Atonement in Our Circles and Church
Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common…
Note: This article may be downloaded as a PDF here. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common…
This year for Advent we are going to have a lengthy season (the longest it can be). Also during this several festivals are…
Contents IntroductionSuggested Reading List for the Lutheran Layperson At All Levels Beginning Intermediate Further On Bibliographies Lutheran Book PublishersOther Book PublishersLutheran Journals…
Advent leads to and culminates in Christmas, so one might wonder why there is such a focus on the end times during Advent….
IV. Good Works. STATUS CONTROVERSIAE. The Principal Question In the Controversy concerning Good Works. 1] Concerning the doctrine of good works two divisions…
*Much time, prayer, and effort has gone into this piece of writing. It is much longer than my typical writings because it would,…
60] [In our Confession and the Apology we have in general recounted what we have had to say concerning ecclesiastical power. For] The…
39] Now, it is manifest that the Roman pontiffs, with their adherents, defend [and practice] godless doctrines and godless services. And the marks…
While working on the devotions for “No Trouble Troubles Me” I stumbled across this great testimony found over at the Bach Cantatas website….
Part III, Article XIV. Of Monastic Vows. 1] As monastic vows directly conflict with the first chief article, they must be absolutely abolished….
Lay Lutherans and personal evangelism have a strained relationship. First, we are tempted to think that only pastors should witness for Christ. If…
In answer to Nicodemus’s query about God and being born again into His kingdom, Jesus reveals the persons, work, and relationship of the…
Part II, Article III: Of Chapters and Cloisters. 1] That chapters and cloisters [colleges of canons and communistic dwellings], which were formerly founded…
Part II, Article II: Of the Mass. 1] That the Mass in the Papacy must be the greatest and most horrible abomination, as…
Editor’s note – I spent today studying this paper. It was great and I would highly recommend everyone take the time to read…
Article XXVII: Of Monastic Vows. 1] What is taught on our part concerning Monastic Vows, will be better understood if it be remembered…
Article XXVI: Of the Distinction of Meats. 1] It has been the general persuasion, not of the people alone, but also of those…
Matthew 4:1-11 University Lutheran Chapel, Boulder, CO In the Name of the Father, and of the X Son, and of the Holy Spirit….
INTRODUCTION “False Doctrine is…” How do you finish that sentence? What do you say about false doctrine? Does it really exist? Is it…
Article XXI: Of the Worship of the Saints. 1] Of the Worship of Saints they teach that the memory of saints may be…
When I was in junior high I got my first dedicated computer that was connected to the Internet. Our family had had shared…
Article XX: Of Good Works. 1] Our teachers are falsely accused of forbidding Good Works. 2] For their published writings on the Ten…
Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order. Of Ecclesiastical Order they teach that no one should publicly teach in the Church or administer the Sacraments…
Here is something that is not to be done: stepping on the train of a king’s robe. With that in mind, recall what…
Gerhard Forde 1972 Where God Meets Man: Notes on Chapter 1 Where God Meets Man: Luther’s Down-to-Earth Approach to the Gospel, Published by…