1517 Blogcast

A Sermon on Psalm 130:3–6.

Our experience with good fathers – even when they are not our own – can point us to God the Father.

Jesus meets us in our life of lies, in our falsehoods, in the untruth of our being, and in the company, we create to cover up our nakedness.

Grace and mercy are a powerful act of the Almighty God. God alone can grant forgiveness and restoration, salvation from the sorrow of this world.

What do Habakkuk and Israel have? Nothing but the word of God. Nothing but the promise of God. Nothing but God himself.

In contrast to the human courts of our land, the Divine court never makes errors nor excuses

The same Spirit who gives us his overabundant life has also given us doctrine. Scripture and Spirit cannot be put in opposition to each other.

The tragedy of the incidental Christ I was raised with is that he was really no Savior at all.

One could reason that God might, at least, give the church a little worldly power.

Erasmus sought to find meaning behind the words of Scripture in order to make an ultimate claim. Luther, on the other hand, found the Gospel to be meaningless outside of Christ and his Cross.