[display_podcast] The Essence of Christianity Faith is the very essence of what it means to be a Christian.  This is because Christians follow a God, a Christ, and a Holy Spirit that we have not seen.  We trust in a death and resurrection we haven’t seen, a justification we haven’t seen, and hope to live in a heaven we haven’t seen. Faith is the hallmark of every Christian.  Paul says that the “life we now live we live by faith in the Son of God” (Gal. 2:20) and that [...]

Martin and Katie Luther The great Reformer Martin Luther was an unmarried monk turned theologian turned preacher.  Because of his rediscovery of the gospel of justification through faith alone in Christ alone, the monastery where he lived began to empty as men realized they could not be saved by their religious works.  Across Germany, monasteries and nunneries emptied as they heard of Luther’s discovery.  On one occasion, Luther found out that nuns were being executed when they left a particular nunnery.  He arranged for the escape of nine of these [...]