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8 mins read|08/13/21Erasmus laid out his argument for a theology of grace and free will in much the same way modern Protestants have done since the Enlightenment.
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12 mins read|08/12/21As long as the church teaches the gospel, it will suffer persecution.
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10 mins read|08/03/21Luther's response to Erasmus was not meant to be a polite contribution to an academic duel.
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7 mins read|07/28/21Luther’s allies and opponents also would not allow him to put off responding to Erasmus indefinitely. They badgered him constantly to write a response.
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10 mins read|07/07/21Christ strikes a blow first against the presumption of those who would storm their way into heaven by their good works.
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10 mins read|07/06/21While baptism is a “once and for all” event that should not be repeated in the Christian’s life, the effects of baptism continue throughout the life of the believer.
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11 mins read|06/26/21Take away the communal aspect, take away the communal gathering around Christ’s body and blood, and the Christian will begin to suffer a malnutrition of faith.
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14 mins read|06/23/21The reformers were compelled to confess the true faith and challenge corrupt practices—this is what the Augsburg Confession is about.
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6 mins read|06/21/21Our certainty is of Christ, that mighty hero who overcame the Law, sin, death, and all evils.
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32 mins read|06/10/21Despite what the Pharisees believed and advertised, Jesus was not intent upon deconstructing the fundamental tenets of the Old Testament law. Actually, he proceeds to do just the opposite.
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13 mins read|05/05/21While Elector Frederick and Martin Luther never had a face-to-face meeting, the prince can be credited with the early success of the Reformation.
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14 mins read|05/03/21Luther 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.
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