Justified, One Way or Another (Sermon)

INJ Luke 18:9-14 ‘Justified, One Way or Another’ Divine Service The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday |4 September 2011 Dear Saints, There are in this world two religious postures, two ways that a man stands before his neighbor and even before God. Just two. And they are in our Gospel text. Two men go into [...]

The Comfort of the Law

Comforting consciences is normally the work of the Gospel. When the law shows our sin and accuses our conscience we rightly turn to the promise of the Gospel for comfort. We want to know that the Lord has forgiven our sins, cleanses us from all unrighteousness, assures us of God’s love and mercy and our [...]