One has sinned, Another has made satisfaction. The sinner does not make satisfaction; the Satisfier does not sin. This is an astounding doctrine. Lectures on Isaiah Chapters 40-66 in Luther’s Works, vol. 17 (St. Louis, Concordia Publishing House, 1972), 99. There is much to be said both for and against Luther (1483-1546), but he speaks to us …
29 When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, 30 take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How did these …
America is caught up in a new great awakening. Students of Christian history in America will recall the revivals that swept the nation, leading to repentance and renewed spiritual fervor in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Ours is a similar revival, touching all of society. Scores of people confess their sins daily, renounce the ways …
Anyone who hangs around me long enough will eventually hear me congratulate a film for being “redemptive.” This often brings a puzzled look to the faces of my friends. They thought the film was “entertaining” or “inspiring” or “informative” or “provocative.” They want to know why I am so insistent that even the darkest or …
David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?” 1 Samuel 17:26 (NIV) Confidence in a living God gives a whole new view on life. Only …
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in Ad Fontes, a publication of the Davenant Institute. A historical theologian once called the twentieth century “the century of the church.” During this century, the world-wide Christian notion of the church experienced a series of exceptionally challenging crises for its existence and identity. Ecclesiology was naturally a vital …