1. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of these early Lutheran hymns – and their physical availability in hymnals – in the piety of common people living in Lutheran towns and territories.
  2. The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician.
  3. God chose Russell Brand, chose to defy his fast-escaping life and drink up all his swift-running sin in the River Thames.
  4. The profound significance of Christ’s resurrection comes from the threefold justification it provides: it justifies the sinner, the sinner’s hope, and God himself.
  5. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  6. A Christian story untethered from the reality of Christ and his mercy toward sinners becomes a mere fable, while a sermon disconnected from the hearts of its listeners remains a hollow oratory.
  7. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  8. The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
  9. Bathed in the waters of baptism, you are placed in God's path of totality, a path he won for each and every one of us.
  10. Paul knew that, without the resurrection, the Christian life was a “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video.
  11. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.