New Lutheran Quote of the Day

Then Luther learned to know God as the one cast on the arms of Mary and the cross.  The Greek cages for God and humans were broken.  Augustine's heavenly and  earthly letter and spirit were replaced by the Law and the Gospel, God's two ways of dealing with His people.  This liberated Luther from attempting to cage God.  He was exposed to all of God:  the inexplicable and wrathful God, the God of the manger and the cross.  When the blows of God fell on him, Luther crept to the cross and clung to God, his Savior and brother, clinging to God against God.  -- Dr. Norman Nagel, Selected Sermons, pp. 308, 309