Sermon Illustrations For Epiphany 6 | Ordinary Time 6 (2023)
Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Americans seem to have a rather law-oriented version of Christianity. A 2020 poll conducted by Arizona Christian University found that more than one in two American Christians believe that you must do good works in order to be saved. Obviously, we need to preach more against this. But then the question becomes, what good is the law of God, an issue raised in this lesson. The Lutheran Formula of Concord (The Book of Concord [2000 ed.], pp.430-431) offers a sound response: