The Receptive Life – Lent 2023

“We are beggars; this is true.” (Martin Luther) Martin Luther described the life of the Christian as “receptive”. The Latin phrase he used was “vita passiva” – the life that “accepts” or “receives” all of the good gifts of the Triune God. According to the Scriptures, and confessed in the Creeds of the Church, this […]

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