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.
When Jesus washes you with baptismal water, you can rest assured that the Lion of Judah is on the move.
The life we are trying to manage, improve, and secure is not something to be mastered. It is something to be surrendered. And this is where everything changes. Because in Christ, the approval we are seeking has already been spoken.

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This is the second installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
The doctrine of the Trinity is not so much the story of a “who-dunnit” as it is the story of the “who-is-it.”
So Christ is risen, but what now?
In Christ, you are bound. Bound to mercy. Bound to grace. Bound to a God who won’t let you go. And because of that, you are free—gloriously, joyfully free.
Should you then abandon David’s plea that God use his law against his enemies and send a Legal Avenger? No, the law must be preached to the Christian (insofar as he is not one).
Forgiveness from Jesus is always surprising to us.
The wrong god means love remains frail, fickle, or a fiction. The right God means love is the most reliable thing in all the world.
What do we do with Katie Luther? What kind of historical character can we paint her to be?
By the end of this prayer of wrestling, David finally has the strength to claim victory over his lying enemies.
Epiphany is one of the most important festivals of the church year, although often sadly overlooked.
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.
Jesus loved us and gave himself up to save us. He would not abandon you to your hurt or cast you away because of the hurt you caused others.