Holiness

This article is the second installment in an eight-part series inspired by the Lenten themes of catechesis, prayer, and repentance found in the Lord’s Prayer as Luther taught it in his Small Catechism.

We walk to the cross by the faith that God bestows on us, not by our own power, reason, or might.

Jesus purifies His own and ends their identification as unfit to appear in His presence or in front of other people as the person we identify as our true self.

The Preacher need not fear to articulate consequent good works by Christians or the value of good works for the Church and our neighbors.

Growth and maturity in the Spirit doesn’t look like we think it does. That’s because it’s backward.