2017 - Higher Things Magazine: Special Digital Issue

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Sola Fide

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By Rev. Mark Buetow

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For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).

lmost anyone in any religion would say, “You gotta have faith! You gotta believe!” But what exactly is faith? What does it mean to believe? Do you believe in Jesus? What does it mean to believe in Him? Why do Lutherans say “faith alone” like it’s a super important idea? What does “faith alone” even mean?


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