TOPIC INDEXThe Law (10)

  1. 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.

  2. How to Get God to Give Us Everything We Want

    book
    03/03/20
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    The more we demand from Christ, the more of Himself He gives to us. When we demand a glass of grace, He gives us an ocean of Gospel.

  3. Thomas Aquinas on Baptism

    book
    04/10/19
    1 min
    By Christopher Gillespie Donavon Riley
    Riley and Gillespie dig into the Doctor Angelicus and his catechism on Baptism.

  4. What's Love Got to Do with It?

    book
    10/04/18
    10 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Love is the sum of the law. Love God with all your heart, spirit, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself. That means that if love can't be done when it needs to be done then get rid of the law, because it's not lawful.

  5. Getting Out from Under the Law

    book
    04/26/18
    15 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    God’s Law is a death sentence for us sinners. There is no winning beneath the Law of God.

  6. No Other God Than The Crucified God

    book
    04/25/18
    12 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    In Martin Luther's Small Catechism he borrows a line from St. Augustine about what defines a "god."

  7. God Commands the Impossible, and That’s Good

    book
    03/07/18
    13 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Some have built an entire theology on the false assumption that when God commands us to obey or believe, we have the ability to obey or believe.

  8. The Aim and Goal of the Law

    book
    10/10/17
    8 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Jesus’ life and work is now ours through faith.

  9. Faith Upholds The Whole Law

    book
    05/09/17
    10 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Likewise, when God says, "Do this and you will live," we go about under the illusion that we have the ability to accomplish what God demands of us.

  10. The Law of Christ

    book
    02/14/17
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    It's difficult enough for us to bear anothers' burdens, but carry another person's sin for him? Why would we do that?