When faith seeks understanding—when belief is grounded in revelation and open to the light of reason—truth can travel.
Curiosity, while it might kill the cat, just might be one of the most needed virtues of our time.
On October 19, 1512, Martin Luther formally graduated with his doctorate in theology.

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Do our petitions move God?
What (if anything) makes a sermon distinctive?
When you see the year ending, thank the Lord, because he had led you into this cycle of years.
C.S. Lewis, Grief, and the Holiday Season
Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
Today is Pastor Bo Giertz birthday. This is an excerpt from Bo Giertz’ novel, With My Own Eyes, translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2017).
Only the resurrection of Jesus guarantees and facilitates divine presence and love to us as divine life for us.
Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
Sunshine and rain, food and harvests, family, friends, and health, love and joy. All these things and more he gives, not because of what you do or don’t do, but because he is generous and gracious.
This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.