when i lose
i hold out Romans Six sermon on Luther Luther’s story gets going when the one he’d been trying to live ended … And it’s a story we all try and live out, the story of perfection . Luther tried to live this story out in the church . These days, though, we’re more likely to try and live it out as parents or spouses , in our careers or at the gym , on social-media or anywhere else we can measure progress… It doesn’t matter where you try and live this story out, though, it always end in the same way; at a dead -end. Which is how it went for Luther… The thing, though , is God LOVES dead -end people! God took Luther’s dead-end, and made it into a new beginning . The beginning, not of Luther’s perfect life, but of Luther’s life lived in light of God’s perfect love! God’s love that get’s going , when we can’t ! And this was just as true for Luther, as it is for you , by the way! If you’re at the end of your rope, ...