“[Are most Christians] concerned about their sins? Do they seek to understand them ever more clearly? Do they […]

“Part of the problem in grasping the Simul is the hangover of the Old Aeon’s ontology (the legal […]

Rev. Alexander Hewatt, the pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church in Charleston, SC from 1763 to 1777, thought […]

“The proclaimed Word and the sacramental Word belong inextricably together. Where they are driven apart both lose their […]

“God’s holiness is communicated by his presence, and that presence is given in the divine service. This means that […]

“In view of the Scriptural requirement of perfect sanctification, the Christian will ask: ‘Who, then, can be saved?’ […]

“For unless everything said about Christ and grace were said antithetically, so as to be set over against […]

“To be sure, there are elements within the LCMS that show evidence of enclosure. The ELCA’s problem has […]

“Thrift is the really romantic thing; economy is more romantic than extravagance. Heaven knows I for one speak […]

“The Court’s decision today is at odds not only with the Constitution, but with the principles upon which […]

  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed […]

“Of Civil Affairs they teach that lawful civil ordinances are good works of God, and that it is […]

“The real difference between the old and the new law is this: The old law says to those […]

“An unconditional gospel-promise will always be suspected of fostering all sorts of theological and ethical mayhem: quietism, formlessness, […]

“In the language of the twentieth-century Paul Tillich, catholic substance was to be held in tension with Protestant […]

“Confession is not a transaction, not a negotiation in order to secure forgiveness; it is the after-the-last gasp […]

“The rise of the buffered identity has been accompanied by an interiorization; that is, not only the Inner/Outer […]

“Our Lord speaks and we listen. His Word bestows what it says. Faith that is born from what […]