By Luke Kjolhaug

10/16/26

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Grace is Not an Excuse

In Jesus, God acted first, even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:5).

Chad Bird

10/13/26

Jesus Is God: The Old Testament Says So

Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.

John W. Hoyum

10/09/26

World Mission and Inner Mission

There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.

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Ken Sundet Jones

03/09/22

500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 2)

Confession 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.

Ken Sundet Jones

03/08/22

500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 1)

Luther had a living Word from God intended to land squarely among sinners.

Donavon Riley

03/01/22

The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms: Part 2

Christ powerless on the Cross is where the false definitions of glory theologies are exposed and everything is turned upside down.

Bradley Gray

02/24/22

The Word Did It All

The firestorm of the Reformation which turned Europe upside-down was not Luther’s doing. It was the Word, and the Spirit working through it.

Donavon Riley

02/22/22

The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms: Part One

Luther’s confessions and writings during that time demonstrated the diagnosis of the problem he faced had always been the same.

Martin Luther

02/08/22

What the Law Can and Can't Do

God’s design in the Law is to enable man to know himself; to perceive the false and unjustified state of his heart; to discover how far he is from God and to disdain his own goodness.

Robert Kolb

02/05/22

The Freedom to Say What I Mean

Because Jesus has set us free, we enjoy a freedom of movement in His world, under His grace, that loosens our tongues to sing His praise.

John W. Hoyum

02/04/22

Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer

An immense amount of ink has been spilled contesting and interpreting Bonhoeffer's significance as a figure of Christian history and a theologian of the church.

Ken Sundet Jones

01/28/22

Thomas Aquinas: The Doctor of the Church

Aquinas would craft a systematic theology that did with the matter of faith what Aristotle had done with the natural world.

Martin Luther

01/21/22

Grace and Peace for Stubborn Sins

Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.

Philip Bartelt

01/19/22

The Anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism

Not only does Scripture command us to maintain purity of doctrine and practice, it also commands us to reconcile with our brother, to seek to end division, and recognize common ground where there is common ground.

John Bombaro

01/08/22

When Sermon Meets Sacrament

Christ is present in the pure preaching of the gospel. And if Christ is present, then we have entered into the domain of the sacraments.

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