For a general overview of this video series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), click here for an introduction to Luther’s concept of the two kinds of righteousness and its biblical basis.
This is part four in a series of posts by Dr. David Maxwell. The first was "What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?" The second was "Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions." The third was "Cyril of Alexandria: Lull Your Passions to Sleep." My sense is that Lutheran spirituality leans more in...
This is part three in a series of posts by Dr. David Maxwell. The first was "What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?"The second was "Gregory of Nyssa: Direct the Passions." Cyril of Alexandria is a good example of a Christian appropriation of the Stoic view of the passions. The goal is not...
This is part two of a series of posts from Dr. David Maxwell. The first post was "What Should You Do With Anger and Desire?" Gregory of Nyssa’s On the Soul and the Resurrection is a treatise that demonstrates what a Platonic spirituality of the passions looks like when Christians adopt it...
Mathew Andersen October 8, 2014
I’m confused about why this is seen as such a hot topic. Granted, the term “two kinds of righteousness” is fairly unusual. But in 25 years of ministry I have never met a pastor who did not distinguish between the righteousness of grace God and the call to serve our fellow man and to care for the creation God made. Frankly, these six videos sound kind of like professors who are way out of touch with what actually goes on in the parish. For such professors, yeah, this paradigm might be a new idea. But for us pastors it’s pretty much common knowledge.