Rustling Leaves and a Guilty Conscience
Make no mistake, sinners are in fact being pursued by a most hideous beast called sin, death, and the devil, unleashed and striking continuously.
Joseph's Moment of Truth
If you sit where Joseph sits, then you also face the choice that Joseph faced. Do you respond with vengeance?
Can I commit the ‘unpardonable sin’ and not know I’ve done it?
EPISODE #105: Ted asks about the ‘unpardonable sin’ we read about in Luke 12:10. Rod talks about how little textual clarification we get about that verse, where Scripture talks about apostasy, the importance of the ‘means of grace’ in regard to ‘God’s answer to our fretting’, and why it is important that it is the Object of our faith that…
Preaching Law and Gospel: Repentance and Faith from the Penitential Psalms in Lent
Luther recognized that in the penitential psalms, God gives us the words to cry out to Him in our distress, lament our sins, and confess trust in the promise of His righteousness in which alone is our sure and certain hope.
Fearless Repentance
When we own up to our sin, our Father is not scandalized, and his response is not to reconsider his calling us.