Living by faith has never been about what we bring to the table. It has always been, and always will be, about what God does for us when we can’t do anything for ourselves.
02/23/26
The entire history of Protestantism is downstream of a goldsmith in Mainz figuring out how to cast identical pieces of lead type in less than a minute.
02/20/26
When we despair of ourselves, we repent of these self-justifying schemes and allow ourselves to be shaped by God, covered in Christ’s righteousness, and reborn with a new heart.
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07/14/23
It was meant to be Karlstadt’s moment to shine, but all anyone remembered was Luther.
07/05/23
As Luther said, “Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf of spring.”
05/15/23
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.
05/02/23
Jesus cries on the cross for us. He suffers and cries and dies in our place. He is forsaken by his father so we don’t have to be.
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04/24/23
Although Jesus bodily ascended and is hidden from our earthly eyes, he is not far off.
04/06/23
By mandating the promise, Christ states something stronger than just an invitation.
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04/06/23
Maundy Thursday is your big night. For the Passover Lamb is given for you, given to you.
03/21/23
This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
03/17/23
What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
01/24/23
This is an excerpt from “The Alien and the Proper: Luther's Two-Fold Righteousness in Controversy, Ministry, and Citizenship,” edited by Robert Kolb (1517 Publishing, 2023). Now available for purchase.
01/18/23
The gospel's message is the scandalous announcement that Yahweh has stooped to our frame, to where we are.
01/05/23
As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."
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