More than a friend, Amsdorf was also an important figure in the work of religious reform, providing counsel to Luther on key occasions, shepherding the churches, and defending the faith until his death.
10/02/26
Just as it is necessary that Christ took on flesh for our salvation, so too, it is necessary that he should be in the supper bodily
09/30/26
Jesus doesn’t say, “I give you the way,” but “I am the way.”
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09/28/20
The best synonym I can think of for Biblical meditation is "wonder." To meditate upon God's word is to wonder, as a child wonders at the stars.
09/24/20
What does it mean that holding to Jesus’ teaching will set us free? Which teaching? What will we be set free from?
09/22/20
We vote because we are citizens, and it is our duty. We serve our neighbors in love because it is our Christian calling.
09/15/20
Because peace is a gift and not a product, you can’t work your way into it. However—you can receive it by grace.
09/14/20
Viewing the Bible as literature is an essential and natural way of engaging the text. But there are also ways in which this practice can get lost.
09/13/20
The Church's hymns help us see our own world from another—and perhaps not so different—vantage point that illuminates the impact of the work of Christ and the general providing and protecting activity of our Creator in our lives.
09/11/20
The scope of catechesis from the Reformation was broad and included not only instruction at church but in the home and in schools.
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09/06/20
Our forefathers dedicated Holy Cross Day to jolt the Church into remembrance that Christianity is not principally about ethics.
09/04/20
The gospel fires up within us the gratitude, joy, and love to pull off what the law never could get us to do.
08/30/20
No good will come to the cause of the Gospel by followers of Jesus being regarded as crazy dissidents who will not cooperate with the most basic social mechanisms.
08/27/20
In both Psalms, we hear the Messiah becoming sin for us, and thus he pleads on our behalf before the Father
08/21/20
Physicality is good. Some way or another, choose a full performance of Messiah and give it your full attention. More than one time. Consider it a devotional practice.
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