Irrelevant but funny painting lesson.
- It's like baseball, where nothing happens without the ball. Nothing happens without the Word of God.
- Those who deny the efficacy of the Word in the Sacraments are opponents of the Word, but Lutherans who go along with this are traitors.
- God gives grace only through the Means of Grace; that includes forgiveness (justification).
- Faith justifies, while unbelief condemns.
- The Word brings the cross: when in doubt about this, ask Jesus.
- The entire world may be wrong, but that does not negate a single truth of the Scriptures.
