TOPIC INDEXGod's Word (5)

  1. Finding the Catholic Luther: A Review of Martin Luther and the Rule of Faith by Todd Hains

    book
    12/14/22
    12 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.

  2. Repentance According to the Scriptures: Acts 2:37–39

    book
    03/12/21
    8 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Repentance means being cut down by the law’s declaration of judgment. It’s not an activity we do to prepare for grace, but a point of despair worked by God himself.

  3. Luther at Marburg

    book
    10/02/20
    12 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Luther's signature insight on the sacraments was that God’s word of promise doesn’t just symbolize an absent reality but that it gives and bestows God’s real favor.

  4. Between Fear and Hatred: Two Kinds of Divine Hiddenness

    book
    11/25/19
    16 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    We might not appreciate that God chooses to save us by his word alone, but our discomfort doesn’t make the promise any less effective.

  5. What Does this Mean: Union with Christ

    book
    10/07/19
    13 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Christ’s indwelling in the Christian must be tied relentlessly to these external and objective events of God’s own action.