Overheard at a Bible class 25 years ago...

I was listening to a Bible class on the Augsburg Confession that was taped 25+ years ago while my father Pastor Arnold Ruddat was here on earth. I liked this quote from him:

"When the confession condemns anything, it condemns not the persons but the confession, that is, the doctrine they publicly proclaim, for which they stand for and defend. We commit their person to the mercy of God, but we submit their doctrine to a more scrutinizing and exacting investigation. Confessing the truth of Scripture involves a condemnation of opposing error."