TOPIC INDEXJustification (10)

  1. A Cloudy Day in the Kingdom

    book
    07/18/22
    16 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    With Christ as the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, the future is secure already. It’s solid right now, even when the cords seem to be fraying.

  2. The Trinity Is History

    book
    06/10/22
    16 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    The Trinity is a handy shorthand for all that God has done to justify sinners.

  3. The Antidote to "Sadvent"

    book
    11/30/21
    9 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    If Jesus is indeed the same yesterday, today, and forever, everything his enfleshment brings is already assured: life, salvation, and forgiveness.

  4. The Beatitudes are Ridiculous

    book
    11/15/21
    17 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Look the judge in the eye and pin your sin on Jesus, the divine judge’s son. Jesus knows you can’t do it, so he trades places with you and pits himself against God’s righteous demands.

  5. Luther, Jesus’ Body, and a Troubled Conscience

    book
    05/03/21
    14 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Luther saw that God demands not that we become perfectly righteous like God but that we simply receive the gift of righteousness; a gift that actually makes us worthy.

  6. A Q&A with Ken Sundet Jones on "A Lutheran Toolkit"

    book
    02/09/21
    13 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    "A Lutheran Toolkit" is available for purchase today from 1517 Publishing

  7. The Trouble with Dressing Up

    book
    10/29/20
    23 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    The parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew hinges on whether a guy is wearing the right costume for the party.

  8. Unimagined Freedom and Forgiveness in Hamilton

    book
    07/16/20
    16 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    In the quiet of your own uptown, where your own sins bear down on you and create a troubled conscience before the world, before others, and before God, your Lord reaches across the chasm of brokenness to take your hand.

  9. Bible Stories Too Dangerous for Sunday Morning

    book
    05/18/20
    19 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Dangerous Bible stories show us a God who has no problem whatsoever using the muck and mire of our worst days to make his progress toward his good goal happen.

  10. A Simple Thanksgiving

    book
    11/22/18
    11 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    God’s gifts are received, and the faithful heart offers gratias, and thanks are given in return.