The Lutheran Confessions witness to the justification of the sinner apart from works of the law through faith alone in Christ alone.

Dr. John Bruss, president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, speaking at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.

All of the other questions that come up, and there are many, are entailments of the doctrine

of the justification of the sinner by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.

That's the heartbeat of the Lutheran confessions, the core of it.

You can listen to Dr. John Bruss's presentation, making the case of the Lutheran confessions, the core of it. You can listen to Dr. John Bruss's presentation,

making the case for the Lutheran Confessions from this year's Making the Case Conference.

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and download audio recordings for a donation of $300 by Holy Cross Day, September 14th.

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Thank you, God, my name for God, I trust and on'm my robe.

Rainbows day overtake me

that he will not forsake me.

My troubles he can alter, his end at nothing falter.

The hymn in God, my faithful God.

In the gospel reading for this coming Sunday in Matthew chapter 7, Jesus warns this about false prophets.

He says something somewhat cryptic.

By their fruit, you will know them.

What does that mean?

Greetings, and welcome to Issues, etc., coming to you from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin.

Thanks for tuning us in. We're going to be looking at the 8th of Sunday after Trinity, according to the one-year lectionary with Pastor Ben Ball. He's second vice president of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. And he's senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamel, Illinois. Ben, welcome back. Thanks, Todd. Why does Jesus,

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