Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Woe to the congregation whose preacher wants to be faithful in administering to the church the discipline that Christ prescribed, but wants to know only about the releasing key and not about the binding key. Woe to the congregation whose preacher wants to remain faithful by making no distinctions among his parishioners, but which demands that he have regard for them. Finally, woe to the congregation whose preacher wants to remain faithful in a Christian, God-pleasing life, but which seeks from him perfect angelic holiness, having no forgiveness for any weakness in him, or merely wants him to be good company and to serve the world and the flesh. -- C .F. W. Walther, *God Grant It!* p. 54