"The world is awash in religion, yet there is so little faith--particularly, faith in Christ," declares Timothy J. Swenson, proprietor and mentor of St. Martin's School of Theological Discernment. Tim and his wife, Dale Swenson, of Arnegard, ND have begun this endeavor wherein people will 1) learn the truth about themselves and God; 2) come to properly distinguish law and gospel; 3) be able to discern faith from the midst of religion.
"At the beginning of his career in 1518 during the Heidelberg Disputation, Martin Luther laid out the contrast between "theologies of glory" and "theologians of the cross." This, says, Swenson is the difference between religion and faith. "It's all about direction," declares Swenson, "Religion is about us going up to God, about what people do for God. Faith is all about God coming down to us, about what God does for us."
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