THORN
A Lutheran Word for the Christian Who Struggles
Paul asked three times for the thorn to be removed. It wasn’t. What he received instead — “My grace is sufficient for you” — is the word this book exists to deliver to the Christian who still struggles and has quietly begun to wonder whether that struggle means the faith never took.
THORN is for besetting sin: the one that survives every resolution, every accountability plan, every tearful promise that this time will be different. It is honest about the fight without turning the fight into the Gospel. Luther’s simul — at once righteous and sinner — is not an excuse here; it is the diagnosis that finally makes the comfort make sense.
If you have been told your struggle disqualifies you, this book was written for you. The struggle is real. So is the sufficiency.
THORN has a companion volume, KEPT, written specifically for addiction and sobriety.