Lutheran LensLines™

5:1-7 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

13:1-8, 15-16 offers rest: you are loved before you are improved—today, not someday.

calls our “goodness” what it is without Christ: insufficient—today, not someday.

calls our “goodness” what it is without Christ: insufficient—today, not someday.

: As Law and Gospel, it doesn’t flatter us—exposes our need and comforts us with Christ’s gift.

Jeremiah 1:4-10, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.

18:9-14 shows that freedom is received by faith, not achieved by effort—today, not someday.

calls us to faithful obedience rooted in God's enduring truth and mercy.

If Isaiah 55:10-13 annoys your ego, it’s because the gospel won’t let you be your own savior.

In John 10:22-30, the gospel is announcement, not advice—Christ for you—today, not someday.

: As Law and Gospel, it exposes our need and comforts us with Christ’s gift.

: As Law and Gospel, it doesn’t flatter us—exposes our need and comforts us with Christ’s gift.

shatters self-salvation—your best efforts can’t pay what only Christ can forgive—today, not someday.

14 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

offers rest: you are loved before you are improved—today, not someday.

Timothy 2:8-15 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

14:1, 7-14 calls our “goodness” what it is without Christ: insufficient—today, not someday.

: As Law and Gospel, it exposes our need and comforts us with Christ’s gift.

Lamentations 1:1-6, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.

11:1-13 shatters self-salvation—your best efforts can’t pay what only Christ can forgive—today, not someday.

Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 annoys your ego, it’s because the gospel won’t let you be your own savior.

gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

offers rest: you are loved before you are improved—today, not someday.

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.