1. Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
  2. In the Reformation, as in the tabernacle, God gave skill, artistry, and craftsmanship to put his Word in images so that through art, his Word would be revealed.
  3. Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
  4. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do
  5. For as you pick up the Holy Bible, God’s Word to you and for you in Christ, the words of the prophet Isaiah echo in your ears, "The Word of the Lord Endures Forever."
  6. Luther's September Testament not only shaped the reformers’ theology but also was as big an influence on the German language as Shakespeare was for English.
  7. This is an excerpt from chapter 1 of “A Shepherd’s Letter: The Faith Once and For All Delivered to the Evangelical Church” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2022).
  8. Increasingly, to forgive is seen as winking at evil, as shrugging one’s moral shoulders, and as being complicit.
  9. Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
  10. God is consistently rooting us in reality—both what is seen and unseen—because that is where he is.
  11. There is power in the name of Jesus, and we love to manipulate power for our own ends.