Auden understands Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith not as a mere theological platitude, a trick of biblical grammar, or a catchphrase for men to rally around.
Our Lord Jesus builds, forms, and fashions his church as an artist forms a mosaic.
Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.

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Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
The earliest followers of God sang their faith, which is no different today as we sing of the hope we have in Jesus.
Psalm 98, with its promise of a sea and mountains singing, takes these imposing natural features and turns them into a praise choir.
All our sin and shame is answered for in the death and resurrection of our Lord.
The worship service is less like servants entering the throne room to wait on the king’s needs and more like a father joining his family around the dining room table.
FLAME uses Scripture and church history to argue that baptism is a gospel gift, not our work.
For Japan’s highly secularized elite, alienated by collapsing opportunity and the materialistic void left behind, Bach’s music was a balm.
The relationship between faith and prayer or belief and worship is mutual. Faith produces prayer and prayer expresses faith.
The church’s song goes on and on, singing and ringing down to us today.
The Advents of Christ (past, present, and future) elicit faith in the word of Christ, confirmed by his presence.
In a time of unknown, the Flanigans found comfort in the words of the prayer book and made them truly their own.