A moral accounting

I laid there quietly, waiting for the alarm to go off in twenty minutes. I had time to think. I hate it when I have time to think. Rarely does it accomplish much. But today it did.
I reflected on the past. I guess that’s a common thing to do in quiet times while one is [...]

Warning! (now I have been warned by a so-called “post Evangelical” )

Yes, that’s right…I have been warned by a so-called “post Evangelical”, to  “stop warning people.” That’s rich.
On this blog and some others, there has been much discussion of the law and what we ought do regarding it.  Well, just read my post before this one and you’ll know where I stand on the issue. I call for a return [...]

The Law, equal in stature to God’s Grace?

I have heard from a few people lately, that feel that God’s law somehow is equal in importance to God’s grace and mercy.
To that I say… balderdash!  Ridiculous!  Nonsense!  Wrong!
Am I saying that God’s Law is not important? No I am not. God’s Law is important. But it is not as important as His [...]

In a Nutshell…

My last post was probably a bit convoluted. The examples maybe were not the best.
What I was trying to get across is that so much of today’s preaching and teaching regarding the Christian faith is nothing more than ‘law’ . St. Paul  tells us that there in no life in the law…only death.
So when a [...]

How should Christians use their money?

I was a bit disingenous with that title. This post really isn’t about how you, as a Christian, should use your money. This post is really about the proper, and improper use of the law in a sermon.
Here is a ficticious sample sermon on the use of money (which is law, remembering the principle that [...]

Law and Gospel radio program…

Good show on the radio right now (or on the net KFUO.  
 www.kfuo.org/LG.htm  
 If you miss it live on the net, you can catch it tomorrow on the archived programs.
Become as these little ones…and listen in!

‘Becoming more Jesus-like’

Some people love the religion game. They love to talk a real good game , but when it comes right down to it, they are just like the rest of us…incapable of being ‘Jesus-like for more than a minute or two…if that’s even possible.
How can this be? The Bible surely tells us in Jesus’ own [...]

Don’t be like this guy!

My hope and prayer for all of you this 5th Sunday in Easter, is that you get Christ handed over to you, fully and freely. The crucified and risen Christ. The One who forgives real sinners… not those half-righteous, half-sinful type sinners…but the full blown variety of mega sinner. The kind we know we are.
If you get [...]

‘Playing the Trump Card”

Luther said, ” If they use the scriptures against Christ, then we will use Christ against the scriptures.”
Can the scriptures really be used against Christ? Was Luther talking about a group of atheists, or those inside the Church?
 

‘Law vs. Gospel’…’Death vs. Life’

  We believe that it is through the gospel of the forgiveness of sins that Jesus’ power is made manifest in the lives of the believer, and not the ‘Law’.  And, we believe, as St. Paul said in 2nd Corinthians, that “the law which came carved on tablets of stone (the 10 Commandments) is the [...]