Through the means of grace, Christ grants us a share in all the blessings of this ancient hope.

For a long time, well-intentioned pastors and college evangelists have applied Jesus’ words from Revelation 3:20 to the unconverted.

The articles were used to catechize churches in Lutheran doctrine through a series of pastoral visitations.

The creeds provide a means of unified confession that is biblically sound, transcending denominational lines of demarcation.

The minister’s clothing represents his office of service, derived from the ministry of Christ, and never himself.

The post-Reformation observance of Lent is both commemorative and penitential

The majority of churches still use the traditional eight-sided font. The question I’d like to explore in this post is, “Why?”

The red door was fair warning to pursuers that they could proceed no further.

It can be argued that this scene sets a pattern for Christian activity on the first day of the week from that time until the present.

The reason the U.S. is blessed by God is that we are essentially a “good” nation. And this is the root of Bob’s problem (and that of all civil religion).

That’s where a true encounter with God leaves you. Unable to point the finger at anyone else, all you can do is fall on your face, confess your sin, be absolved, and join the angels in singing, “Holy, holy, holy.”

Jesus’ death was a direct fulfillment of the will of His Father as promised in the Scriptures.