Wade Johnston, Life Under the Cross: A Biography of the Reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis: MO, 2025.
This ancient “tale of two mothers” concerns far more than theological semantics—it is the difference between a God who sends and a God who comes.
This story points us from our unlikely heroes to the even more unlikely, and joyous, good news that Jesus’ birth for us was just as unlikely and unexpected.

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While hyperbolic The Boys brings its viewers to the harsh world of reality and the daily struggle of sin.
The simul makes several affirmations and rejections on the doctrines of sin/original sin, justification, and sanctification, to name a few.
We live because Christ did not remain in the grave but rose to life.
The Scriptural pictures of atonement offer every Christian comfort and hope against sin through the power of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
As we enter into this year’s Advent season, this blog is a part of our series on the hope we find in, through and given by Christ, Each week’s installment will look at hope from a different perspective with special emphasis on corresponding passages of Scripture.
God acts through His Word and means in order to create, restore, and renew inward faith.
Each week, we will reflect on a few of the theses leading up to this year’s Here We Still Stand Conference in October. Each post will also include a new translation completed by Caleb Keith.
The question at hand was quite short, “Who is Jesus Christ?
The power and the purpose of the Reformation was to bring the full force of the Law and the Gospel to the ears of sinners.
Christ is the answer to both the Who and the how of our extra nos salvation.
Let’s take a look point-by-point to better understand why apologetics is really just part of sharing the Gospel.