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June 27, 2016
Formula of Concord Study: Articles I and II
The Confessions are not just a history book of what was once at stake for true Lutheran confession, but they are also a description of what is still at stake for true Lutheran confession.
June 6, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:19-29
Distinguishing between the Law and the Gospel is one of the highest and most precious arts which every Christian would do well to learn.
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.
May 27, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:10-18
From Adam to Abraham, from Moses to Paul, and to you and me God has always justified sinners in the same way—by faith.
May 23, 2016
Formula of Concord Study: Introduction
The authors of the Formula developed a strategy to bring unity and peace among Lutherans without compromising the truth. This goal led them to adopt an irenic but firm tone in the Formula.
May 10, 2016
What can Lutherans do as voices in the public square?
CTCR offers clarification on Luther’s ‘two kingdoms’ doctrine.
April 22, 2016
Catechism Study: The Lord's Prayer
As recorded in Luke 11, the disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray, and he does not respond with comments about posture or attitude or sentiment, but with specific words that serve as a foundation on which all Christian prayer is built.
April 4, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:1-9
The Holy Spirit is not simply the initial cause of faith but continues to be at work in the life of the Church keeping us in the faith by the proclamation of the Word and through that faith the Lord declares us to be righteous and heirs of eternal life.
April 1, 2016
The Doctrine of the Church in the Lutheran Confessions
In 1521 Thomas Murner, one of Luther’s early Catholic opponents, attacked Luther’s view of the church, accusing him of “building a church the way that Plato builds a city”
March 24, 2016
The Words of Institution in the Small Catechism
In the Small Catechism’s presentation of the Sacrament of the Altar one may be a bit surprised at the amount of attention Luther gives to the words of institution. After all,...
March 11, 2016
Repentance in the Lutheran Confessions
The Lutheran Confessions see repentance differently on several points. First, they insist that you need to repent, regardless of who you are. Second...
March 3, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 2:11-20
The false teachers in Galatia were, as Luther says, “Changing the Law into grace and grace into Law, Moses into Christ and Christ into Moses. For they teach that...
February 21, 2016
Catechism Study: The Splendor of the First Commandment
Martin Luther remarks regarding the First Commandment: “[W]here the heart is rightly set toward God and this commandment is observed, all the other commandments follow.”
February 6, 2016
Bible Study With Luther: Galatians 2:1-10
At the end of the Holy Communion, the Church prays, “we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another…”
February 1, 2016
Feed My Lambs - Bible Study
The purpose of the five-session study is to explore how members of the body of Christ demonstrate love and compassion to people in need as an expression of faith.
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.