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February 2015

February 22, 2015

Justification is Not Simply a Stepping Stone to the “Real Business” of Sanctification

In some theological traditions, justification is seen as simply an "entrance term," or an event...

December 2014

December 13, 2014

Behold, and it came to pass, a new Lutheran T-shirt…

Back in 2007 or so, New Reformation Press started marketing this shirt: You've probably seen...

December 08, 2014

"Why do you talk so much about sanctification?"

To get at an answer to this question (often put to me more in the...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

"Who's right, St. Paul or St. James?" The Formula of Concord on faith and its fruit.

When people try to undermine justification sola fide as it is taught in Romans with...

November 21, 2014

"God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who is the eternal and essential righteousness, dwells by faith in the elect…"

The following quote is taken from a comment by Rev. Dr. Holger Sonntag from an...

November 21, 2014

Francis Pieper: "The Necessity of Sanctification and Good Works" and "The Imperfection of Sanctification"

From Christian Dogmatics, Vol. III, (CPH, St. Louis: 2011) pp. 20-37 The Necessity of Sanctification and...

November 19, 2014

Resources from Dr. Joel Biermann on the Two Kinds of Righteousness

This is a compilation of many of the available resources from Joel Biermann regarding his...

November 18, 2014

Christ Dwells Within Us, And We Should Be Talking About It.

I often hear Lutherans say things like: "It's not about Christ in us, but Christ...

November 14, 2014

The Tyranny of Fruit Checking: A Lecture from the PCR Conference

The lecture I gave titled "The Tyranny of Fruit Checking" at the Pirate Christian Radio...

November 14, 2014

Pastor Sonntag's Extremely Helpful Comments on the Brothers of John the Steadfast Blog

[Note: this post was accidently published earlier today under Trent Demarest's name by me, Nathan...

November 14, 2014

C.F.W. Walther on Sanctification

In a recent comment on this site Rev. Paul T. McCain offered a snippet of...

November 12, 2014

What does the sanctified life actually look like?

All of this discussion about sanctification has sometimes gotten into abstract categories, and there has...

November 11, 2014

Pr. Richard's "Scaer-quotes" in context

On Sunday Pr. Matt Richard posted an excerpt from Dr. David Scaer's book Law and Gospel...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Revere Franklin Weidner on Sanctification

First: It is not enough for a man to know that his sins are forgiven...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

PCR Conference Interview on Boars in the Vineyard

I was interviewed with Chris Rosebrough by Lewis Polzin at the PCR conference regarding our...

August 20, 2014

"The Restoration of the Divine Image Through Christ" ~ A Sermon by C. F. W. Walther on Mark 7:31-37

The Restoration of the Divine Image Through Christ Mark 7:31-37 Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, 1846...

August 04, 2014

"Man's Working Together With God After Conversion" -or- "C. F. W. Walther was a dirty pietist, evidently"

Do we confessional Lutherans love the theology that is set forth in our Lutheran Confessions,...

July 2014

July 04, 2014

Sermon from Dr. Curtis Leins at the AALC National Convention

National ConventionMatthew 9: 9-13CALLING ALL SINNERSGrace be unto you and peace from God Our Father...

July 01, 2014

Equipping the Saints: A Study by Rev. Richard Shields

This is a two part Bible study from Pr. Richard P. Shields from the AALC...

June 2014

June 11, 2014

Sanctification in Conrad Lindberg's "Christian Dogmatics"

§30. RENOVATION. The life of the regenerated Christian must grow and develop. It is not...

June 09, 2014

What exactly is the problem with Gerhard Forde and the "Radical Lutherans"

UPDATE - Complementary Listening: "A Critique of the Theology of Gerhard Forde." Reposted from the...

June 03, 2014

What are the Two Kinds of Righteousness?

Our lives are built around relationships. We have relationships with our parents, siblings, spouse, children,...

June 03, 2014

Francis Pieper's Doctrine of Sanctification and Good Works

One of the figures that is essential to examine in the ongoing debates over sanctification...

June 03, 2014

Sanctification as Progressive in Lutheran Orthodoxy

People have often attacked the utilization of the term “progressive sanctification,” as a strictly reformed...

June 03, 2014

Characteristics of Lutheran Antinomianism

The subject of sanctification, good works, and antinomianism has once again come to prominence in...

June 03, 2014

Luther on the Necessity of Preaching Sanctification

"For a Christ who died for sinners who, after receiving forgiveness, will not quit their...

June 03, 2014

Forde's Article: "The Lutheran View of Sanctification"

Much of the contemporary debate on sanctification stems from Gerhard Forde's essay "the Lutheran View...

June 03, 2014

Progressive Sanctification: A Pauline Doctrines

There are two senses in which Paul speaks of sanctification. Often it is used in...

June 03, 2014

Sanctification in the Formula of Concord

As a follow up to my previous posts, here is the Formula of Concord's teaching...

June 03, 2014

Progressive Sanctification: A Lutheran Doctrine

Contemporary Lutherans seem almost afraid of the word "sanctification" or of the concept of the...