Christ Alone!

Is the Church guided more by worldly wisdom than the text of Scripture? Can the average Christian even name the Ten Commandments? Tune in to the White Horse Inn this week as we begin our new series on A Second Reformation, and try to recover that classic slogan: Scripture Alone!

Does God help those who help themselves? Are we acceptable to God because of good works or because we at least “had faith.” In This edition of The White Horse Inn we’re taking a look at the Reformation slogan, Grace Alone, in order to get a better understanding of God’s unmerited favor.

Are we saved by faith and works, or by faith alone? Is faith itself a good work that is credited to us? Tune in this week as we conclude our series on a Second Reformation.

Although we live in a busy society, God invites us to come away and rest. Throughout the Bible, we see Jesus withdraw from the crowd to spend time with his Father. Although he is fully God, Jesus was fully man, too, which means he had limits like ours.

Nobody really knows what to do with the Sabbath anymore. A frequent point of contention between Jesus and that group of ultra-religious elites was what was lawful or unlawful to do on the Sabbath. Even a quick perusal of the Gospels reveals how common this conflict was. From healing the man with a withered hand […]

Jesus is baptized, receives the Holy Spirit, and immediately crosses the Jordan and enters the wilderness outside of Israel to be tested for forty days. The story of Jesus’s temptation is an Israel-shaped story. By sojourning in the wilderness and embodying the story of Israel, Jesus shows us that he is the true and faithful Son of God.

This presentation analyzes the crisis of justification in today’s church, tracing its biblical foundations, reformational clarity, and modern challenges.