Putting the gospel on center stage

Published: Oct. 22, 2017, 10 a.m.

Way back in 1517, a few simple yet profound ideas changed everything - not just for the church, but for the whole world with it. Five hundred years later, those ideas are still shocking and radical. More importantly, they still bring the only kind of peace that can take our troubled hearts and make them...still. This week we explore the idea that God still sends. The same Christ whom God sent to this earth to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins he still sends in his Word and Sacrament to bring forgiveness to troubled sinners’ hearts. The gospel is the center of the Christian’s faith and thus it is the center of the church’s life. For it is in the gospel where God brings peace, joy, and hope—all in Christ alone!