1. In this article Amy Mantravadi give a short but helpful summary of the differences in Lutheran and Reformed thought regarding assurance.
  2. An Anglo-Saxon poem gives fresh insight to the cross
  3. Amy Mantravadi asks if we should forgive others even if they are not repentant
  4. No plot spoilers here just some really Good News
  5. Any message other than "Christ for you" is not good news.
  6. Confession and absolution offer more than assurance, they gift real and genuine Divine promises.
  7. Human solutions to problems, important as they are, are inadequate to meet our deepest needs
  8. Christ reshapes what forgivness means and why it's important
  9. As much as we want the glory, riches, and knowledge of Dantes, what we need is Jean Valjean's candlesticks.
  10. How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?