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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Christianity is not about principally about ethics. It was the Cross on the Hill rather than the Sermon on the Mount that produced the impact of Christianity upon the world.
And because Jesus on the cross was sin in its entirety, God cannot look at him. He turns his face away, causing Jesus to cry out in utmost agony, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
The church does well to remind the world that God is unmasked, indeed, that God has unmasked himself in the person of Jesus.
People do not seek the gospel because they want to, but because God’s Word drives them to it.
The parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew hinges on whether a guy is wearing the right costume for the party.
Our forefathers dedicated Holy Cross Day to jolt the Church into remembrance that Christianity is not principally about ethics.
The God whom I met without a preacher is neither revealing nor hiding—but now, with a preacher, he has become my hiding place!
When it comes to God’s word, our help only obscures his power and grace.
Christ isn’t preached in his glory but in his ignominy, his utter shame, degradation, and desolation.
Jesus has conquered; he who has an ear let him hear. There is nothing to run from, nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to fear because the Lamb of God has done it all.
Elisabeth Cruciger is the first female Lutheran hymn writer. In fact, her hymn was included in the very first evangelical hymnal, published in 1524. With her life and her hymn, she becomes a witness, an example, and a proclaimer of the gospel to us almost 500 years later.
Jesus wouldn't allow religious people to determine his identity, define his mission, or put him in a safe, predictable religious box.