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Maybe selfishness is not a generational thing.  Maybe it is something that started in the Garden of Eden. Luther described this as “curved in on himself”  For Luther, the book of Romans is what wrecks his life.  This leads to 95 theses. Romans was essential to his understanding of Jesus. Luther lectured on the book of Romans in 1515-1516. He lectured on law/gospel, sinners/saints, justification by faith. Romans exposes us.  It is not just about exposing us, but pointing to Jesus.   The Bible does a great job of not hiding the mess. The Christian life is the battle between the old man and the new man. The way you become a new man is by gift not your efforts or intentions.   Grace is the pronouncement that you are a son/daughter and it has nothing to do with what you do. Theology of the Cross-The cross alone is our theology. It’s time to get back to forgiveness of sin. The abuse and misuse of the law is bad and it is prevalent....

(This post is part 2 in a series on corporate worship that I began a few days ago.) Contrary to what many modern people believe, we can’t approach God any way we please. Trying to do so is extremely dangerous, as the Bible makes clear (see Cain, Nadab, and Abihu, for example). In the Bible, God provides us with commands, instructions, examples, and stories to illustrate how he wants us to worship him. Our worship, therefore, is to be regulated by God himself through his Word. The often misunderstood “regulative principle” of worship simply means we must worship by the Book—that everything we do in worship must be divinely approved. During the Protestant Reformation, two views emerged regarding how Sola Scriptura ought to be understood when it comes to worship practices. Martin Luther believed we could do anything we want in worship as long as the Bible doesn’t say “no”—whatever is not prohibited is permitted. John Calvin believed we can’t do anything in worship unless the Bible says “y...