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With Intrepid Hearts: The Formula of Concord, Article II – Free Will (OnePager)

Welcome to With Intrepid Hearts, a study and practical application of the Formula of Concord (Epitome and Solid Declaration). It’s my hope that this new digital resource will help you … … the person and work of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, especially in an anti-Christian world. Article II – Free Will (OnePager) Below is a “OnePager”. As […]

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With Intrepid Hearts: The Formula of Concord, Article I – Original Sin (OnePager)

Welcome to With Intrepid Hearts, a study and practical application of the Formula of Concord (Epitome and Solid Declaration). It’s my hope that this new digital resource will help you … … the person and work of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, especially in an anti-Christian world. Article I – Original Sin (OnePager) Below is a “OnePager”. As […]

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With Intrepid Hearts: The Formula of Concord – Summary, Rule and Norm (OnePager)

Welcome to With Intrepid Hearts, a study and practical application of the Formula of Concord (Epitome and Solid Declaration). It’s my hope that this new digital resource will help you … … the person and work of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, especially in an anti-Christian world. Summary, Foundation, Rule and Norm (OnePager) Below is a “OnePager”. As […]

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With Intrepid Hearts: Introduction and Overview of the Formula of Concord (OnePage Summary)

Welcome to With Intrepid Hearts, a study and practical application of the Formula of Concord (Epitome and Solid Declaration). It’s my hope that this new digital resource will help you … … the person and work of Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures, especially in an anti-Christian world. The videos for the first session are ready. My hope is […]

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“With Intrepid Hearts” – A Study and Practical Application of the Formula of Concord

Since the completion of ​The Receptive Life​, our little community has been a bit quiet, but behind the scenes there has been a lot of activity. Lord willing, in July, ​Dr. Schulz​ and I would like to launch a new study rooted in The Formula of Concord (one of the confessional documents in our Lutheran ​Book of Concord​). The working title […]

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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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