This is the first in a series of articles entitled “Getting Over Yourself for Lent.” We’ll have a new article every week of this Lenten Season.

We can’t remove our crosses or the reality of our deaths. Only Jesus can.

In this episode of Tough Texts, Dan Price and Scott Keith look into Proverbs 29.

Don’t Look Back in Anger. In this episode, we continue reading Martin Luther’s Smalcald Articles, focusing on contrition, repentance, and freedom. Why does the law need to terrify and leave us hopeless? How does attention to the self lead us into death and hell? What happens when belief is preached as something “we do” rather than something “done to” us? Likewise, when repentance is self-activated and self-actuated, what are the consequences for our daily lives? This and much, much more on this episode of the show.

Christian spirituality is not a flight from the world, but a deep dive into its brokenness.

Jesus does search out people who have been beaten up by sin and He does rescue them from certain death.

One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.

The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.

The baptized do not celebrate sin—they grieve it.

On second thought: Keep Lent, but sacrifice your concept of it.

In response to the Lord's undeserved love, Manasseh looked to him as the true God.

Is there a significant difference between changing your mind and doing penance? Absolutely.