Getting into the Theology of Concord Quotes

“One thing is sure,” Luther says: “We cannot pin our hope on anything that we are, think, say, or do. And so our repentance cannot be false, uncertain, or partial, for a person who confesses that he is altogether sinful embraces all sins in his confession without omitting or forgetting a single one” (SA, III, iii, 36-37).”
― Joel Heck, Getting into the Theology of Concord: A Study of the Book of Concord

“Today we are told that people, Christian people and especially the young, are wary and highly critical of the institutional church and of many pastors and theologians who often seem out of touch with their real spiritual needs. If this is so, such people should be reminded that the Spirit has not abdicated His ministry, but is still active, graciously and wondrously active, in His community, the church, wherever the Word is proclaimed and the sacraments are administered.”
― Joel Heck, Getting into the Theology of Concord: A Study of the Book of Concord