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9 mins read|06/05/22The celebration of Trinity Sunday–the only church festival specifically dedicated to a doctrine–reminds us of the necessity of confessing that the one God exists in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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10 mins read|05/19/22The point Luther made, again and again, was that distance between God and sinners is collapsed when the crucified Christ himself comes to sinners through a preacher.
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1 min|05/16/22Following Augustine's proposition that prayer can lead to a cooperative relationship between God's will and man's, Paulson, the alternative prayer that Luther highlights with the petition "Thy will be done."
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7 mins read|04/26/22Thomas is an illustration of the power of Christ’s resurrection.
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15 mins read|04/16/22The gospel of Jesus’ coming out of death and the tomb alive so that we might be restored to our identity as God’s children establishes the most enduring reality there is.
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15 mins read|04/10/22On this Maundy Thursday, in particular, let the “for you” of Christ’s gifts dominate.
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7 mins read|04/08/22Great things are contained in these seemingly unimportant words: "Behold, your king." Such boundless gifts are brought by this poor and despised king.
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3 mins read|04/01/22All human wisdom, righteousness, and holiness are made futile in that which belongs to God’s kingdom.
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17 mins read|03/19/22Belonging to Christ means we have a place where we fit, a resting place where we are at peace because we know our Lord accepts us as His own.
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7 mins read|03/18/22Theologians of glory searched for God everywhere except the Cross of Christ.
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8 mins read|03/11/22For Luther, those who refuse Christ as a curse want their sin removed not in Christ but in themselves.
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15 mins read|03/09/22Confession is not another ecclesiastical bludgeon but is instead a gift. There we can tell the truth about ourselves, knowing that Christ has only mercy for us in response.
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