Law and Gospel (28)
  1. The Gospel is simple to confess. That is, we are justified by faith alone, through Christ alone, without the works of the Law.
  2. God’s Law is a death sentence for us sinners. There is no winning beneath the Law of God.
  3. While I was still an over-eager seminarian the professor warned me, “Mr. Riley, this is exciting stuff.
  4. But when God's Word of Law and Gospel are tuned up, when they're properly distinguished, then Jesus' words rain down on us like thunderbolts.