1. This is the Christian word: grace. Such grace is found only with this Lamb who is also our Shepherd.
  2. Luther's emphasis on the need for sinners to have preachers who can provide them with the comfort and support they need for their faith in Jesus Christ and life is as relevant today as it was in his time.
  3. The Lord knew how it felt to be a rejected stone.
  4. Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.
  5. Christ's words of exclusive salvation are not just a warning but a sure promise for you.
  6. How can we be sure that we are getting a “solid spiritual diet” and not a “milky” one?
  7. In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
  8. What might Christians of the Reformation tradition think of claims like these about the nature of salvation?
  9. Jesus makes David’s words his own, because David’s words were Christ’s to begin with.
  10. As I look back, I choose to remember her as a soul redeemed by Christ.
  11. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.