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The notion that your goodness is “good enough” to make you right with God is a lie straight from the father of lies himself.
He was rooted in his own tradition but gracious with others when they wanted to learn about his faith or their own.
We live for the most part, on the strength of our moral fiber, under the law, by our zeal for God and all that which tickles our proud fancy.
The hardest thing you and I will ever be called to do is to believe that it is done already, that it really and truly is finished.
Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
Being the baptized just may be the last, great resistance.
The LORD vindicates His people in the midst of their misery and despair—for this He has come.
God's new planting will keep the ancient Messianic covenantal promise alive and bring it to fruition.
This Psalm identifies who the people of the Covenant are, and who they are not, and orientates them in relationship to the LORD God.
Dangerous Bible stories show us a God who has no problem whatsoever using the muck and mire of our worst days to make his progress toward his good goal happen.
The question is this: Is it possible to truly believe God will give us a desirable answer to our prayers, and at the same time be OK if He doesn't?
I’d like to offer a short reflection on the theme of “worldliness” as it appears in his later work and how that’s connected to an item of his Lutheran heritage: the theology of the cross.