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21 mins read|05/01/26
What Does Baptism Do?
This is an excerpt from the third chapter of By Water and the Word: God’s Gift of Baptism for You by Brian Thomas (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 52-60. -
16 mins read|04/02/26
Maundy Thursday and the New Command
On Maundy Thursday, Christ explicitly gave his disciples the new command from which the day takes its name, for the Latin words novum mandatum are the Vulgate’s translation of “new command.” -
13 mins read|12/03/25
Did the Church Replace Israel?
The unity of God’s people is grounded not in lineage nor land but in the promise of the coming Christ. -
12 mins read|11/11/25
Seamless Fig Leaves
When we fail, our first impulse is the same as that of our spiritual ancestors: to sprint headlong into the bushes. -
25 mins read|07/02/25
Faith Remains: From Habbakuk to Luther
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? -
13 mins read|06/24/25
Modern Israel and Biblical Israel: What’s the Difference?
Is modern Israel the heir of the promises and covenant God made with ancient Israel?
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Daddy issues
So, look . . . if you want to rely upon works of the Law to lay claim to the title "child of God," you can't. To be under the Law is to be a slave, and slaves are not sons. -
Promises, promises
Paul shows that the Law was never intended to save, but that salvation comes only through promise. The Law merely served as an instructor until the coming of the promised Christ. -
Bewitched!
Paul has a full head of steam and runs into the ground the notion that we receive the Spirit by works instead of by grace. Instead, we are of Abraham, the man of Christ.
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