Do we still need the law? What were the controversies concerning the Lord’s Supper? The Rev. Brady Finnern, President of the LCMS Minnesota North District and host of KFUO Radio’s Concord Matters, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the Formula of Concord reading plan he created for 2025, including the questions concerning the Third Use of the Law and The Lord's Supper that are addressed in June and July's readings. What is the Third Use of the Law? What were the controversies of those days surrounding the Third Use? Do we still need the law? What do we believe concerning the Lord's Supper according to the Word of God? Are the controversies concerning the Lord’s Supper still prevalent? Why is it important for us to be very clear on the Scriptural Truth of the Lord's Supper?

Find the full reading plan from The Lutheran Witness at witness.lcms.org/2024/reading-plan, and find correlating Concord Matters episodes at kfuo.org/formulaofconcord.

June | Third Use of the Law

Week 1:

Ep VI 1 (p. 485–486)

SC Table of Duties (p. 346–348)

Week 2:

Ep VI 2–7 (p. 486–487)

Gal. 5:1–26

Week 3:

SD VI (p. 557–561)

Week 4:

Ep VI 8 (p. 487)

July | The Lord's Supper

Week 1:

Ep VII 1–5 (p. 487–488)

AC X (p. 35)

AC XXII (p. 45–46)

Week 2:

Ep VII 6–20 (p. 488–489)

Ap X (p. 153–155)

Ap XXII (p. 208–210)

Week 3:

SD VII 91–128 (p. 576–581)

Week 4:

Ep VII 21–42 (p. 489–491)

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