All Are Welcome
The Whole Law
The Whole Law – Galatians 5.14 One of the most widespread options is that the church is basically a travel agent into the afterlife. The church helps you to get your beliefs in order as if they were paperwork for an immigration officer. And after you die your beliefs are checked at the entrance to heaven and if everything checks out, enjoy your stay. Eternity is yours. Getting souls ready for heaven is the primary mission of the church. But…
All are one in Christ Jesus
All are one in Christ Jesus – Galatians 3:23-29 The society of the Roman Empire is an honor – shame society. That means in contrast to our capitalist society to be honorable is more important than being rich. For Roman senators it is honorable to get rich by farming. It is NOT honorable to get rich by trading. What we call entrepreneurs, people who have bread factories, produce pottery, cloth, iron products or conduct trade, no matter how much money…
Sola Fide and the Welcoming Church
Sola Fide and the Welcoming Church Sermon Series on “All Are Welcome.” Lutherans are saved by Grace through Faith. Faith is not an activity. You cannot get good at having faith by believing something. Faith is the work of God. It comes from the outside when you hear the word of God. When the human heart slowly starts to trust that Grace is really a free gift that comes without condition, that state of being is what Lutherans call faith.…