Worship never existed as escape from the world, but preparation for life within it.
For many years, I held piety as my god.
The reasoning was always the same. The gods were angry. The gods were hungry. The gods required payment.

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Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.
The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does.
Logos theology is a theology of presence without division. It is a way of unification, of which the incarnation is the greatest visible example.
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.
Stoicism’s opening premise fails to understand that, from its conception, the heart is a thorny bramble.
The German Bible made Sola Scriptura a reality for all believers.
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.
Good, we tend to think, is the absence of evil. But this reversal of the formula can only have disastrous consequences.
Cranach became the evangelical interpreter for the masses
Take heart: God is near and he is here for you.
You will not be disappointed in this Champion of the Incarnation.
The spirit indeed is willing and desires bodily death as a gentle sleep. It does not consider it to be death; it knows no such thing as death.