Trueman engages the question of “What is man?” and demonstrates how contemporary definitions of mankind result in the dehumanizing of our neighbor.
This is an excerpt from the third chapter of By Water and the Word: God’s Gift of Baptism for You by Brian Thomas (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 52-60.
Even when the bitter places sink down deep into our bones, the Restorer never relinquishes his grip on you.

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Don't lose hope. Don't avoid church on Sunday morning.
Our value and our values, our life, our everything is from Jesus Christ given to us as a gift.
We bring nothing with us that contributes to the preaching or the hearing of God’s promise to us.
At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
The world hates Jesus because he comes to lead us to love and forgive all, including our enemies.
The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.
The 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.
Theologians of glory searched for God everywhere except the Cross of Christ.
For Luther, those who refuse Christ as a curse want their sin removed not in Christ but in themselves.
Christ powerless on the Cross is where the false definitions of glory theologies are exposed and everything is turned upside down.
Luther’s confessions and writings during that time demonstrated the diagnosis of the problem he faced had always been the same.
Our hope is God's mercy. It's like a well that never dries up. His mercies were there before he created us. They are present for us today.