Justification by faith, as emphasized by St. Paul and again in the Protestant Reformation, signifies that our forgiveness and salvation are gifts of God's grace. But, what does "faith" here mean? Belief? No. Trust? No. Indwellling of Christ? Yes. "Faith" in "justification by faith" grasps the living Christ himself.
A Lutheran pastor takes issue with a recent Times essay declaring that online religious services should end. But what does it mean to be church? And what does it mean to worship the God who comes to us wherever we are?