Martin Luther: Law and Gospel
The other day I returned from the Philippines. I was there to teach Reformation church history on the islands of […]
Read moreThe other day I returned from the Philippines. I was there to teach Reformation church history on the islands of […]
Read moreI’m currently in Brazil lecturing on church history at the John Calvin Institute, the seminary of the Reformed Churches of […]
Read moreOne of my all-time favourite movies is Luther, the 2003 film based on the early life of the German Reformer. […]
Read moreOn Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518, Gerhard O. Forde, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. […]
Read more“Dear friar George, Learn to know Christ as the crucified one. Learn to rejoice in him and to despair of […]
Read more“God will not deny his grace to those who do what lies within them.” True or false? This was a […]
Read more“To this day I suckle at the Lord’s Prayer like a child, and as an old man eat and drink […]
Read moreFeelings come and feelings go, And feelings are deceiving; My warrant is the Word of God, Naught else is worth […]
Read moreI’m continuing to read through the first volume of Francis Pieper’s Christian Dogmatics. His cavils against Calvinism can be frustrating […]
Read moreI came across this quote yesterday in two books. It’s in Volume 1 of Pieper’s Christian Dogmatics (190). Then I […]
Read more“Luther: ‘The lawmonger compels by threats and punishments; the preacher of grace persuades and incites men by setting forth the […]
Read more“In short, I will preach it [the Word of God], teach it, write it, but I will constrain no man […]
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