helping pastors get their congregations battle ready to fight the “unholy trinity” through a distinctly Lutheran, ninety day, spiritual formation process that is rooted in the Word and Sacraments and framed by the chief parts of Martin Luther’s Small Catechism
2023 Dates:
Begins Ash Wednesday – Pentecost
The devil is called the master of a thousand arts. But what shall we call God’s Word, which drives away and brings to naught this master of a thousand arts with all his arts and power? It must indeed be the master of more than a hundred thousand arts.
Martin Luther, Large Catechism, Introduction, paragraph 12
Pastors, do you ever feel like you, your family, and the flock that you serve are being constantly harassed and attacked by the “unholy trinity” – the devil, the corrupt world, and the sinful flesh?
Are these spiritual enemies advancing into your spiritual territory, taking no prisoners and winning the day?
Do the members of your church feel helpless and ill equipped to fight back?
Have you tried countless programs or resources but just haven’t been able to find a distinctly Lutheran spiritual formation process that helps you “teach the devil to death”?
“The Lutheran Spiritual Bootcamp” will help you get the members of your church ready to fight the “unholy trinity” through a distinctly Lutheran, ninety day, spiritual formation process that is rooted in Martin Luther’s Small Catechism.
During the basic training your members will learn how to …
Here’s the best news … we have a Triune God who fights FOR us and WITH us. In Jesus, we win! Come what may, we do belong to Him!
Therefore, we Christians must be armed and daily expect to be incessantly attacked … For he (the devil) is an enemy that never desists nor becomes tired, so that when one temptation ceases, there always arise others and fresh ones …
… if you venture to help yourself by your own thoughts and counsel, you will only make the matter worse and give the devil more space. For he has a serpent’s head, which if it gain an opening into which he can slip, the whole body will follow without check. But prayer can prevent him and drive him back.
Martin Luther, Large Catechism, III, (paragraphs 106-111)