Quiet Despair and Its Remedies
If you find yourself in “quiet despair” about the state of the church, consider these five things.
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Hermann Sasse on Christian Hope
Hermann Sasse explains why faith and hope belong together: Both are bound to history.
It’s All About the Gospel … Isn’t It?
What was at stake in the 1974 “Walkout”? The authority and inerrancy of Holy Scripture.
Nourished by His Word: First Lutheran Church of Boston
“The same church that grows in the fields and the suburbs is here in Boston for you.”
Excerpts from “A Statement of Scriptural and Confessional Principles”
This document endures as a confessional testimony against historical criticism of the Bible.
Filled to Overflowing
Faith is the “sack” that receives and holds the gift of the Gospel.
What Is Worship?
Gathered around the Word Welcome to worship, where things look and sound different from much of what you experience in your everyday life. You will use some difficult-to-pronounce words, and parts of the service will have unique names. Sometimes you’ll need the hymnal; sometimes you’ll need the bulletin. First, don’t worry. You’re new to this,
Seize It and Hold It Fast!
Luther described the course of the Gospel as a “passing rain shower.” Is it passing away from us?
‘Blessed Is the Fruit of Your Womb!’
Christ’s birth provides a beautiful archetype of life in our culture of death.
Hermann Sasse on Truth
This timeless piece, written during the rise of the Hitler regime in 1936, has much for us to ponder in our day and about ourselves.
God Creates, the Devil Destroys
The umbilical cord offers an image of what fundamentally makes for a good life: not autonomy and self-expression but dependence and interdependence on others.
Difficult or Easy? Law and Gospel in the Christian life
While the Law/Gospel distinction is one of the basics of Lutheran theology, distinguishing them rightly is one of the most difficult Christian arts.