Tag: Uses of the Law
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Dealing With The Problem Often Looks Like Causing The Problem: A Lesson From Paul, Hezekiah, and Minnesota
Sometimes dealing with a problem makes you look like the bad guy. It’s just the way things work. And it often takes a good bit of courage to be seen as the villain for doing the right thing. And as I watched Minnesota Governor Tim Walz begin to say that he would move to work…
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A Time To Reset And Consider The Glorious Story Of Our Salvation In the Exodus And Conquest
The New Heavens and New Earth that believers will live in for eternity is the Promised Land. It is a place completely and totally devoted to the Lord. The enemies conquered were sin and death. The means by which He brings people into this glorious Promised Land is His finished work. The means of His…
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A Cloud With No Rain – Luther’s Take On A Wrong View Of The Law
The problem with the Law is that it seems to overpromise. As Luther says here, it “promises rain but gives none”. We will oftentimes get in the mindset of working as hard as we can to earn God’s favor by keeping the Law as best we can. We forget that we can’t keep God’s Law…
