Dear Friends:

Over the last three years or so, I have slowly come to embrace the Law/Gospel distinction as well as Two Kingdom Theology. It is my conviction that these originate from Holy Scripture, and are held by some who are confessionally Reformed, especially in the Continental Reformed tradition. These tenets are also held by Confessional Lutherans.

We have not been members in any Reformed church since our move to Florida last year. During the last several months, I have spent considerable time weighing the claims of both Lutheran Theology and Reformed theology, in toto, against Holy Scripture. This has not been an easy journey or study. Reformed / Covenant Theology and its accompanying soteriology (TULIP), which I have called my own for about eight years, is a very logical, consistent, and reasonable position. However, Sola Scriptura is not always perfectly consistent with our reason. Therefore, I, along with my family, have decided to embrace Confessional Lutheranism, as we believe it to be the more Biblical, Christ-centered position, as expressed in the Book of Concord. We have begun attending, and plan to join, a Confessionally Lutheran church in Fort Myers, FL.

The ReformedCast podcast, located at reformedcast.com, will be discontinued effective immediately. Listeners may download episodes until June 15, 2014, at which time the MP3 episodes will be removed and the website shut down.

I have throughly enjoyed producing the ReformedCast during the last nearly 4 years now, and I really appreciate the listeners' comments and feedback. Some of my Lutheran friends have encouraged me to start a new Lutheran podcast. I certainly intend to do so later on this year, when I better understand Lutheran theology so that I may more intelligently discuss it on a level that a podcast host should.

Thank you all again, and please continue to follow me on Facebook and Twitter. My Facebook name is Scott Oakland, and twitter account is @ScottOakland1.

Blessings,

Scott Oakland
Host, ReformedCast