BTW It's been a while, does the Book of Concord talk much about the end times we are in? I forget.
“A lot of pew sitting fire insurance I was baptized so I am OK testimonies.”
Well, that’s not Lutheran, is it? Such folk need a good dose of teaching on Christian vocation (calling), this is where the follow up to the Small Catechism should come in. Lutherans often, and mistakenly, think that if they have learned the Six Chief Parts of the Catechism they are done. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It never fails to amaze me that people so often miss the plain meaning of simple words. Why, for example, are these called the “chief” parts? There must be others. And indeed there are. One of the most important and practical of which is what is commonly called the “Table of Duties.” This is just a highly simplified sketch of Christian vocation, or, in other words, now that we are assured of our salvation and know that heaven is our home, what should we be busying ourselves with? These are the very things that our neighbors and the world need from us. They are the very salt and light Jesus was talking about in the sermon on the mount.