Luther neither removed the Apocrypha from the Bible nor discouraged its use. Rather, he received and preserved the ancient distinction inherited from the fathers: the Apocrypha is valuable, edifying, and worthy of reading, but it is not Holy Scripture and therefore cannot serve as the foundation of Christian doctrine.
06/25/26
The confessors at Augsburg remind us that every generation of Christians is called to bear witness to the gospel amid the challenges and pressures of its own age. As they confessed Christ before emperors and kingdoms, so the Church continues to confess Him before the world today.
06/24/26
When Jesus washes you with baptismal water, you can rest assured that the Lion of Judah is on the move.
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07/26/23
A pastor is sent to proclaim the unconditional grace of God, reminding us again and again that it is our Heavenly Father who reaches out to us in love through his Christ-won forgiveness, and not the other way around.
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07/24/23
Only the resurrection of Jesus guarantees and facilitates divine presence and love to us as divine life for us.
07/17/23
If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
07/12/23
Grace comes for every foolish, self-absorbed sinner, for every “Nabal,” and announces that there is one who has already taken it upon himself to shoulder all of our wrongdoing, paying the price for it through the sacrifice of himself.
06/28/23
Christ Jesus brings his word and presence to where you are and he is even willing to do so through the likes of your personally present pastor.
06/27/23
The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
05/23/23
Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
05/18/23
This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
05/15/23
Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
05/02/23
Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
04/21/23
The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
04/09/23
This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
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