How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?
As soon as people understand what crucifixion means, the cross becomes offensive.
This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”

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With the Spirit we will get lost in the world. We are on a new track.
We know we are made for something great. We humans were created in God’s image and restored through Christ in his perfect image.
Now that the Lord of Sabaoth has involved himself, something ends, something is born.
Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
Sometimes, we get prayer dementia. We can’t remember what we were going to pray for, we can’t put the words together, and, frustrated, there is nothing we can do but sigh and groan.
There is no AA for legalists. At least not officially. But there ought to be, and it should be called your local church.
One way or another, Rod always found a way to bring whatever story he was telling back to the gospel and God's grace in Christ.
It would serve us well to embrace the beauty of our diversity within the unity of the body of Christ.
In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.
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The goodness of God's grace is also offensive to our egos