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  1. Over the last few weeks it’s been painful and disappointing to hear the stories of victims that have been abused and assaulted by powerful celebrities, executives, and politicians.
  2. In Christ, the Word become flesh, this is a concrete, real fact. It is the bedrock foundation of the Gospel.
  3. In Christ, God is not angry, but is your tender Father Who loves you with an everlasting love.
  4. The following excerpt comes from Chapter 7, “When Love Repents Us,” in Chad Bird’s new book, Night Driving: Notes from a Prodigal Soul.
  5. God’s justification of us does not happen secretly in our spirits. God justifies you and me in His absolving Word
  6. Luther contends that even our best spiritual, theological, and moral efforts are insufficient to save us.
  7. Our goal is to proclaim the genuine good news—that’s what “Gospel” means—of Christ’s forgiveness for you. We do not offer you better tips, techniques or checklists. Instead, You Are Forgiven is sermons by faithful pastors who will clearly show how you cannot be forgiven by your own efforts, no matter how well you do on your homework, your checklist of tasks. But they will also show how you are actually and already forgiven because Jesus has done all that is needed, for you!
  8. Rather than presenting Christ’s words as a rule or a threat, Luther reveals it to be the promise of God.
  9. If this opening verse offers to us both door and doorkeeper, then the doorkeeper stands with the door held securely shut.
  10. Standing before Jesus is one of the cultural groups that the Lord sought fit to eradicate for their wickedness to preserve the line that would eventually birth Jesus.
  11. When the Holy Spirit is at work in the office of the holy ministry, the man is ridden by the Spirit and so his only concern is for preaching the Gospel, baptizing, absolving, and feeding sinners in the Name of Christ Jesus.
  12. He’s the Grandpa who goes on and on about how delicious these mud pies are that we present to him. He laughs, honestly and sincerely, at our stupid jokes.
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