Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

By Steven Paulson

01/16/26

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Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.

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Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.

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Martin Luther's Three Lights

Luther’s famous treatise contains great consolation for Christians struggling with grace, suffering, and hope.

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The addict’s condition speaks a hard truth: that we are all beggars before God, every one of us bent toward the grave.

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There is no one — not now, not ever — who cannot be included in the family of God through the efficacy of Christ’s saving power.

Gretchen Ronnevik

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What do we do with Katie Luther? What kind of historical character can we paint her to be?

Jason Oakland

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Jesus, the true Bridegroom, erases that mistake by his own compassionate, saving act. Isn’t this also a picture of the gospel?

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Baptism: Return or Redo? On the 500th Anniversary of the Anabaptist Movement

There is a “re” involved with baptism, but unlike the Anabaptists, it’s not a “re-do,” but a “re-turn" or a “re-member.”

John Bombaro

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Gospel Safebox

"When God has his say, have confidence that his Word and sacraments bestow precisely what he says."

Adam Francisco

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Thank God for Wesley Huff: Defending the Historicity of the Gospel

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The gospel gives us faith, hope, and love, all of which proceed from Christ’s death and resurrection.

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