O Oriens: December 21st, The “O Antiphons”
O Come, Thou Dayspring From On High Hymn Verse: O Come, Thou Dayspring from on high, and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;…
Pastor Shawn Stafford
O Come, Thou Dayspring From On High Hymn Verse: O Come, Thou Dayspring from on high, and cheer us by thy drawing nigh;…
O Come, Thou Key of David, Come Hymn Verse: O Come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heav’nly home, Make…
O Come, Thou Rod of Jesse’s Stem Hymn Verse: O Come, Thou Rod of Jesse’s stem, From ev’ry foe deliver them That trust…
O Come, O Come, Thou Lord of Might The Hymn: O come, O come, Thou Lord of might, Who to Thy tribes on…
O Come, Thou Wisdom From on High The Hymn: O come, Thou Wisdom from on high, Who orderest all things mightily; To us…
The hymn “O, Come, O, Come, Emmanuel” (TLH 62; LW 31; CW 32; ; ELH 110; LSB 357) is a rendition of the…
Here is a guitar transcription for O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion from Handel’s Messiah. Midi File Letter size PDF ThouThatTellestGoodTidings
I’m still transcribing a few more parts of the Messiah for use with guitar. Here is a version of And the Glory of…
Our Parish does a Christmas Catechization each year centered around different parts of the Small Catechism. This year the music surrounding the questioning…
Text: Psalm 100: 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His…
Are you ready for Christmas? By now most of us have our Christmas trees up and decorated. Some of us have…
During the summer I reported that an historical play was performed at the June convention of the ELS. I am pleased to report…
Blogger Shane Raynor at Ministry Matters™ recently posted an article titled Millennial Myths and the Real Reasons People Leave the Church. Raynor attempts…
Resources on the History of Halloween Part 1. Origins of All Saint’s Day and the Origins of Samhain This article is an effort…
Responding to some of the comments that came in when we last published this post in Oct of 2012, we are attempting to…
The Lutheran Reformers knew that many otherwise emulatable figures in church history (beginning with St. Cyprian of Carthage) had practiced infant communion. And…
How will you be celebrating Reformation this year? Why not come to Minnesota for the Reformation Lectures! Since 1965, Bethany Lutheran College…
In the first article we looked styles of writing from Akkadian cuneiform, Ugaritic cuneiform, through the development of Proto-Sinaitic and Paleo-Hebrew. As readers…
The Second Commandment. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain. What does this mean?–Answer. We should fear…
Making your reading of God’s Word easier. Some people object to underlining, highlighting, or otherwise marking in the text of their Bibles. The…
This is the third article on the Nativity of St. John. This article will deal with the Neo-Pagan practice of claiming Celtic origins,…
Following a church merger, a congregation and pastor are forced to go to court to try to maintain claims to a parsonage that…
One of the highlights of the ELS Convention each year is the essay, which focuses on some particular doctrine or practice of the…
The Claims about Pagan Origins for St. John’s Nativity This is the second of three articles on the Nativity of St. John and…
This is the first part of three on the Nativity of St. John the Baptist/Midsummer Day June 24th is celebrated as St. John’s…