Wisdom and strength require bootstrap-pulling and the placing of noses to grindstones.
“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36).
How do the words “The righteous shall live by his faith” go from a context of hope in hopelessness to the cornerstone declaration of the chief doctrine of the Christian faith?

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Jesus remakes us, rebuilds us, and resurrects us so the demons that hide in the cracks cannot get ahold of us, the devil cannot break us, and hell will never know us.
When we cry to the Lord in our trouble, he will send us a preacher with words that deliver us from destruction.
Only by faith in Christ are we truly awake.
Don't lose hope. Don't avoid church on Sunday morning.
Our value and our values, our life, our everything is from Jesus Christ given to us as a gift.
We bring nothing with us that contributes to the preaching or the hearing of God’s promise to us.
At the heart of The Idiot is Dostoevsky's confession of faith and the confession of all Christians.
The world hates Jesus because he comes to lead us to love and forgive all, including our enemies.
The only solution to free will is the announcement from a preacher that the Father forgives us for Christ's sake.
The point Luther made, again and again, was that distance between God and sinners is collapsed when the crucified Christ himself comes to sinners through a preacher.
Theologians of glory searched for God everywhere except the Cross of Christ.
Each email entry in The Withertongue Emails is intended to compel the reader to stop and think about their pastor, themselves, and their churches.