The teaching aspect of the pastoral office never ends. It is always extended far beyond the walls of a church. With the Internet, the teaching reaches every corner of the globe.

That is why I am excited over the start of a new blog, Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions, a blog dedicated to an ongoing dialogue centered on the Book of Concord. It gives pastors and laity a blessed opportunity to ponder and study God’s Word and the confessions of the Lutheran Church.

I found this entry very revealing: the way Martin Luther and our Confessions view the congregation shows much as to how we Lutherans understand the church. Give it a read.

(A classmate of mine, Rev. Dr. Holger Sonntag, is a contributor to the blog)