Remembering and Commemorating the Augsburg Confession
By Caleb Keith
06/25/26
14mins

Remembering and Commemorating the Augsburg Confession

The confessors at Augsburg remind us that every generation of Christians is called to bear witness to the gospel amid the challenges and pressures of its own age. As they confessed Christ before emperors and kingdoms, so the Church continues to confess Him before the world today.
The Sacrament of Baptism: Through the Wardrobe and the Water
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
06/24/26

The Sacrament of Baptism: Through the Wardrobe and the Water

When Jesus washes you with baptismal water, you can rest assured that the Lion of Judah is on the move.
Grace and the Illusion of Control
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
06/22/26

Grace and the Illusion of Control

The life we are trying to manage, improve, and secure is not something to be mastered. It is something to be surrendered. And this is where everything changes. Because in Christ, the approval we are seeking has already been spoken.

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RJ Grunewald
RJ Grunewald
12/13/16

Grace In The Shadows

On the television show Portlandia—a satirical comedy centered on hipster culture in Portland, Oregon—one episode highlights a conversation between the characters as Carrie and Alexandra look through Fred’s endless photo album of the places he’s traveled.
Paul Dunk
Paul Dunk
12/12/16

Grace Came Down

God coming to us at Christmas encapsulates the essence of Christian faith: we don't make ourselves strong and then work our way up to a strong God.
Bonnie Petroschuk
Bonnie Petroschuk
12/07/16

In Our Time of Need

Have you ever grown despondent from trying so hard to stop behaving in certain destructive ways, but always failing?
Larry D. Hughes
Larry D. Hughes
12/07/16

"God Said, 'Take'"

The devil is effective with this attack because it calls out all the things a Christian sinner experiences as simultaneous sinner and saint.
Chad Bird
Chad Bird
11/30/16

Gospel Phobia

If the devil took over a church, I suspect it would be bursting at the seams every Sunday, with smiling faces, clean noses, straight morals, conservative voting, institutional fidelity
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/29/16

Good Works Don't Come With A Price Tag

Old Adam's works are good because he says they're good. End of conversation.
Cindy Koch
Cindy Koch
11/11/16

A Story of Freedom or Submission?

The Garden of Eden proved to be the first battlefield between God and his submissive people.
Donavon Riley
Donavon Riley
11/08/16

The Hard Reset: Rediscovering God's Word

It's easy to forget that today, just like then, most people who laud Luther publicly as a reformer, revolutionary, and so on, secretly reject his teaching because it's too much to take.
Scott Keith
Scott Keith
11/03/16

Philip Melanchthon: The Method of the “Loci Communes” - 1526

by Philip Melanchthon, translated by Scott L. Keith, Ph.D.; edited by Kurt Winrich
Rod Rosenbladt
Rod Rosenbladt
10/31/16

What Drove Luther's Hammer?

This evening we will together take a very abbreviated look at what led Luther down the long road to the discovery of the Gospel.
Joel Hess
Joel Hess
10/30/16

The Reformation Will Not Be Televised

The same can be said of the Reformation. I have often heard both Roman Catholic and Lutheran brothers and sisters bemoan the celebration of the Reformation.
Sam P. Schuldheisz
Sam P. Schuldheisz
10/29/16

What If The Freedom Found In Fairy Tales Was True?

True freedom, Luther discovered, is found in Jesus crucified who sets us free.
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