“An authoritative Bible whose main characteristic is that it is verbally inspired is a book without a Master and consequently a book with a […]
Category Archive: A Jagged Contention
“The Church is the congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are […]
“Nor do Law and Gospel differ regarding their final aim, as through the purpose of the Gospel were […]
“But if we are unwilling to let this term go altogether – though that would be the safest […]
A Bound Spirit “As Luther once went the lonely way between Rome and Spiritualism, so the Lutheran Church […]
Preaching and Proclamation “Proclamation, is explicit declaration of the good news, the gospel, the kerygma… Proclamation is more […]
“For the truth is, that to the moderately poor the home is the only place of liberty. Nay, […]
“Thus, we must regard baptism and put it to use in such a way that we may draw […]
“Preaching proclaims a message. The message is from God. God wants to tell men about the life which […]
“Suppose there is a lowly peasant lad who has a secret love for a beautiful princess. It seems […]
“It is not we who grasp the gospel, but the gospel of Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, that […]
“Rom. 4:16 says: ‘Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace, to the end that […]
“From this you perceive that we pray here not for a crust of bread or a temporal, perishable […]
“What do you, a baptized person, say when the law (correctly) accuses you of sin? You do not […]
“If God wills to arouse his church from sleep and to call a dying pastorate and a dying […]
“Now, the great temptation of justification by faith apart from works is to confuse faith in Christ’s promise […]
“That law is done away with wen the Gospel is preached is bound up with two realities with […]
“But the proper, simple, and natural meaning of the words of institution teaches that Christ Himself is present […]
“This was truly a remarkable duel, when the Law, a creature, came into conflict with the Creator, exceeding […]
“The point of preaching is that it is the instance in which the God who rules all tings […]