New Lutheran Quote of the Day

The early Christian community had experienced the unmerited good will of God toward them. They had seen that Christ's kingdom constituted a transforming power in their lives. A new relationship was now established toward their fellow men. It is on God's love as revealed in Jesus Christ that the whole quality of the Christian life depends... In Jesus Christ they had experienced God as forgiving Love. -- Earnest Koenker, *Worship in Word and Sacrament* p. 102.