Concord Matters – You Can’t Earn Your Appetizer

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Continue the conversation about what Lutherans *don’t* believe about the Lord’s Supper. Are we able to earn the Supper? Why does closed communion matter? Is there a loving way to tell someone they can’t receive the sacrament?

Rev. Tyrel Bramwell, pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Ferndale, California, joins host Rev. Sean Smith to discuss the Epitome of the Formula of Concord, Article VII: The Holy Supper of Christ, Negative Statements (paragraphs 37-42).

Feature image: The Rev. Christopher Esget, LCMS sixth vice-president and pastor of Immanuel Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Alexandria, Va., consecrates the elements during the Lord’s Supper on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Arlington, Va. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford