Thought for the Day

The bottom line is this: Our personal commitment to Jesus is a poor substitute for His personal commitment to us. The gospel is not an exhortation to take Jesus as our personal savior. It is the stunning proclamation that in the gospel events, He has taken us as His personal sinners. It is that proclamation that pure doctrine is meant to serve. To represent the Lutheran confession of the biblical faith of the church catholic is to make that case.

— The Rev. Dr. Louis A. Smith, Pastor Emeritus in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America