In this episode of Christendom and the World, Pastor Andrew Preus sits down with Pastor James Wilshusen to reflect on Jesus’ words in Luke 12 about bringing fire and division. Together they discuss how Christ’s Word both divides and unites—separating His Church from the world while gathering believers into true fellowship. They examine what genuine unity in the Church looks like, why it must be grounded in the truth of God’s Word, and how attempts at false unity inevitably fail. The conversation also engages with recent comments by Donald Trump and Michael Knowles on salvation, highlighting the Lutheran confession that our righteousness and certainty rest only in Christ—through faith alone, by grace alone, in His Word alone.

 

 

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