1. This is an excerpt from “The New Testament Devotional Commentary: Volume 1: Matthew, Mark, Luke” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2021).
  2. Without the sacraments, God’s grace is simply an artifact behind a glass-case in a museum. We might be able to describe and even admire it, but we never get firsthand access to it.
  3. This book is for people who want to get serious about the church. It’s for pastors who are sick and tired of surfing the latest wave or jumping from one program to the other.
  4. Ascertaining the what and how of the Church greatly factor into the very purpose of the Church, that is, they essentially answer the question why the Church?
  5. Scott and Caleb continue with articles 7-9 of the Augsburg Confession.
  6. Take 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.
  7. God has a strange delivery system, the foolish preaching of the cross and foolish preachers for Christ’s sake delivering it.
  8. Preaching is the vehicle of salvation because God engages in self-giving through the heralding of His Word.
  9. While you are busy working at being passive in your righteousness, let God sanctify you through some holy words spoken by unholy men.
  10. In Defense of Christian Ritual is now available for purchase from 1517 Publishing
  11. Apathy, melancholy, and disillusionment plague the footsteps of the up-and-coming generations more than ever, especially in the realm of religion, and it’s worth asking, “Why?”
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