Friday, August 20, 2010

'Memorial Moment: Making Christ Perfectly Useless'

Excellent devo on why preaching both Law and Gospel is the best message for those whose going through a crisis of faith.

"Why do you Lutherans make such a big deal about the distinction between law and gospel? We need both, don't we?" We make a big deal about law and gospel because it is a big deal; especially when we are suffering in a crisis of faith. When we fall into a spiritual struggle it is so easy to judge our status in God's sight on the basis of our own works and pieties. As useful as those works and pieties are in the world, they cannot be set in the presence of God as signs of our merit. When you are caught ...
'Memorial Moment: Making Christ Perfectly Useless'

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