4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (244+ words) I like how Chrysostom explained the story of the thief on the cross (Lk. 23:39-43). As you read it, note the emphasis on faith alone. Note also how Chrysostom used the story to show that sinners who trust in Christ need…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (664+ words) This is an excellent book for Christian counselors who want a resource on counseling people who have gone through trauma: Treating Trauma in Christian Counseling. This book is a collection of articles from different doctors, therapists, and psychologists. It includes…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (388+ words) It’s not a secret that the greatest act of love in history happened on the cross. Out of love, Christ gave up his life to save his enemies from eternal punishment for their crimes (1 John 3:16, 4:9-10, etc.). Christians confess with Paul…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (432+ words) Our emotions are tricky things. On the one hand, it’s not intrinsically wrong to be happy, sad, concerned, or upset. On the other hand, our emotions can be incorrect, impure, and out of control. Because of sin, our emotions are…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (321+ words) Most of us know Jesus’ words: But above all, pursue God’s kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well (Mt. 6:33 NET). I was just reading a sermon by Martin Luther on these words of…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (132+ words) In section five, the memorandum roundly declared that The gravest concern [of the Confessing Church’s memorandum] was expressed over the suppression of the Evangelical Church, the perversion of its faith, the abandoning of Evangelical morality, and the nation-wide process of…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (268+ words) (This post was originally published in December, 2007) Lord’s Day two from the HC asks three questions: How do you come to know your misery? What does the law of God require of us? and Can you keep all these things…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (244+ words) In 1529, Charles V of Spain issued a diet (meeting) at Speyer in southwest Germany. The Diet of Speyer was held to address the Catholic opposition to the Reformation and the ensuing conflict between the two groups. Some leaders in the…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (153+ words) The Protestant Reformation was not primarily a political or a social movement. At the heart of the Reformation was the doctrine of salvation in Christ. For insight into this topic from John Calvin, consider the following section of his 1543 treatise,…...