One of the prevailing responses to the message of free-grace or the freedom found in Christ is fear. This fear has as its basic assumption that free-grace in Christ won’t actually lead to good works, but leads to inactivity at best or licentiousness at worst. Instead, one must see the Law as God’s means to […]
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Luther’s Discoveries
For the past couple weeks I’ve spent time with a good friend, Martin Luther. It’s been a rich and fruitful time! I would encourage anyone to do the same. As I was rereading Luther’s Lectures on Galatians (1535) and Heiko Oberman’s biography Luther: Man between God and the Devil (A must read!), I was struck […]