Since German is my first language, and since I grew up hearing this hymn from my parents first in German, I wanted to attempt a fresh version that might clarify a few obscure spots in the English text.
The only doctrines Luther would hold were the doctrines he found in the pages of Scripture.
How is it that God rescues sinful, fallen people in this world? The gospel is the good news for Protestants, Catholics, and every man.
In the Reformation, the very gospel of Jesus Christ was at stake.
Whenever the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached, the Reformation has not failed.
The Reformers didn’t just recapture the true gospel, they caught a vision to spread it to the ends of the earth.
The question of authority has always been the central dividing line between Catholics and Protestants.
“My emotional response to a particular doctrine or teaching is not the barometer of its theological truth.”
New pastors quickly find out that the church on the ground is different, messier, and more complicated than the church you envisioned in your head.
As worship leaders, what we believe about God must always determine how we lead our churches.
We aren’t as concerned with the word “Calvinism” as we are with being faithful to Scripture.
We know who the real king is, and we do not fear the enemy.
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I want them to know the gospel is everything. I want them to know defending the Bible is dangerous, but worth the risk.
We believe there is only one way to heaven. But the good news is that there is a way at all.
