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Faith Works: Martin Luther’s Treatise on Good Works

Lutherans should celebrate the 500th anniversary of 1520 as a much more significant event than publication of the Ninety-Five Theses in 1517.  The Indulgence Controversy and…

Posted On 29 Jun 202027 Jun 2020

Luther writing on insurrections…

Here is Luther’s 1525 work on the peasants revolt: Luther “Against the Robbing and Murdering Hordes of Peasants” Here’s an older blog post…

Posted On 24 Jun 2020

Easter Day Devotion – “No Trouble Troubles Me”

Please consider subscribing to the daily emails of this devotional using the signup on the sidebar or by going to this page. Sunday…

Posted On 12 Apr 202017 Apr 2020

Consecration of the Holy Supper, the Office, and Local Fellowship in Dispersion

by Rev. John A. Frahm III In his 1533 treatise, “The Private Mass and the Consecration of Priests,” Luther mentions how Christians in…

Posted On 5 Apr 20204 Apr 2020

Baptism: Still More Common Questions Answered, Part 3

Introduction In Part 1 , we introduced a set of sermons by Martin Luther that answer many common questions about Baptism that are both…

Posted On 24 Jan 202024 Jan 2020

Baptism: More Common Questions Answered, Part 2

Introduction In Part 1, we introduced a set of sermons by Martin Luther that answer many common questions about Baptism that are both…

Posted On 1 Jan 202029 Jan 2021

The Reformation: Upholding the Honor of Christ

This week we celebrate the 501st anniversary of the Reformation. On October 31st, 1517 a German professor at the University of Wittenberg named…

Posted On 28 Oct 201827 Oct 2018

Five-hundredth anniversary of the Heidelberg Disputation (by Pr. Charles Henrickson)

Five hundred years ago today, on April 26, 1518, Martin Luther presented and defended a number of “theological paradoxes” in a debate at…

Posted On 26 Apr 2018

“From Heaven Above to Earth I Come” (Sermon on Luke 2:1-20, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)

“From Heaven Above to Earth I Come” (Luke 2:1-20) For our Christmas Eve homily tonight, I thought I’d let Luther lead the way….

Posted On 24 Dec 201725 Dec 2017

What’s So Special About the Reformation? Scripture Alone.

This is the second article in a series published in the local newspapers of Clayton County, IA. Luther was brought before the Emperor,…

Posted On 1 Nov 20171 Nov 2017

What’s So Special About the Reformation? Introduction

The following is the first of a series of articles written for the local papers in Clayton County, Iowa. This October 31st is…

Posted On 31 Oct 201731 Oct 2017

Luther’s Tower Experience — Pastor’s Class Notes, Reformation Sunday 2017, Pr Rolf Preus

Luther’s Tower Experience: Martin Luther Finds the Gospel St. John and Trinity Lutheran Churches Sunday, October 29, 2017 We date the Reformation back…

Posted On 29 Oct 2017

The Life of Christian Holy People

You have perhaps read or heard someone say that the life of a Christian looks exactly the same as the life of an…

Posted On 21 Mar 201721 Mar 2017

They Yet Have Nothing Won

Last year our congregation sent out and asked all the congregations in the Wyoming District of the LC-MS for any old copies of…

Posted On 7 Mar 20177 Mar 2017

The Second Table of the Law and Sanctification by Martin Luther

Beyond these seven chief ways of Christian sanctification there are also additional external marks by which the holy Christian church is recognized. Put…

Posted On 9 Dec 20168 Dec 2016

The Scandalous Source of Christian Joy

Paul calls the message of the Christian Gospel a skandalon. And yet it is this very message, carried to the Christian by way…

Posted On 30 May 201626 May 2016

“Born a Priest, Made a Pastor” (Sermon on Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16, by Pr. Charles Henrickson)

“Born a Priest, Made a Pastor” (Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-16) Circuit Pastors’ Conference, November 10, 2015 Today is Martin Luther’s birthday. He’s 532 today,…

Posted On 10 Nov 2015

Learning to Pray from the Imprecatory Psalms

    We can learn a lot from the imprecatory psalms. These are the psalms that speak godly judgment on the ungodliness of…

Posted On 29 Jul 201529 Jul 2015

Martin Luther and the Enthusiasts-Part III

This third post on this topic will focus on Dr. Luther’s response to the Enthusiasts and how this response shaped the Lutheran Confessions….

Posted On 24 Jun 201517 Jun 2015

Martin Luther and the Enthusiasts-Part II

In this second post on this topic we will examine the basic teachings of Andreas Karlstadt and Thomas Müntzer in the early 1520s…

Posted On 17 Jun 201517 Jun 2015

“A Mighty Fortress is Our God” — Sermon for Reformation Sunday

Reverend Christopher I. Thoma + Text and Theme: Lutheran Service Book, Hymn 656, “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” (The Preaching of the Gospel…

Posted On 25 Oct 2014

The Godly Kind of Mercy Killing

There’s a ungodly type of mercy killing that receives a great deal of sympathy, if not support, in our world today. Consider the…

Posted On 14 Aug 201413 Aug 2014

Making Disciples In America And Africa

Last weekend I had the opportunity to speak at the ‘Making Disciples Conference’ in Fairview Heights, IL.  This was one of the conferences…

Posted On 1 Mar 201428 Feb 2014

Sasse, Harrison, and Inerrancy

It has been a long time since I have been so thoroughly edified, educated, and stimulated by one book.  I am talking about…

Posted On 2 Dec 2013

Ad Te Levavi- Homeless Jesus (St. Matthew 21:1-9)

Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey (Matt 21:5). A donkey—it just doesn’t seem a fitting chariot for…

Posted On 30 Nov 20136 Dec 2013

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