No Additions and No Subtractions: Salvation in and by Christ Alone

Have you experienced an unexpected, undeserved, overwhelming gift?  There have been a few times that I have, including this past week.  What kind of response did it generate in you?  Most likely gratitude, thanksgiving, humility, and love. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, who authored this third sermon in the Book of Homilies on the doctrine of Justification… Continue reading No Additions and No Subtractions: Salvation in and by Christ Alone

One of my favourite words in the Bible

In a little village in Germany in 1483 Martin Luther was born.  Martin Luther was, under God, the instigator and one of the biggest drivers of the protestant reformation in Europe – with its subsequent break from the Roman Catholic Church.  By the 15th Century Roman Catholicism was dominant religion in Europe. After school Luther went… Continue reading One of my favourite words in the Bible