by Rev. Stephen Preus My wife tells a story of her mother giving her daughters treats as little girls. Before she would allow them the sweets she would say, “Do you deserve it?” When her little girls answered, “No,” they received the goodies. With this my mother-in-law taught her daughters a valuable lesson. Luther teaches… Read More >
True Worship: Faith Wrestling Despair
by Rev. A. Brian Flamme The world obsesses over worship. Workaholics pour their waking moments into obtaining the all-important nest egg. Intellectuals strive after ideologies that master the transcendent mysteries of the universe. Muslims are taught by their Koran to compel obedience to their god through intimidation and murder.[i] These are only some of the… Read More >
VDMA
by Dr. Jack Kilcrease VDMA is an acronym that stands for the Latin slogan: Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum (“the Word of the Lord remains forever”), which was used throughout the Lutheran Reformation. It originally appears in Isaiah 40:8 and was also used by the Apostle Peter in his first epistle (1 Pt. 1:24-5). Both… Read More >
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 1:1-5
by Rev. Jesse Burns Martin Luther once said: “The Epistle to the Galatians is my epistle, to which I have wedded myself. It is my Catherine Von Bora.”[1] There is excellent reason why Luther would make such a statement! This epistle so clearly proclaims the Gospel message that sinners are saved, not by works of… Read More >
What Does the Name “Lutheran” Mean?
by Rev. Christopher Maronde We are uncomfortable with labels. We refused to be pigeonholed; we abhor being placed into any category. Labels are simplistic, we say, they are too broad or too narrow, they exclude or include. We want people to take us as individuals. But what if a label has meaning, what if it… Read More >
Does the Lutheran Reformation Have a Future?
Five hundred years ago this month, 32-year-old Martin Luther lived as a monk in Wittenberg. He earned his doctorate and soon began lecturing on the Psalms and Romans and would eventually preach well over 2,000 sermons in the City Church before he died in 1546.
Reformation Remembered
During our twenty-first-century time of tech and Twitter, does Martin Luther still have anything relevant to say? And why should the Church even celebrate a 500-year-old piece of history? These questions point us to a bigger theme: what makes the Reformation timeless? Learn the “whys” and “whats” of the event in this eye-opening article.