Law & Gospel Devotional: Confession and Absolution
1517 Contributor Erick Sorensen looks at 1 John 1:1-2:2 and discusses the historicity of Jesus, what it means to "walk in the light" and the power of confession and absolution.
Law & Gospel Devotion: Where's Your Righteousness? (Holy Tuesday)
1517 Contributor Rev. Erick Sorensen takes a closer look at the events of Holy Tuesday and discusses The Parable of the Wedding Banquet found in Matthew 22.1-14.
Reading Proverbs and Receiving Criticism
I can look at all of my failings and foolishness because I know who Christ is for me. I rest in his wisdom and life not my own.
Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Life of Repentance
Each day gives us occasion to die to our sinful identities of all kinds and to live out a life in Christ’s footsteps as children of God.
Holy Week Special: Christ’s Cross—the Orientation of our Community
Golgotha is the point where not only Mary and John’s family life assumed a new character, but it is the point of orientation for all human community that uses the cross to straighten out the lives of individuals turned in upon themselves.