Surveying Scripture, it is an immense comfort to know we’re not alone in our sinfulness.
Christian faith is never a solitary possession. When the congregation confesses, the old speak for the young, the strong for the weak, and the clear-voiced for the trembling.
Living by faith has never been about what we bring to the table. It has always been, and always will be, about what God does for us when we can’t do anything for ourselves.

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Luther’s famous treatise contains great consolation for Christians struggling with grace, suffering, and hope.
The addict’s condition speaks a hard truth: that we are all beggars before God, every one of us bent toward the grave.
It is impossible to live our lives in a way that would convince God of our value because he already knows our value. He is the one who gave it to us.
Below is the Thinking Fellows Essential Reading List with contributions from each of the Thinking Fellows hosts.
It is your privilege—we may even say “right”—to call upon this Father and to call him Father.
God does not give us an undebatable answer to suffering. Instead, God suffers, too.
I have to believe that grace - God’s grace - will be waiting on the other side.
The lack of history surrounding Psalm 130 allows it to endure as universally appealing even for our seasons of hopelessness and despair when we’re in “the depths.”
For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
You are the baptized, for in Christ we are all wet. The demographic dividers are washed away.
Do our petitions move God?
C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season