This is our pastor’s article for the September issue of our newsletter. We are defective copies of imperfect copies of flawed copies. Humanity’s fall into sin introduced, not only death but also physical decay and disease. We admit as much every Sunday in our Confession of Sin: “We are by nature sinful” (LSB 151, […]
Deuteronomy 7:6-9: God Chooses You
August 4, 2014 by
God didn’t inspire the Old Testament so we could dare to be like Daniel, become a manly man like Moses, or lead like Joshua. Of course, when we see how those saints of old experienced God’s grace and how He strengthened them in faith that also encourages us (AC 21). But if we only see […]
Augsburg Confession, Article 18: Free Will
June 26, 2014 by
AC XVIII: Freedom of the Human Will Our churches teach that a person has some freedom to choose civil righteousness and to do things subject to reason. However, it does not have the power to produce the righteousness of God or spiritual righteousness without the Holy Spirit. For the “unbeliever doesn’t accept what comes from […]
Augsburg Confession, Articles 1 and 2
April 13, 2014 by
Introduction to the Augsburg Confession When Luther finally realized that a person is made right before God because of Jesus Christ, he came to see more clearly how the Roman-Catholic Church had veered away from the historic, Christian faith. Rome’s teachings on repentance and the forgiveness of sins, especially as tied to indulgences, led Luther […]
