Faith Works: Martin Luther’s Treatise on Good Works
Lutherans should celebrate the 500th anniversary of 1520 as a much more significant event than publication of the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. The Indulgence Controversy and…
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A Reading From The Book Of Concord – Fourth Sunday after Trinity
Good works and the suffering of Christ and the Christian go hand in hand, indeed they are “the firstfruits” of the Spirit of…
Be at Leisure: A Lutheran Approach to Outreach, 9. Good Works
Invitation happens most naturally in the realm of vocation, that is, in one’s stations in life. One need not expend great amounts of…
Striving for Heavenly Things: An Example of Luther’s Preaching on Sanctification
In a previous post, I described how Dr. Luther recognized St. Paul’s pattern of teaching good works and virtues after the preaching of…
The Devil Hates Your Good Works
The devil hates your good works for three reasons. First, the Father of lies hates your good works because good works, by necessity,…
Martin Chemnitz on Good Works
The Augsburg Confession and the Apology set forth the reasons thus: It is necessary to do good works commanded by God, not that…
Commemorating the Saints
Satan’s always working to confuse our theology. If he can’t knock us off the horse on one side, he’ll try to knock us…
Keeping the Two-Edged Sword Sharp
The author of Hebrews says, “The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two edged sword,” (Hebrews 4:12). A sharp…