Luther’s Law (1)

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under [a]the Law but under grace.  Romans 6:14  NASB But – There’s probably no more important verse for the Church than this line from Paul’s letter to the Romans.  In fact, as it is read in most English Bibles, it’s the ultimate justification for separating Christianity from Judaism. …

U-Turn

But You, Lord, remain forever, and Your name remains to all generations.  Psalm 102:12  NASB But – The lowly conjunction.  Not spectacular, as words go.  Relegated to expressing relations between other words, we hardly think of them as crucial connectors until someone uses them incorrectly.  There’s a big difference between “law came through Moses but grace through Jesus…

Wild At Heart

But He searching the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit  Romans 8:27 But – There is no more important word in prayer vocabulary than this one: de.  “But” God knows.  How we need to dwell on this word!  Lost in the wilderness, terrified by our loneliness, we can only answer one of…