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Oct
The Spirit Within
The witness of the Holy Spirit within you is the power of the Holy Spirit working through the ...
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1
Oct
What We Need
Conscience is always waiting for another commandment. It fears imperfection and damnation, and ...
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1
Oct
Concerning Love and the Fulfilling of the Law, part 82
The person who is clean does not do things in order to become clean. This would be like a person ...
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30
Sep
Evidence, Not Merit
Luther wrote: "We do not deny that Christians ought to imitate the example of Christ; but mere ...
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30
Sep
Concerning Love and the Fulfilling of the Law, part 81
If you are not clean on the inside, your outside will never be clean, despite regular religious ...
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30
Sep
Speaking Forgiveness
You have the power to speak the Word; whoever believes has forgiveness of sins. If they believe ...
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29
Sep
The Promise Fulfilled
"To bless simply means to spread abroad the knowledge of Christ’s salvation. This is the ...
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29
Sep
Serving One Lord
God would not have us be overanxious for our life, but labor and commend our anxiety to him, so, ...
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29
Sep
Concerning Love and the Fulfilling of the Law, part 80
We must hear God's promised with some common sense, which would inform us that giving from the ...
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28
Sep
Concerning Love and the Fulfilling of the Law, part 79
Passages, when considered in context, frequently produce their own interpretation. This is the ...
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28
Sep
Tempting Christ
"The eternal Son of God was from the beginning with his church and with the people who received ...
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28
Sep
The Blessing of the World
The blessing is the promise of the Gospel. All nations are to be declared righteous before God ...
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27
Sep
Our Only Help
The man who lies half dead, wounded and stripped of his clothing, is all mankind. The Samaritan ...
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27
Sep
Concerning Love and the Fulfilling of the Law, part 78
Our works are not good works, as they do not please God unless they are done in faith. They are ...
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27
Sep
The All and Everything
Religion knows no end of satisfactions that must still be made. Faith knows and relies on the ...
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26
Sep
Concerning Love and the Fulfilling of the Law, part 77
Because Christ is the once-for-all sacrifice for sin, those living under the New Covenant are to ...
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