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The pope, cardinals, bishops and persecutors of the Word of God, live in security and continue to perpetrate their maliciousness against the Gospel and the Christians. God looks on and permits all this, even as if He were not aware of it, so that sometimes it seems as if He favored the heathens more than His own people. If we are Christians we will not be offended by this. He has vouchsafed to us, through His Son, sure help unto eternal life. He leaves us to ourselves in this our transitory existence, as if He cared not for us, but only to this end, that we should learn to know this Child and to believe in Him as the Savior, who is ready to help when no one else can help us, when our transgressions rise up against us and would deliver us into the pangs of eternal death.
– From Martin Luther's House Postil, Volume 1, "Second Sermon For New Year. The Name Of Jesus. Luke 2:21"
John's Gospel of Faith: From the Disciple Jesus Loved
Another round of orders is going out today. Last night, I finished the rough draft of the Gospel of John book, whose title I keep adjusting. In a few days, those people will get an email about the books being shipped. There will be a tracking link that works within 24 hours. Name Withheld asked about his set - he was the first to order. I was able to look up that link and tell him the date and time it arrived - and who took it inside. That narrowed the location of the books down to... his living room.
Another set arrived in torrential rains but was providentially spared damage.
I am working on longterm plans to make sure books will always be available free or at the lowest possible cost.
I am not sure of the Lutheran Dictionary publishing date. It is more like a blog, a series of short posts. I will have early versions to send around, since I will definitely miss some topics that should be included.
I will outline Calvin first, before writing - and say something good about Sig Becker. WELS seems to specialize in adopting what is bad and ignoring what is good. The idea is to identify Barth/Kirschbaum's obnoxious influence today, from Church Growth to the New Theology of Rome.
The bonus? I will get a series of free lectures from Calvinists on my FB friends list.
