1517 Blogcast

Sin seeks to destroy us in body, soul, and mind. It sends fear flooding into our lives. 

To be a theologian of the cross is to have another’s will exerted on you to make you what you are.

We discover in the book that all of history is unfolding according to a plan, but the plan is hidden from our typical ways of seeing.

God doesn’t permit me to write you off regardless of who you are or what you may have done. Nor does he allow you to dismiss me because I might not fit your image of a vessel of God’s mercy.

The image of the cross stands as central to Luther’s comfort for those who endure persecution.

Justice and love are united in God, and we see this most clearly in Jesus on the cross. There, both God's hatred toward sin and compassion for the world come together.

We are meant to serve in love both our neighbor in need as well as the neighbor who doesn’t think they need us.

Our use–or disuse–of language reveals a deeper need than a bubbly carbonated soda. It highlights a gift given and a gift fallen, and it leaves us thirsting for a gift restored.

To understand the meaning of the Pentecost miracle for the life of a Christian, we must first learn to see it through the lens of the history that came before it. 

When Revelation’s words read against their original context, old meaning and new meaning are simultaneously brought to light as language and imagery is translated from the Old Testament to the New.