The Historic Creeds vs. Passing Theological Fads

How many Lutheran church workers made a formal vow to the Book of Concord, and then promptly start treating the Lutheran Confessions as moldy leftovers? If it lays out the divine teaching, then it can never be irrelevant—because the Scriptures are Christ’s eternal Word to be used. The issues we wrestle are not new and assuming we know more than those before us is simply arrogance. If baptists who are historically anti-creedal can see the wisdom in written confessions, how much more should Lutheran who claim to have a pure body of teaching in theirs? —ed.