Edition
3 Introduction to the June 2010 Edition
4 Conservative Laestadianism
4.1 Spiritual Heritage
4.1.1 Luther
4.1.2 Laestadius
4.1.3 Raattamaa and His Contemporaries
4.1.4 The Keys and Conversions
Laestadius
Raattamaa
Other Early Conversions
The Discovery of the Keys
4.1.5 Mysticism
4.1.6 Schisms
The OALC
The New Awakening
The Apostolic Lutheran Federation
The FALC
The IALC
4.2 The Kingdom of God
4.2.1 The One True Church
Development
Implications
Biblical Justification
No Compromises
4.2.2 Which “True Church”?
The Christian Convention Church
The Churches of Christ
The New Apostolic Church
More Than Conquerors Faith Church
4.2.3 Inside vs. Outside
Separation from the World
Persecution Complex
Caricature and Blame
“Narrow-Minded”
Outreach
4.2.4 The Call to the Kingdom
4.2.5 Conversion
The Proclamation of Absolution
Personal Experiences
4.2.6 Obedience and Humility
4.2.7 Servants of the Word
4.3 The Bible
4.3.1 Creation and the Fall of Man
Adam and Eve
Conflicts with Science
Evolving Doctrine
4.3.2 Noah and the Ark
4.3.3 The Old Testament
Atrocities
Ancient Israelite Laestadianism
Prophecy
The “Wilderness Journey”
Continuity with the New Testament
4.3.4 Inerrancy
4.3.5 Hermeneutics
Textual Issues
Allegory and Symbolism
4.3.6 Value and Limits
4.4 Spiritual Entities
4.4.1 The Father
Omnipotence
Omniscience
Unchanging and Eternal
Omnibenevolence
Hidden
4.4.2 The Son
4.4.3 The Holy Ghost
4.4.4 The Mother
4.4.5 Angels
4.4.6 The Enemy of Souls
4.4.7 False Spirits
4.5 Justification
4.5.1 The Law
4.5.2 Works
4.5.3 Faith
4.5.4 Reason
4.5.5 Doubt
4.6 Sin
4.6.1 Specifics
Primary Motives
Authoritarianism
Asceticism
Appearance
Entertainment
Reading
Sports
Sex
Intoxication
Sins of the Right
Sins Unto Death
Thoughts and Words
Life and Death
4.6.2 Forgiveness of Sins
The Proclamation of Personal Absolution
The Sole Means of Grace
Regular Usage
From Faith to Faith
Public Proclamations
Getting it in Writing
4.6.3 Confession
4.6.4 Rebuke
4.7 The Life of a Believer
4.7.1 Joys and Sorrows
4.7.2 Prayer
4.7.3 Sacraments
The Lord’s Supper
Baptism
4.7.4 Marriage
Divorce
Intermarriage
Courtship
4.7.5 Children
Contraception
Christian Upbringing
4.7.6 Women
Women’s “God-given Lot”
Role in the Church
Obligatory Motherhood
Human Rights Concerns
4.8 Time
4.8.1 Unchanging Faith
4.8.2 Eschatology
4.8.3 Eternity
4.9 The Problem of Evil
4.9.1 An Ancient Dilemma
4.9.2 Soteriology
4.9.3 Predestination
Which is it?
The Calvinist View
Flirting with Free Will
4.9.4 Human Suffering
4.10 Taking Responsibility
4.10.1 Child Sexual Abuse
The Whistleblower
Out in the Open
Fallout
LLC Editorial
Doctrinal Issues
4.10.2 Rethinking the 1970s
5 Martin Luther
5.1 Predecessors
5.1.1 Luther’s View
5.1.2 Problems
Absent Absolution
What They Said (and Didn’t Say)
Confession
Rigorism
Duplicating the Keys
Hiddenness Again
5.2 The Church
5.3 Zwingli and the Real Presence
5.4 Conversion and The Forgiveness of Sins
5.4.1 Voice of Zion Article
5.4.2 Historical Context
5.4.3 Shared Doctrine and Significance
5.4.4 Thorns in the Rose Bed
5.4.5 Lay Absolution
5.4.6 Luther’s Conversion
6 The Old Testament
6.1 Genesis
6.2 Exodus
6.3 Leviticus
6.4 Numbers
6.5 Deuteronomy
6.6 Joshua
6.7 Judges
6.8 First Samuel
6.9 Second Samuel
6.10 First Kings
6.11 Second Kings
6.12 First Chronicles
6.13 Second Chronicles
6.14 Ezra
6.15 Nehemiah
6.16 Esther
6.17 Job
6.18 Psalms
6.19 Proverbs
6.20 Ecclesiastes
6.21 Isaiah
6.22 Jeremiah
6.23 Lamentations
6.24 Ezekiel
6.25 Daniel
6.26 Hosea
6.27 Joel
6.28 Amos
6.29 Jonah
6.30 Micah
6.31 Nahum
6.32 Habakkuk
6.33 Zephaniah
6.34 Zechariah
6.35 Malachi
7 The New Testament
7.1 The Gospels
7.2 Acts
7.3 Romans
7.4 First Epistle to the Corinthians
7.5 Galatians
7.6 Colossians
7.7 Hebrews
7.8 First Epistle of John
7.9 Revelation
8 Epilogue
References
Index
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