Doctrines Bound Up to the Ascension of Jesus, a quick list
Doctrines Bound Up to the Ascension of Jesus, a quick list Throne Jesus sits at the Father’s right hand. This is not a place, but the Father’s authority. The en...
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Can you lose your salvation? Notes
https://youtu.be/qTC-1D-oVUI Three reasons people ask this question: Committed some terrible sin Want to commit a terrible sin Reading Calvinist blogs Bible tal...
Luther’s Rose
Jason, the man, myth, and legend, designed a new version of the Luther Rose to be used in the Wolfson Confirmation Certificate. We would like to give this image...
Martin Luther’s Top Five “Beer” Quotations
Martin Luther and beer. It’s a famous story. Here are the top five Luther quotations regarding the “loudmouth-soap.” #5: A Letter to Ka...
It’s that time of year again: Holy Week and Resurrection Chronologies
Holy Week Chronology: www.hope-aurora.org/docs/HolyWeekChronology.pdf Resurrection Chronology: www.hope-aurora.org/docs/Resurrection_Chronology.pdf
Confession and Absolution Survey
Dear Friends, I’m working on an article regarding Confession and Absolution, and especially about the different beliefs and practices of other confessions...
The Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant, Revised
Here is my revision of the oft quoted Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant. I added one sentence to the end. A group of blind men heard that...
“Luther’s essay on Christian Liberty has more truth in the first 13 pages than all of them…”
From Clay: I have read a lot of Christian books, I’d say at least 200. And participated in many “Bible studies” where these books were...
Luther on Doctors, Lawyers, Theologians, and “Man as sinner.”
It is amazing how our vocations change how we see the world. Martin Luther noticed this and mentions it in his masterful introduction to Psalm 51. Lawyers think...
Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved
FREE PDF DOWNLOAD | PRINT EDITION ($5) In this classic essay, Luther takes up the question of being a Christian and a Soldier. He gives soldiers (and others wit...
30 Day Marriage Devotional
Dear Friends, Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Around the Word has set up a 30-day marriage email devotional based on Pastor Andrew Richard’s book ...
The Quest for Self
“The gift of you is not for you, it is for those around you.” Pastor Jonathan Fisk on Issues, Etc Click here to listen to the entire interview: http...
A Cloud of Witnesses with a Catalogue of Testimonies
Here’s the Catalogue of Testimonies. ATHANASIUS, On the Arian and Catholic Confession (t. 2, op. p. 579, ed. Colon.): “God was not cha...
Should Actors Be Citizens?
Apparently, in ancient Rome, and according to Plato, the answer is “no”. Here’s the quotation from Augustine’s City of God (II.14): The...
The gospel in the Old Testament, Martin Luther traces the golden thread of the promise of Christ in his preface to the New Testament
Here’s the text: Now to strengthen this faith, God promised this Gospel and testament in many ways, by the prophets in the Old Testament, as St. Paul says...
The Visit of the Magi: An Excerpt from Edersheim’s “Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah”
Blessed Epiphany! I come back to Alfred Edersheim’s Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah (first edition 1883) over and over again. It is a fantastically he...
Grand Rapids Conference, February 16-17, 2018
Thank you to the saints of Our Savior Lutheran Church of Grand Rapids, MI for the invitation to speak to their congregation. They want to extend the invitation ...
Where the Law Should and Should Not Go: A Sermon Preached by Pr Jared Melius
A few weeks back Hope Lutheran Church hosted the Steadfast Lutheran Conference on the Three Estates. The following sermon was preached by Pastor Jared Melius of...
Six Questions for An Evolutionist
I reject Evolutionist Cosmology for two chief reasons. First, I believe the Bible. Second, I’m against violence, especially when it is exalted to the sour...
Martin Luther’s Commentary on Genesis 2, Published!
FREE PDF DOWNLOAD | BOOK $5 (Lulu link) Another day, another chapter of Luther’s Genesis Commentary! If you guys can wait a few days, I think we’ll ...