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Hey there is a really good internet addiction support group at Stop spending life on the net. • r/nosurf They have lots of resources and it's a good place to talk to other people about how to overcome internet addiction/smartphone addiction Hope this helps. Prayers.

Hey, sorry its been a busy week and I haven't had time to sit down and catch up on things. Yeah, I have always thought there to be considerable overlap with the doctrine of deification and justification/sanctification/glorification. The latter just seems to break it up a bit more. We become by...

Hey Anastasia, I just posted on St Athanasius and his perspective on 'what is theology?' I thought you might be interested. Cheers! http://www.whatistheology.com/index.php/2016/12/01/what-is-theology-st-athanasius/

Thanks for the answer! That was very helpful.

Yeah its not something characteristic of all Lutherans. Few would know of the Deus Absconditus. But I think it does run in the blood a bit. If you look at Scandinavian countries in particular there is an effort given to really meditate on the depths of the cross, of good friday, and of human...

Sorry if I put this in the wrong forum. I wanted to talk about theological perspectives from the church fathers/medieval schoolmen/reformers/and modern dudes! I didn't know quite where to go with it. Traditional sounded good because I am not so into revisionist stuff, liberal bultmannian stuff...

I think my point was that for Luther more so than Calvin, and then later Protestants, there is a sense where the threat of God that is felt before one's coming to faith/baptism is still felt in some degree afterward (though obviously to a lesser degree). Luther notably held a doctrine of the...

Hmmm, whenever you talk to a Lutheran about 'the law' it opens up a real can of worms. It can mean so many different things, and oscillates from being positive to negative so quickly. I guess all the meanings would be a 'high view' though since God uses them all. Just to name a few The law...

For Luther we all start in the position of being under God's wrath, being damned. And for Luther, after one gains faith and is born again, though they are not under that wrath anymore, that wrath never truly disappears. When believers hear God's law and the demands it makes they still tremble...

Yes, it definitely is in the same vein of thought. Orandi mirrors oratio and credendi mirrors meditatio. But as I mentioned above though the tentatio part, the spiritual attack, seems to be more unique to Luther. Of course other thinkers would affirm that we are tempted/attacked but I don't know...

Luther uses this Psalm to found his three rules for doing theology: prayer (oratio), meditation (meditatio) and spiritual attack (tentatio). In the psalm David is constantly asking God to teach him, instruct him, lead him, show him. This is the prayer that Luther speaks of. David also says...

Yes, I hope I can do as many as possible. I enjoy it though so that helps! Yeah, my first post is Luthero-centric so it would be nice to hear from die Lutheraner! Thanks for your welcome!

I have started a new blog trying to answer the question "what is theology?" from as many perspectives as possible. I have started with the great Protestant Reformer Martin Luther. I am currently working on a Karl Barth answer and hope to continue on with other important theologians. I also want...