This passage comes from the end of the formula of Concord.

By God's grace, with intrepid hearts, we are willing to appear before the judgment seat of Christ with this confession and give an account of it.

We will not speak or write anything contrary to this confession, either publicly or privately.

By the strength of God, we intend to abide by it.

Dr. John Bruss, president of Concordia

Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, talking about his presentation at the 2025 issues,

etc., making the case conference. That's the confessional attitude. Utter confidence before the

judgment seat of God, confidence in Christ, who has bought us from sin, death, and devil,

and confidence that our faith is properly rooted in God's inerrant word.

You can meet and hear Dr. John Bruss making the case for the Lutheran Confessions

at this year's Making the Case Conference.

The premier conference for Christian Laity is Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th at Concordia University, Chicago.

Learn more at issue ZTC.org.

Thank you. Jesus famously says, I am the light of the world.

If anyone follows me, he will not walk in darkness.

He calls us the light of the world, and he invites us to walk as children of the light through his apostle.

How dark must the darkness of sin be?

Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera, coming to you from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin.

Thanks for tuning us, and we'll be studying the hymn, O Christ, Our True and Only Light with Dr. Arthur Just. Then we'll have Pastor Brian Wolf Miller debunk the myth. Lutherans don't teach about good works. Dr. Arthur Just is Professor of New Testament at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He's seasonal pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Naples, Florida,

author of the two-volume Concordia Commentary on Luke,

and the book Heaven on Earth, The Gifts of Christ in the Divine Service.

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