1. The End of Ethics

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    04/04/22
    9 mins
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    By John W. Hoyum
    False holiness is always a possession and achievement of the individual in isolation from the good of others. And so it isn’t holiness at all.
    The End of Ethics

  2. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 4)

    book
    03/18/22
    7 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Theologians of glory searched for God everywhere except the Cross of Christ.
    The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 4)

  3. The Coronation of Edward VI

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    03/16/22
    8 mins
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    By Sarah Crowder
    Edward's goal of teaching his people to know the scriptures and to believe that their salvation depended on Christ is also essential for us today.
    The Coronation of Edward VI

  4. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 3)

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    03/11/22
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    For Luther, those who refuse Christ as a curse want their sin removed not in Christ but in themselves.
    The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms (Part 3)

  5. 500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 2)

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    03/09/22
    15 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Confession is not another ecclesiastical bludgeon but is instead a gift. There we can tell the truth about ourselves, knowing that Christ has only mercy for us in response.
    500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 2)

  6. 500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 1)

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    03/08/22
    11 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Luther had a living Word from God intended to land squarely among sinners.
    500th Anniversary: Luther’s Invocavit Sermons (Part 1)

  7. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms: Part 2

    book
    03/01/22
    8 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Christ powerless on the Cross is where the false definitions of glory theologies are exposed and everything is turned upside down.
    The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms: Part 2

  8. The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms: Part One

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    02/22/22
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Luther’s confessions and writings during that time demonstrated the diagnosis of the problem he faced had always been the same.
    The Stupid Monk at The Diet at Worms: Part One

  9. Q & A for "The Augsburg Confession: A Guide for the Perplexed" by Mark Mattes

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    02/15/22
    6 mins
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    By 1517 Publishing
    The problem with sin is that we fail to honor God who wants to take our hearts captive and fill us with his goodness.
    Q & A for

  10. What the Law Can and Can't Do

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    02/08/22
    8 mins
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    By Martin Luther
    God’s design in the Law is to enable man to know himself; to perceive the false and unjustified state of his heart; to discover how far he is from God and to disdain his own goodness.
    What the Law Can and Can't Do

  11. Thomas Aquinas: The Doctor of the Church

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    01/28/22
    11 mins
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    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Aquinas would craft a systematic theology that did with the matter of faith what Aristotle had done with the natural world.
    Thomas Aquinas: The Doctor of the Church

  12. On Demystifying the Church

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    11/13/21
    12 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    The church is the only place God promises to lift us out of ourselves not in order to become more like God but so that we may finally be freed from our obsession with becoming little gods.
    On Demystifying the Church
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