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Notes from Chap 5 Bearing the Cross in Vocation For all of the exalted spiritual significance in everyday life posited by the doctrine of vo...

Notes from Chap 5 The Spirituality of Ordinary Life Having a Calling The Lutherans were the first to use 'vocation' to refer to secu...

Notes from Chap 5 Vocation The Spirituality of Ordinary Life Luther described the various occupations -- parenthood, farming, laborers, sold...

Notes from Chap 4 Spirituality of the Cross The Hidden Life The Lutheran evangelical theology of the cross offers a theology of suffering, b...

Notes from Chapter 4 Spirituality of the Cross Bearing the Cross Being helpless and utterly dependent, is precisely our spiritual condition....

Notes from chapter 4 The Theology of the Cross The Hiddenness of God The hiddenness of God is one of the most profound themes in Lutheran sp...

Notes on chap 3 Presence of God The Sacraments Holy Communion In our relationship with God, He is the one who acts. We do not seek Him: ...

Notes from Chap 3 The Presence of God The Sacraments -- Baptism Lutheran spirituality is a sacramental spirituality, centered in the convict...

Notes from Chap 3 The Bible God, in His direct inspiration and providential control of history, caused His Word to be put into writing. Con...

Notes from Chap 3 The Word of God Central to every level of Lutheran theology and spirituality -- its source, its method, and its practice -...

Notes from Chapter 3 The Means of Grace The Presence of God We are saved solely by the action of God: He is the one who saved us by performi...

Notes from Chapter 2 Paradoxes of Lutheranism Lutherans tend to be highly conscious of sin, without falling into moralism. Lutherans treas...

Crucifixion (Città di Castello Altarpiece) Raffaello, 1502-03 Notes on Chapter 2 Justification Law and Gospel "There is no one righte...

Notes on Chapter 2 Justification The Dynamics of Sin and Grace Instead of insisting the human being attain perfection, Lutheran spirituality...

This is Lent and a time to reflect on your faith. There are many ways to do that. Three years ago I read The Spirituality of the Cross, Th...