The only hope for idol-addicted sinners who are utterly incapable of decluttering their souls is Jesus, the one at the heart of the gospel, and the only one who stands before the Father with an undivided heart.
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.
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

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Sometimes we have to strain hard to hear words deeper than our hearts. Words not from inside, but outside. Words from God, not our own self-spun narratives.
Jonathan saw in David a reflection of who he himself was. This recognition pulled him outside himself and bound him to another.
Instead of defining the true church in the way of the law, Augustine approaches the issue pastorally in the way of the gospel.
Jesus offer us this vision of violence not so we might be drawn into it but so we might be drawn through it to come closer to Him.
Friends are a gift from God, but all gifts flow from God to his children because of his love for us on account of Christ.
The following is an excerpt from“Where Two or Three Are Gathered” edited by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2019).
The following is an excerpt from “Where Two or Three Are Gathered” edited by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2019).
The more that we hear the law, the more we recognize others as those who, like us, are torn and tattered by the wounds of sin and brokenness.
It is only when individuals are bound together in community that they become fully human.
The word which typifies my understanding of what makes male friendships so central to the concept of masculinity is philia.
I have found that Gandalf’s words above ring true, not only in Middle-earth, but in our world as well.
Mutual Conversation and Consolation of the Brethren V — Some Examples from Rod Rosenbladt