Lutheran LensLines™

If 1 Kings 19:1-4, 8-15a 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.

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

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

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

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

In Isaiah 6:1-8, the gospel is announcement, not advice—Christ for you—today, not someday.

2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, the gospel is announcement, not advice—Christ for you—today, not someday.

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

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

Luke 19:1-10, God meets sinners with a promise strong enough to carry shame away.

18:1-8 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

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

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

66:1-12 shatters self-salvation—your best efforts can’t pay what only Christ can forgive—today, not someday.

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

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

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

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

18:1-8 comforts the accused conscience: the verdict in Christ is mercy, not condemnation—today, not someday.

11:1-3, 8-16 gives Law and Gospel: God exposes our need, then gives Christ as our righteousness.

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

139:1-6, 13-18 shatters self-salvation—your best efforts can’t pay what only Christ can forgive—today, not someday.

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