Turns out the Christian Church's goal was also the pursuit of happiness! Ooops! Thanks Pandemic!

We know how reading God's Word can sometimes be confusing, but it doesn't have to be. Craig and Troy discuss how God uses the Word in our lives by both convicting us of our sin and delivering us the forgiveness of those same sins through Jesus Christ. Be sure to subscribe to this podcast and give us a great review on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts! Email us: ForYouRadio@1517.org www.1517.org/foryou We're proud to be a podcast of 1517.org podcasts.

God has placed preachers of His Word in the frontlines of His combat against Satan and all his minions that is fought out on the battlefields of the individual lives of believers.

The Gospel is our freedom from sin. It is Christ in the mirror, Christ for me and for you.

What we notice less often is that this same fear wonders about both the efficacy of the Gospel and the Law.

The Law must attack because nothing outside of Christ can enter Heaven—nothing!

What happens when our children are taught to read the Scriptures as evidence that God is a heavenly Santa Claus? When happens when they think God rewards or punishes them depending on whether they've been naughty or nice?

The Law though it does many things—restrains, exhorts the Christian unto righteousness, punishes—always rightly accuses and condemns sinners of their sin before a righteous, holy, and just God.

By Philip Melanchthon (from the 1535 Loci Communes), translated by Scott L. Keith, Ph.D.