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October 10, 2016
Solus Christus: Christ Alone
Luther said, “The cross alone is our theology.” Another way to say this is Solus Christus, or “Christ alone” saves us.
June 19, 2016
Sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone
Don’t be afraid to read the Bible. God has set forth His Law and His Gospel in the plainest terms.
June 16, 2016
Sola Fide: Faith Alone
Faith is only as good as its object. This is the danger of misunderstanding Sola Fide.
June 13, 2016
Sola Gratia: Grace Alone
The heart of the Lutheran Church’s beliefs is the doctrine of justification, the teaching of how we are declared righteous in God’s sight.
October 2, 2016
On the Councils and the Church
As the sixteenth century dawned, there were essentially three answers given to the question: who rules the Church?
September 13, 2016
Confession and Absolution - Setting Free the Conscience
One of the chief concerns of the Lutheran Reformers was to protect the conscience of each believer from being harmed by the burdens of works-righteousness or other sorts of legalism.
August 25, 2016
The Place of Lutheran Preaching
One of the primary means for the spread of the gospel in the Lutheran Church has been through preaching.
August 20, 2016
Worship and the Reformation: God's Word Exercising Its Power Publicly
A modern reader who insists that he’s “spiritual but not religious” might be surprised that Luther would recommend an “outward order of worship.”
August 14, 2016
Studying God's Word: Tentatio
The Latin word is related to the English word “tension,” and means something like an “agonizing internal struggle.
August 11, 2016
Studying God's Word: Meditatio
For most of us, meditation seems to be antithetical to orthodox Christianity. We associate it with techniques like deep breathing, posture, and the recitation of words without content.
August 8, 2016
Studying God's Word: Oratio
Oratio, Mediatatio, Tentatio. Prayer, meditation, and the struggle against the flesh and Satan. Through these means, God makes a theologian.
July 13, 2016
Reformation in Context: The Anabaptists
Their teachings are explicitly condemned in five separate articles within the Augsburg Confession.
July 9, 2016
Christ and the Office of the Holy Ministry
The confession of the person and work of Jesus Christ—His justification of sinful humanity—forms the heart of theology, and informs all of the Church’s confession and practice.
May 31, 2016
Luther on The Third Article of the Creed
Luther says that this article on the Holy Spirit is about us being made holy.
January 27, 2016
Luther on The Incarnation of Christ
In our focus on Jesus’ salvific works, we must always remember that the heart of the person and work of the Messiah stands the incarnation.
December 31, 2015
The Virtue of Charity
During the Christmas season, the call for charity rings every time we step out of a store into the din of the bells of the Salvation Army.