New Lutheran Quote of the Day

When Lutherans slip from being Lutherans, they slip back into what they were just before, that is, Augustinians - sanctification in the way of the Law.  There are always two ways of going wrong, each way of going wrong and its opposite.  To do no more than contradict what is wrong is to make the same error in reverse.  Thus, "it is all works and faith has nothing to do with it" is contradicted by "it is all faith and works have nothing to do with it."  Neither James nor Paul say either of these.  Nor do they do fractions to a compromise: part faith, part works.  No.  It is all Jesus.  -- Dr. Norman Nagel, Selected Sermons, p. 218.