Let your soul grieve, yes, but don’t let it be eaten alive by worry.

This is an excerpt from “Confession and Absolution” by John T. Pless in Common Places in Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly, edited by Mark Mattes, (1517 Publishing 2023).

Dispel some of that darkness bottled up inside you, with the grace first shared to us by Christ that is now ours to share with those around us.

This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.

Psalm 40- David declares his innocence in this Psalm.

God gives his church a story that helps to make sense of this life.

A pastor shares his own experience of loneliness and hope

Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.

Speaking a specific message of grace in the Absolution is a chance to bring the healing balm of the Gospel not just to generic ills, but to the particular pain point exposed by the Law on this day.

All In The Family. In this episode, we discuss marriage, vocation, and cute theology of the cross. How can Luther’s teaching and preaching on marriage and vocation help Christians at present waist the temptations of the world and Satan, which pervert and disrupt God’s will for marriage? What does baptism have to do with marriage? How does Luther’s formulation of marriage and family help Christians comprehend their relation to society and the state?

Honest confession brings us into the fatherly care of God where we are always greeted with grace, mercy, peace, love, and forgiveness in Jesus Christ.

God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.