We live in the “already” but “not yet”. Peace is already ours but not yet. The resurrection is already ours but not yet. Justice is already ours but not yet. Until then be comforted by the fact that you are reconciled in Christ on account of his life, death, and resurrection.
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.
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.

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Your justification isn’t a matter of “Jesus plus” anything.
How’s your ticker?
What’s the big deal about Jesus’ name?
Show me your righteousness, we can only point to Jesus
C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
The following poem was written by Tanner Olson to accompany 1517’s 2023 Advent Resources, The Clothing of the King. Advent begins this Sunday.
An Analysis of Galatians 5:1-6
An Anglo-Saxon poem gives fresh insight to the cross
This is an excerpt from Chad Bird’s book, Your God is Too Glorious, 2nd Edition
Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
God sees true beauty
The legacy of Jonah is troubled with most remembering him not for what he said but for what he did: run away.