1. Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever.
  2. Not only does Scripture command us to maintain purity of doctrine and practice, it also commands us to reconcile with our brother, to seek to end division, and recognize common ground where there is common ground.
  3. Is it possible to celebrate Thanksgiving every time we come together as God’s people as well?
  4. The Reformation was yet another era of history when God’s people were faced with the question that Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?”
  5. Erasmus sought to find meaning behind the words of Scripture in order to make an ultimate claim. Luther, on the other hand, found the Gospel to be meaningless outside of Christ and his Cross.
  6. Throughout the eighteenth century and into the nineteenth, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans would work together on the mission field, at home, and abroad.
  7. The church’s reformation is not about fragmentation, but a way forward to unity around that which is central to the church, around Christ and him crucified.
  8. Luther understood when the Word of God came it did not offer sinners a choice.
  9. This is a Q&A for 1517 Publishing’s newest release, “How Melanchthon Helped Luther Discover the Gospel,” by Lowell C. Green. This release also marks the launch of our new Melanchthon Library.
  10. Even if not a turning point, 1518 is a point of no return for Luther.
  11. The way to salvation does not consist in works invented by men, but that which leads to God is believing and trusting in Him.
  12. Except for the Augsburg Confession, Melanchthon’s Loci communes of 1521 were the most important of his writings.