The Altar Fellowship

Listen to a question-and-answer session with Mattie Montgomery and Gavin Ortlund. They discuss Protestantism, Catholicism, and important questions regarding the truth of the Gospel.

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The gospel is not advice for better living—it is the power of God to save. When we stop trying to earn God's favor and trust in Christ alone, we discover the freedom Luther found: our standing before God rests not on our performance, but on His finished work.

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God often accomplishes extraordinary things through ordinary people who are willing to say yes. Like Mary, we are called to trust Him before we see the outcome, embrace the cost of obedience, and believe that His purposes are worth more than our comfort or plans.

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Salvation stands on Christ alone, not on tradition, performance, or human authority. When we return to Scripture as our measure, we recover the same simple faith that saved the thief on the cross—grace received, not earned.

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Sin rarely starts with action—it starts with entertaining the wrong thought. When we let our reasoning override God’s word or resist authority, we follow Eve’s path. The BETTER way is Christ’s: humble, obedient, and quick to take every thought captive before it takes hold.

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Jesus’ story of the Pharisee and the tax collector flips our instincts—God isn’t impressed by our track record, but by a heart that knows it needs mercy. Real faith starts when we stop comparing ourselves to others and come to Him empty-handed.

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Easter holds the tension of people flipping from “Hosanna” to “Crucify Him,” while Jesus steps in to take the weight of our sin and defeat death—proving who God really is. And even with doubts still in the room, He calls imperfect people like us to trust Him and follow anyway.

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Preaching isn’t just a church thing—it’s how God chose to reach people, and it starts long before a platform, in the way we live and speak about Jesus every day. If people can’t believe without hearing and can’t hear without someone speaking up, then following Him means actually opening our mouths and treating His Word like it matters.

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Palm Sunday shows Jesus entering Jerusalem to shouts of “Hosanna”—a prayer meant for God alone—and instead of correcting them, He accepts their worship, revealing that God didn’t just send help, He came Himself in humility. The moment pushes us to drop our labels, see Him for who He truly is, and respond not just to what He’s done, but to who He is.

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Nicodemus starts by visiting Jesus quietly at night but ends up publicly honoring Him at great personal cost. His story pushes us to ask a simple question: are we just interested in Jesus when it’s convenient, or are we willing to follow Him even when it costs us something?

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