TOPIC INDEXJustification (12)

  1. The Easter Prelude

    book
    04/09/23
    10 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!

  2. The Man Born to be King

    book
    01/07/21
    13 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    Epiphany celebrates that we have not been left in our hearts’ cold darkness and this spoiled creation.

  3. Happy Thanksgiving, Now and Then

    book
    11/26/20
    12 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    We are given, so we give thanks, and we give thanks by giving.

  4. Sanctification: The Powerful Pardon

    book
    11/18/20
    19 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    The following is an excerpt from “The Christian Life: Cross or Glory” written by Steven A. Hein (1517 Publishing, 2015).

  5. When You Can't Forget

    book
    07/11/19
    12 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    In truth, forgetting transgressions has little to do with forgiving others who wrong us.

  6. Getting Saved, Doing Nothing

    book
    10/03/18
    9 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    We are saved by grace, and strictly speaking, not by an offer.

  7. God’s Last Word

    book
    04/25/18
    9 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    The Gospel predominates when hearers receive the saving gifts of Christ as God’s final word to them.

  8. A Purpose Driven Devil

    book
    11/06/17
    13 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    The Devil cultivates fear of God and promotes motivation and zeal for outward works and earthly virtue out of pure eternal self-concern.

  9. Our Redeemer Lives, and So Will You

    book
    04/14/17
    11 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    The story of Christ crucified has a happy ending. Jesus has conquered the grave. He beat the death rap.

  10. Human Depravity: The Doctrine on which Justification Stands or Falls

    book
    10/31/16
    8 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    Lose trust in the free grace of the righteousness of Christ alone, and the holiness of the Church and all in her is lost.

  11. Being Lured Away From Justification

    book
    03/30/16
    8 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    There is an unfortunate, but familiar pilgrimage that entirely too many have taken—servants who have offered strong confession and service in the pure Gospel, but who then have doctrinally gone astray.

  12. Justification: You Have It All, But You Always Need More

    book
    11/25/15
    10 mins
    By Steven A. Hein
    To be justified means to be declared righteous in the forgiveness that is ours in the crucified Christ. It is a done deal, and by faith we have it all.