How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?
As soon as people understand what crucifixion means, the cross becomes offensive.
This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”

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This creed is no mere squabble over words. Salvation is on the line.
They cannot know that I am already a father, but, this side of eternity, I won’t ever meet my child because of a miscarriage.
To be lukewarm is to take refuge in your own works apart from the works of God.
Christ triumphantly brings about a new day, an eighth day, the first day of a new week.
If sin is not “imputed” or “reckoned to” the sinner then who is it reckoned to? The good news is that it’s reckoned to God