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…
Category Archives: Law/Gospel
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”
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:2
Right here we have one more difference between the Law and the Gospel. The Law does not bring on the Holy Ghost. The Gospel, however, brings on the gift of the Holy Ghost, because it is the nature of the Gospel to convey good gifts. The Law and the Gospel are contrary ideas. They haveContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:2”
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:1
The apostasy of the Galatians is a fine endorsement of the Law, all right. You may preach the Law ever so fervently; if the preaching of the Gospel does not accompany it, the Law will never produce true conversion and heartfelt repentance. We do not mean to say that the preaching of the Law isContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:1”
Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 2:14
The person who can rightly divide Law and Gospel has reason to thank God. He is a true theologian. I must confess that in times of temptation I do not always know how to do it. To divide Law and Gospel means to place the Gospel in heaven, and to keep the Law on earth;Continue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 2:14”
Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 2:13
It is marvelous how God preserved the Church by one single person. Paul alone stood up for the truth, for Barnabas, his companion, was lost to him, and Peter was against him. Sometimes one lone person can do more in a conference than the whole assembly. I mention this to urge all to learn howContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 2:13”
Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 2:1-5
Some will object that the Law is divine and holy. Let it be divine and holy. The Law has no right to tell me that I must be justified by it. The Law has the right to tell me that I should love God and my neighbor, that I should live in chastity, temperance, patience,Continue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 2:1-5”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 