What Happened on February 19 of 1546, the day after “Israel’s charioteer fell”

Luther died on February 18 of 1546, 464 years ago yesterday.  The news didn’t reach Wittenberg until the following day. Heiko Oberman: The town and university were totally unprepared for the news.  It was early morning, and as usual during…

Paul Tripp: “Too many of us are trying to have hundred dollar conversations in dime moments”

Paul Tripp’s, What Did You Expect? (Redesign): Redeeming the Realities of Marriage,is one of the best books I have ever read on marriage. If you’re married or a pastor (or perhaps if you simply know someone who is married), then…

“Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error . . .”

David Augsburger: Since nothing we intend is ever faultless, and nothing we attempt ever without error, and nothing we achieve without some measure of finitude and fallibility we call humanness, we are saved by forgiveness. This quote is a good…