The Lutheran Reformation was not about being right. It was not a fight for the joy of conflict. It was about hope and comfort when fearful or even terrified. The question then was much more, ‘How will I face God?’ whereas today it seems…
If we are saved by grace alone through faith, why do we have to do anything for our salvation? Versions of this question arise in many situations. Lutherans are used to ‘saved by grace and not by works’ but over the centuries it might…
The news this week of the murder of the Year-11 pupil in Croydon and the felling of the landmark tree at Sycamore Gap, beside Hadrian’s Wall – and, of course, I could have chosen many other news items – testifies to the effects of…
