TOPIC INDEXThe Law (64)

  1. Flirting With The Law

    book
    06/09/22
    9 mins
    By Martin Luther
    When the Law is viewed in its true light, when its "glory" is revealed, it is found to do nothing more than to kill man and sink him into condemnation.

  2. What the Law Can and Can't Do

    book
    02/08/22
    8 mins
    By Martin Luther
    God’s design in the Law is to enable man to know himself; to perceive the false and unjustified state of his heart; to discover how far he is from God and to disdain his own goodness.

  3. Thomas Aquinas: The Doctor of the Church

    book
    01/28/22
    11 mins
    By Ken Sundet Jones
    Aquinas would craft a systematic theology that did with the matter of faith what Aristotle had done with the natural world.

  4. Keeping the Law in its Place

    book
    06/21/21
    6 mins
    By Martin Luther
    Our certainty is of Christ, that mighty hero who overcame the Law, sin, death, and all evils.

  5. What Does the Bible Say About Tattoos?

    book
    04/24/21
    15 mins
    By Chad Bird
    There is one verse in the Bible that talks about tattoos. In this article, Chad Bird explores the original Hebrew of that verse to see what light it sheds, looks at the verse in context, and discusses what application--if any--this verse has for Christians today.

  6. Old Testament: Exodus 20:1-17 (Lent 3: Series B)

    book
    02/28/21
    8 mins
    By Jeffrey Pulse
    While these are familiar words to us, frequently they are dealt with in ways that fail to take into account the context and the situation.

  7. Dying to the Law to Live to God

    book
    02/27/21
    11 mins
    By Kevin Hale
    When we stop looking to Christ in faith, we are walking in sin. Anything (including our supposed law-keeping) that does not proceed from faith is sin.

  8. Are Images of Jesus a Violation of the Commandments?

    book
    02/20/21
    10 mins
    By Chad Bird
    Different groups within Christianity disagree as to whether Jesus should be depicted in icons, crucifixes, paintings, or other visual media. In this article, Chad Bird approaches the question from the angle of both the commandments and the incarnation.

  9. To Lent or Not to Lent

    book
    02/14/21
    15 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The season of Lent gives almost unparalleled opportunity for preachers to placard before their auditors the Cross of Christ and beckon Christians to take up their cross and follow Him.

  10. Killing in the Name of

    book
    10/27/20
    7 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    God uses the fifth commandment to protect us from selfishness, prevent us from only thinking about our needs, and to drive us to Christ and our neighbors.

  11. Be Careful with Imperatives

    book
    10/11/20
    16 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    Imperatives are good for many things. Luther said the Law is good, but precisely because it is good, it has become poison and death to the bad. The Law does not give life but evaluates it, and we encounter day in and day out its negative evaluation of us.

  12. What Doesn't Kill You Isn't the Law

    book
    09/10/20
    10 mins
    By Ryan Couch
    What doesn’t kill you might actually be a cheapened law that leaves wiggle room and space in the door for your old man to stick his foot in and get in on the work of Christ.
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