When Jesus washes you with baptismal water, you can rest assured that the Lion of Judah is on the move.
The life we are trying to manage, improve, and secure is not something to be mastered. It is something to be surrendered. And this is where everything changes. Because in Christ, the approval we are seeking has already been spoken.
It is within this charged atmosphere that Luther’s writings take on their full significance. His responses to the Turkish threat were not merely reactions to military events; they were rooted in a deep theological reflection on the nature of God’s rule over the world, the responsibilities of Christian rulers, and the role of the Church in times of crisis.

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Trueman engages the question of “What is man?” and demonstrates how contemporary definitions of mankind result in the dehumanizing of our neighbor.
In this piece Bob Hiller follows C.S. Lewis’ lead from Screwtape Letters and offers a sequel of his own.
As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
Jesus is the anti-Cain: a giver, not a taker.
There is power in the name of Jesus, and we love to manipulate power for our own ends.
God is most glorified in the sending of Jesus to be the Savior of sinners.
Hebrews reminds us you cannot “be the church” unless you go to church.
The emphasis for All Saints Sunday is not on the saints, but the Sanctifier, Jesus Christ.
Are we still haunted by God? Do our sins bother us to the point that we worry about God’s righteous wrath? Does the concept of justification, how one can be right in the eyes of God, even cross our minds?
Hebrews proclaims you absolutely need a priest and you have one. This priest is Jesus!
No work need be done to enter this Sabbath rest, for Christ has done all that is necessary.
Whereas Moses faithfully rescued God’s people from slavery in Egypt and led them to the Promised Land of Canaan, Jesus has rescued us from the slavery of sin and the tyranny of the Devil to lead us to eternal life.