What Accords with Sound Doctrine

My thanks to Scott Diekmann at Stand Firm for this content.  What he posted from Martin Luther (as found in Logia , Vol I, No, 1 ) was too...

The New Testament states that Christians are to offer up sacrifices with a spiritual character as acts of worship to God.  Is that we we pr...

There is a spectrum of belief concerning the acts of confession and absolution as to who may hear a confession and to what degree absolutio...

Some may be wondering where I have been.  Besides December being the busiest month for Sandi and me in social calendar, I have also been wor...

Praise is, in fact, one of the sacrifices that please [God] most of all (Heb 13:15-16).  What’s more, he has created the church as his choi...

We are transformed as we praise the triune God.  As sinners we are turned in on ourselves and seek our own glory.  Like Narcissus we admire...

Justification takes place by grace through faith—not because of any good qualities inherent in faith.  In justification, it is not the pe...

Americans have a love-hate relationship with those who are called to adjudicate between competing factions whether on a sports field, stage...

Today the church remembers Ambrose. For the Spirit Himself is Power, as you read: “The Spirit of Counsel and might” (Isa. 11:2).  And as ...

All thanksgiving ultimately leads to adoration of God (2 Cor 4:15).  When we stand before him and discover what he is like, we cannot but a...