The Common Order of Christian Love
According to Luther’s teachings about the Christian life, the good works God desires of us are carried out in our vocations.
According to Luther’s teachings about the Christian life, the good works God desires of us are carried out in our vocations.
The two kingdoms doctrine in Lutheran theology is not just distinction between the church and the state, the sacred and the secular, or the spiritual and the physical. Luther often described them as the “temporal kingdom” and the “eternal kingdom.” Though temporal and eternal includes the other senses, the distinction between the temporal and the
As secularism grows and theological literacy declines, it’s little wonder that ancient heresies are rushing into the void.
Vocation means far more than “what I do for a living.” According to Luther, Christians have multiple vocations or callings.
If you choose to wade into the deep waters of social media political conversations, whether related to the pandemic or the elections, first ask yourself these three questions.
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Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we do not live in an increasingly secularized, materialist society. Rather, we live in a society in which people are increasingly “spiritual, but not religious.”
I first encountered morning and evening colors at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island.
My body is diseased, and I am suffering with an illness, but I do not want to burden my children or my church with it. I have not told them because I do not want them to suffer with me.
Jesus asked, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” (Matt. 16:13). That is a very important question.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, the sinner. Whence it first arose is a matter of some debate among scholars …
Today, two-thirds of all marriages are preceded by cohabitation, by just “living together.”