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…
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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…
Easter Day Devotion – “No Trouble Troubles Me”
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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….
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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,…
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…
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….
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…