New Lutheran Quote of the Day

Even if the flow of the means of grace, the Word and the sacraments, may be only a trickle, there is yet the catholic church. This does not mean that impeding the flow of the means of grace, the Word and sacraments with human factors is not a fearfully dangerous thing. Luther was not exhorting people to affiliate with Sodom and Gomorrah [note:  he had just quoted Luther's judgment that though Rome was a true Sodom and Gomorrah, nevertheless because it still had the Word and Sacraments, there also was the catholic church]. And if we love people, we will want to help them loosen their hold on the impeding human factors.  -- Dr. Norman Nagel, Selected Sermons, p. 306