On Angels and Grace - By John of Damascus

“[An angel] is immortal, not by nature but by grace. For all that has had beginning comes also to its natural end. But God alone is eternal, or rather, He is above the Eternal: for He, the Creator of times, is not under the dominion of time, but above time.”

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Legal Axioms - What Every Antinomian Needs to Hear

John Gerhard’s On Interpreting Sacred Scripture is a master work of theological clarity and comfort that takes no shame in articulating every bit of Christian teaching from the Bible alone. One of the fruits of this endeavor are various theological axioms that Christians should keep in mind as they read and interpret the Bible. The devil wants us to go our own way in making up a novel interpretations in service to sinful desire. That’s why we need Gerhard’s axioms. These axioms are not invented or contrived. They are drawn from the clearest passages of Scriptures, the same passages that articulate the Creed, what Lutherans sometimes call, “the Rule of Faith.”

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A Word of Comfort for Troubling Times

Jesus, your crucified and risen Lord, has saved you from sin and death. As he rose from the grave, so too will you rise to live in the joy of his presence forever. The nations and kings may plot. The devil and the demons may lie in wait to devour. But who are they to us? “He who did not spare his Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things” (Romans 8:32)?

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