Jesus is not a god that we can manipulate and mold. Christ is the true God, the one who is.
11/09/26
Yahweh tells his people that they “shall have no other gods before me,” he’s speaking into a culture whose very fabric is made up of the worship of other gods.
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11/04/26
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.
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08/09/16
When we explain away God’s Word, we jettison the reality of our ominous diagnosis in the “Thou shall/shall nots” of the law, and with it the sweet cure in the, “This is My body/blood” of the Gospel.
07/26/16
We can leave all the stuff of life behind, because our great treasure God flaunts before the world on Calvary.
07/19/16
The Christian faith makes a bold claim: We are the world's problem, but we are not the world's solution.
07/14/16
We treat the Scriptures as if they’re our literary property to toy with as we please.
07/07/16
We are continuing our summer series on a theology of worship through the lens of language. Before moving forward, let me highlight a few points by way of review.
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06/25/16
The time constrained authoring of the Augustana caused great angst, for the part of Melanchthon that was never satisfied with his own literary output.
06/14/16
Like any language, the liturgy has syntax—a structure that provides order and intelligibly communicates meaning through all that is said.
05/30/16
Either one of those verses alone is scary; but both of them together are terrifying!
05/27/16
As the story unfolds we see Luther’s Heidelberg theses on display, even before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell.
05/24/16
At our churches must remain focused on the deep kick, the real deal, the thing itself. I’m not the first on this site to remind us that this is Christ himself.
05/17/16
You cannot fudge Glory in this life. You get there only on the Better Day that is coming and not one day before.
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