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Surprised by Joy in the New Year

My phone bonged while driving to the office today. Evidently, when there is an important national news story, my phone departs from the normal

Sharing Christ with Loved Ones During Christmas

Many of us approach Christmas dinner brimming with fear. Such anxiety doesn’t come from Aunt Gertrude’s liver sausage pate or her sour-apple fruitcake so much as

How Christianity Conquered Rome

Famine and war had recently afflicted Caesarea, so when the plague hit in the early fourth century, the populace was already weakened and unable

Faith: Living, Busy, Active, Mighty

In our day it is fashionable to portray Martin Luther as one who was strictly concerned with faith as a momentary event involving the

The Ethics of Reformation

Central to the Reformation was the fact that God places sinners before his unbroken gaze. This is the good news: we who were separated from

Reforming Music—Martin Luther and Worship

Situated on the River Elbe, approximately midway between modern day Leipzig and Berlin, sits the town of Wittenberg. If you visit this town of

“Roman But Not Catholic”– An Interview with the Authors

I remember my First Communion in the Roman Catholic Church—white suit, white tie, white shoes. There I was, in the groovy 1970’s, walking through

Pew’s Reformation Research, and what the church can learn from it

Five centuries after Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses — the start of the Protestant Reformation by traditional reckoning — majorities of U.S. Protestants reportedly reject the

Preaching Gospel in Sixteenth Century Italy (and Today)

Humans are naturally anxious. We feel abandoned and vulnerable in a world where we are destined to die. This was true in the sixteenth

Luther on Faith and Works

Martin Luther is commonly portrayed as one who was strictly concerned with faith as a momentary event involving the transfer of trust, apart from

The Necessity of Divine Blessing

This Sunday initiates our new preaching series on Exodus, The God Who Delivers. From the opening verses of this great book, we are reminded that divine

A First Step to Reading Calvin

Let’s face it, John Calvin’s Institutes is intimidating to many people, certainly to the uninitiated layperson. I suspect that there are also many of us in

Was Luther Guilty of Splitting the Church?

It is common to hear Martin Luther pegged as the man who divided Western Christianity. For example, in speaking to this question, Bishop Bob Barron

On Protestants and Protestantism

In this 500th year anniversary of the Reformation, there is much discussion concerning the enduring significance of Protestant identity. A perusal of new titles

Peter Martyr Vermigli and John Henry Newman on Justification

To evaluate commonalities and differences on the doctrine of justification among Roman Catholics and Reformed Protestants, we would do well to consider two figures in whose writings

Possessions and Christian Faith

Thanks to the influence of Professor Tony Lane, I have learned to be leery of general statements concerning “Calvinism” or Calvin’s teaching. The Frenchman’s

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Chris Castaldo

Chris Castaldo is the Lead Pastor at New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, and is a fellow at the Center for Pastor Theologians. Whether it’s through his writing, speaking, or his bi-weekly Vlog, "A Brief Word from Pastor Chris," he desires to see the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed and lives transformed for the glory of God.

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