He is the one who on our earth, and with his good deeds, built a solid and high bridge up to the gates of heaven.īut he does not want to walk into God’s heaven on this radiant heavenly bridge alone. He did it in perfect love and with a pure heart. He humbled himself and became obedient unto death on the cross. All that God asked, he fulfilled perfectly. He has built it with his perfect obedience. Nothing other than Christ, God’s own Son, who became our brother to build a bridge across the abyss. What then would carry us to God? What would be able to make a bridge over the bottomless abyss? Nothing in either heaven or earth except for the Mediator that God himself put between him and us. Here is an excerpt from a sermon in the book: The story is often moving, and the frequent theological debates of the characters are an added bonus. Set in 1540, Giertz tells the story of two brothers separated by religion and a civil war. Our friends at 1517 recently published an English translation of his 1943 book, Faith Alone: The Heart of Everything and it does not disappoint. Whether it be his novels, sermons, or devotional, he’s been a thoughtful resource over the years for his brilliant expositions on law, gospel, justification by faith. The late Swedish Lutheran Bishop Bo Giertz has long been an Mbird favorite.
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