Lutheran LensLines™

confronts comfortable faith—obedience delayed is obedience denied.

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

14:1, 7-14 offers rest: you are loved before you are improved—today, not someday.

In Philemon 1-21, the gospel is announcement, not advice—Christ for you—today, not someday.

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

2:23-32 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

In 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.

1:2-10 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

comforts the accused conscience: the verdict in Christ is mercy, not condemnation.

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

18:1-11 comforts the accused conscience: the verdict in Christ is mercy, not condemnation—today, not someday.

: As Law and Gospel, it 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.

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

18:1-11 calls our “goodness” what it is without Christ: insufficient—today, not someday.

1:4-10 shows that freedom is received by faith, not achieved by effort—today, not someday.

comforts the accused conscience: the verdict in Christ is mercy, not condemnation—today, not someday.

11:1-11 comforts the accused conscience: the verdict in Christ is mercy, not condemnation—today, not someday.

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

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

reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.

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

In Psalm 52, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.

shows that freedom is received by faith, not achieved by effort—today, not someday.