Auden understands Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith not as a mere theological platitude, a trick of biblical grammar, or a catchphrase for men to rally around.
Our Lord Jesus builds, forms, and fashions his church as an artist forms a mosaic.
Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.

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Looking back on the year, the narrative we’re fed is that we should be able to show how much we’ve grown, how much we’ve done, all the successes we’ve had, how improved we are.
God does not combat the impending armies of Satan with might and power, but with the weakness of a babe.
Instead of defining the true church in the way of the law, Augustine approaches the issue pastorally in the way of the gospel.
If someone confesses their sins into my ears, I have no options but to forgive them in the name of Christ.
Where Erasmus saw fear and collapse, Luther saw the never-ending comfort of Christ and his gospel.
When we read this chapter, we find that we are actually shaped by the word.
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