Inspiration: What Does This Mean?
Inspiration is God’s divine action whereby the Holy Spirit breathed into the biblical authors not only the ideas but the very words of Holy Scripture.
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Saved: What Does This Mean?
To be saved is to receive God’s act of setting Christians free from bondage to sin, death and the devil.
Grace: What Does This Mean?
Grace is God’s undeserved, free gift of mercy and forgiveness to sinners, by which He declares them righteous solely on account of the works and merit of Christ.
Faith: What Does This Mean?
Faith is the gift of knowledge, assent and confidence in Christ worked in us by the Holy Spirit.
The Kingdom of Heaven Suffers Violence
By grace, through faith, only by Christ, we are reckoned somebody.
Reformation Day: Lutheran Celebration and Reformationbrötchen
Each October, the Church Year gives Lutherans something to look forward to
Holy Cross Day & St. Michael and All Angels: Home Altars and Blackberry Crumble
In September, the church changes her focus to the End Times and our Lord’s final victory over sin, death and the devil for us on the cross.
Our Bodies: Created Good, Redeemed for Eternity
People often ask what heaven will be like. We know what it will be like. We’ll be like Jesus, body and soul. And we’ll enjoy a flesh-and-blood eternity.
Gifted Bodies: A Lutheran Theology of the Body
Our bodily life comes from the living God. We have not made ourselves. Nor can we remake ourselves.
St. Mary Lavender Cookies and Gardens
Mary is a prime example of receptive faith, of hearing the Word of God and submitting to it.
Lutherans and the Lord’s Supper: Holding to the Words of Christ
According to Luther and our Lutheran confession, the Lord’s Supper is the Gospel: “Given and shed for you.”
‘With All the Company of Heaven’: Angels, Saints and Our Departed Loved Ones at the Lord’s Table
That “company of heaven” includes all the saints who have died in Christ and now live with Him.