Lambs at Pasture for the Rorate Coeli — The Fourth Sunday in Advent and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs at Pasture aids in familiarity and memorization of key passages. … Continue reading
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s law is good. The commandments are good. The psalmist sings in Psalm 119, “I find delight in your commandments, which I love” (Ps. 119:47), “I … Continue reading
The Second Sunday in Advent December 10, 2017 “Why God Gave Us the Bible” Romans 15:4-6 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. For whatever things were written before were written for our … Continue reading
Lutherans in Africa (LIA) is forming Africans to be teachers of the faith and to that end, we are building a new Lutheran School of Theology in the bush just outside of Nairobi, Kenya. We also continue to hold teaching … Continue reading
Lambs at Pasture for the Gaudete — The Third Sunday in Advent and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs at Pasture aids in familiarity and memorization of key passages. This … Continue reading
THE TWENTY-THREE YEAR STORY OF CHANGE-PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE LCMS By Rev. Dr. Martin R. Noland In the past week or so, congregations of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod have been bombarded with glossy brochures criticizing the current president of synod … Continue reading
Advent 1 Matthew 21 University Lutheran Chapel, Boulder, CO In the Name of the Father, and of the X Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the … Continue reading
Lambs at Pasture for the Populus Zion and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs at Pasture aids in familiarity and memorization of key passages. This is especially true when used … Continue reading
The First Sunday in Advent December 3, 2017 “Your King Comes to You” Matthew 21:1-9 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage, … Continue reading
Article XV: Of Ecclesiastical Usages. 1] Of Usages in the Church they teach that those ought to be observed which may be observed without sin, and which are profitable unto tranquillity and good order in the Church, as particular holy … Continue reading
In my previous post (Luther at Augsburg) I described Martin Luther’s meeting with Cardinal Cajetan at Augsburg in October 1518. There Luther had refused to recant his teachings on indulgences, grace, and faith unless Cajetan could convince him to do … Continue reading
“Thanksgiving and Peace” Thanksgiving Day Sermon November 22 81, 23, 2018 Philippians 4:6-7 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which … Continue reading
At the time of Luther, the practice of the Sacrament of the Altar by papists inflicted many abuses upon the laity. These included withholding the cup from the laity, selling masses, masses for the dead, and more. The greatest abuse … Continue reading
The Last Sunday of the Church Year November 26, 2017 “Ready or Not – Jesus is Coming” Matthew 25:1-13 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be … Continue reading
Lambs at Pasture for the Ad Te Levavi — The First Sunday in Advent and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs at Pasture aids in familiarity and memorization of key … Continue reading
Article XIV: Of Ecclesiastical Order. Of Ecclesiastical Order they teach that no one should publicly teach in the Church or administer the Sacraments unless he be regularly called. Only pastors are to publicly preach, teach, and administer the Sacraments. They … Continue reading
You can now purchase a copy of the Advent devotion for this year on Amazon. Lulu sometimes struggles with long delays, so Amazon can produce it for a little more cost but get it shipped to you in only a … Continue reading
A vogue phrase today is, “to die for.” “This chocolate is to die for.” “That dress is to die for.” A lifestyle clothing brand is called To Die For. A novel and a film about obsession with media and fame … Continue reading
This year’s Advent devotion is now available for download in two formats: Booklet format for two-sided printing. Print this file duplex and staple the center to make a booklet. Single-page format for eReaders or to print a large-print edition. Print … Continue reading
The Athenians said to Paul, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? For you bring some strange things to our ears. We wish to know therefore what these things mean.” Luke explains, “Now all the … Continue reading
Lambs at Pasture for the Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity XXVII) and its Answer Key are now available for download. English Version English Answer Key The repetitive nature of Lambs at Pasture aids in familiarity and memorization of key passages. … Continue reading
“In proportion, then, as we prize the Gospel, let us guard the languages.” Thus wrote Martin Luther in his 1524 treatise To the Councilmen of All Cities in Germany, That They Establish and Maintain Christian Schools. It is a testimony … Continue reading
The Twenty Fifth Sunday after Trinity November 25, 2012 “Sorrow and Hope” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Click here to listen to audio of this sermon. But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning … Continue reading
The Concordia University System needs reform. Here is a new chapter to the struggles at Concordia, St. Paul. The university has a “Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Plan” which includes a strategy of creating a prayer room for different religious faiths. Here … Continue reading
Article XIII: Of the Use of the Sacraments. 1] Of the Use of the Sacraments they teach that the Sacraments were ordained, not only to be marks of profession among men, but rather to be signs and testimonies of … Continue reading