[af_vet_1981]

Outside of him calling himself a confessional Lutheran, what makes you think he is?

He says he is a confessional Lutheran. Is there some organizational membership requirement he has not met ?

[xone]

So he claims it so he is. He doesn’t hold to the Lutheran Confessions, Book of Concord. He does agree with you however in other matters, so he must be telling the truth. He is as much a Confessional Lutheran as you appear to be.