LATEST WRITINGS FROM PASTOR PHILIP HOPPE

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General vs. Specific Cure: Absolution

Imagine sitting down in doctor’s waiting room. You find your way into one of the chairs, stare off at the TV at a show you … General vs. Specific Cure: AbsolutionRead more

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30 Days of Augsburg – Day 26 – Article Twenty-Five

Day 26. Welcome. The text is from Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: German-Latin-English (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921). These … 30 Days of Augsburg – Day 26 – Article Twenty-FiveRead more

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AC Article Eleven: Thoughts on Private Absolution

This article reads as a condemnation on modern Lutherans. It might as well say, “Rejected are the Lutherans who do not practice private absolution, and … AC Article Eleven: Thoughts on Private AbsolutionRead more

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30 Days of Augsburg – Day 12 – Article Eleven

Day 12. Welcome. The text is from Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: German-Latin-English (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921). These … 30 Days of Augsburg – Day 12 – Article ElevenRead more