We made it to the end of the week! The stresses were real…the struggles unbearable….Thank God, His grace is sufficient! Let’s feast on some more Martin Luther from his classic lectures on Galatians!
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Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 5:3-4
Ready for the weekend? I know I am! As we unload the tiresome burdens of another week…let’s soak in gospel goodness from our favorite 16th Century Reformer. Here’s your weekly installment of ‘Luther, Lockdown. Law & Gospel’. Enjoy!
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 4:27
After a long week of busyness, stress, and frustration…take a break and here some good news from Martin Luther. We continue our weekly series, ‘Luther, Lockdown, Law and Gospel’ as a way of providing some much needed relief as we all attempt to navigate COVID, quarantine, and the interruption of our lives. Hope you find rest in this week’s excerpt…
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 4:8-9
Feeling burden during all this quarantine, lockdown, and pandemic malaise? Here’s some Martin Luther to provide some much needed relief after a crushing week. Our burdens are many…God’s grace is sufficient. Enjoy your end-of-week dose of Luther’s Commentary on Galatians…
Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 4:4-5
Could you use some relief from a long week? We continue our series ‘Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel’ as we mine Martin Luther’s Commentary on Galatians. Enjoy some relief as we carefully distinguish Law from Gospel. May this series continue to refresh and nourish your soul…
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 4:3
The Law may restrain evil, but it does not deliver from sin…
When the Law exercises its higher function it accuses and condemns the conscience. All these effects of the Law cannot be called divine or heavenly. These effects are elements of the world…
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:18
That the Law is something entirely different from the promise is plain. The Law thunders: “Thou shalt, thou shalt not.” The promise of the “seed” (Christ) pleads: “Take this gift of God.” If the inheritance of the gifts of God were obtained by the Law, God would be a liar. We would have the rightContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:18”
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:12
Paul undertakes to explain the difference between the righteousness of the Law and the righteousness of faith. The righteousness of the Law is the fulfillment of the Law according to the passage: “The man that doeth them shall live in them.” The righteousness of faith is to believe the Gospel according to the passage: “TheContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:12”
How the PBS Newshour Helped Me Navigate Parenting, the Pandemic, and the Growing Divide in America: A 2020 Wrap Up & Retrospective…
Most of what I consumed for ‘entertainment’ last year came in the form of countless nights sunk down into my beloved tattered sofa after wrestling kids to sleep and losing myself in the realm of the PBS Newshour. This was mostly by default as we only get 3 channels with our antennae and since myContinue reading “How the PBS Newshour Helped Me Navigate Parenting, the Pandemic, and the Growing Divide in America: A 2020 Wrap Up & Retrospective…”
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:10
Civil laws and ordinances have their place and purpose. Let every government enact the best possible laws. But civil righteousness will never deliver a person from the condemnation of God’s Law. I have good reason for calling your attention to this. People easily mistake civil righteousness for spiritual righteousness. In civil life we must, ofContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:10”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 