The Lutheran Reformation can be summarized with the words ONLY Scripture, ONLY Grace, ONLY Faith, ONLY Christ, and to God ONLY be the Glory…The Five Solas. These words focus our attention on what’s important in our faith and life and remind us that “it’s still all about Jesus!”

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Reformation 7: Devotional Life

“I am a doctor and a preacher, yes, as learned and experienced as all the people…Yet I am as a child who is being taught the Catechism. Every morning, and whenever I have time, I read and say, word for word, the 10 Commandments, the Creed, the Lords Prayer, the Psalms, and such. I must […]

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In the Lutheran Reformation, God the Holy Spirit worked through the Word of God in a powerful way. Here is how Martin Luther described it in a sermon of 1522: “I simply taught, preached, and wrote God’s Word; otherwise I did nothing. And while I slept, or drank Wittenberg beer with my friends, the Word […]

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