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“None of the words that could be interpreted as such a “sign,” such as eikōn (image), are used of Baptism or the Lord’s Supper in the New Testament. Nowhere is it written that Baptism is an image or a sign of regeneration. It is the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5). “We were buried therefore with Him by Baptism into death” (Rom. 6:4). “You were buried with Him in Baptism, in which you were also raised…. And you … God made alive together with Him” (Col.2:12—13). Also the word tupos in the sense of model or image is not used of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper or of their elements.”
― We Confess Anthology
― We Confess Anthology
“He can give me more than all my worries and the worries of all people could ever accomplish. Now, since the birds have learned so well the art of trusting Him and of casting their cares from themselves upon God, we who are His children should do so even more. Thus this is an excellent illustration that puts us all to shame. We, who are rational people and who have the Scriptures in addition, do not have enough wisdom to imitate the birds. When we listen to the little birds singing every day, we are listening to our own embarrassment before God and the people.”
― Luther's Works, Volume 21
― Luther's Works, Volume 21
“Restless hearts and anxious minds find peace in justification. Frenetic lives of self-justification have rest in the salvation of Jesus Christ. The incessant need to prove our own worthiness and our failure to ever do so are nailed to the cross, buried in the tomb, and put to death forever.”
― Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World
― Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World
“Scripture is much more than distant and dusty words spoken by God long ago; Scripture is a direct confrontation and encounter with God in the present moment. God’s speaking is relocated into the present moment in the hearing of God’s Word.”
― Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World
― Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World
“Jesus is a better Savior than you are a sinner. Your sins cannot undo His cross. You cannot manage a stain that the blood of Jesus cannot wash. Christ Jesus came to save sinners. Jesus is not the Savior of little sinners, baby sinners. Jesus is the Savior of David and Moses, of Peter and Paul, of you and me. He has taken the enemies of God and redeemed them, redeemed us.”
― A Martyr's Faith in a Faithless World
― A Martyr's Faith in a Faithless World
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