TOPIC INDEXMartin Luther (19)

  1. Don't Forget Satan on Easter

    book
    03/09/24
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    That Jesus is risen from the dead means, now and forever, Satan is bound, and it is determined he has no right to try to have a say in our lives.

  2. Preaching Us Beyond our Comfort Zones

    book
    09/23/23
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    God is placing us in new situations. His unchanging and utterly reliable Word provides our only anchor.

  3. Justification as Purification

    book
    08/26/23
    18 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    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.

  4. Providence in the Pulpit

    book
    04/29/23
    17 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    But what does a preacher do regarding the doctrine of providence when God embarrasses Himself and us by not being present in the way we want Him to be with us?

  5. God and His Human Creatures in Luther’s Sermons on Genesis

    book
    01/24/23
    19 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    This is an excerpt from “The Alien and the Proper: Luther's Two-Fold Righteousness in Controversy, Ministry, and Citizenship,” edited by Robert Kolb (1517 Publishing, 2023). Now available for purchase.

  6. Resurrection Realism

    book
    04/16/22
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The gospel of Jesus’ coming out of death and the tomb alive so that we might be restored to our identity as God’s children establishes the most enduring reality there is.

  7. Proclaiming Justification as Incorporation into Christ‘s Family

    book
    03/19/22
    17 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Belonging to Christ means we have a place where we fit, a resting place where we are at peace because we know our Lord accepts us as His own.

  8. The Freedom to Say What I Mean

    book
    02/05/22
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Because Jesus has set us free, we enjoy a freedom of movement in His world, under His grace, that loosens our tongues to sing His praise.

  9. Justification by Faith

    book
    10/25/21
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Trust may risk, but trust produces a sense of assurance letting us rest easy and enjoy peace while it drives us to ventures which may seem dangerous but are possible to do because trust defies the dangers.

  10. Justification as Forgiveness

    book
    10/16/21
    18 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Forgiveness is ours, Luther continually proclaimed, because Christ has put His claim on our sins and taken them as His own to the Cross and into His tomb.

  11. The Gift of Wisdom and Fairness

    book
    03/14/21
    14 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance powers our ability to view the world with perceptive sensitivity and, therefore, to treat others fairly in the way we think and the way we experience life.

  12. Sermons on Hymn Texts

    book
    09/13/20
    15 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    The Church's hymns help us see our own world from another—and perhaps not so different—vantage point that illuminates the impact of the work of Christ and the general providing and protecting activity of our Creator in our lives.
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