The Office of the Ministry in the Lutheran Church

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In the Lutheran church, we say that Jesus has given the keys of the kingdom to the church. This becomes important then for when you have this gathering of people united around the words and the promises of Jesus. And Christ has actually instituted something for this, the office of the ministry where He's given the promise that whoever hears you hears me.

When new converts are brought into the church, they are often loaded up with the need to read the Bible, pray, practice repentance, and get into the community—but equally vital to spiritual health is a right understanding of and participation in the means of grace. In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland discuss how the means of grace are used for our sanctification and why they are central to life and identity in the church.