Christian Doctrine At Christmas
Everything that Christians believe and teach can be found in Luther’s Small Catechism. Luther’s Small Catechism calls everything that Christians believe and teach the ‘six chief parts’. We call the six chief parts ‘Christian doctrine’. Sometimes [and, speaking from experience], ‘Christian doctrine’ can be difficult to understand, out of focus, and creates numerous questions [e.g., ‘Why is this important?’; ‘Why is that important?’]. Everything that we believe and teach as Christians, our doctrine [i.e., ‘Christian doctrine’], comes into focus more clearly at Christmas. Christmas can answer a lot of questions for us. The Ten Commandments. What is the connection between...