O, glorious office! [the office of the ministry] No matter how sick a person may be in his soul, the Gospel can heal him. No matter how deeply a person has fallen into the corruption of sin, the Gospel can pull him out. No matter how troubled, frightened, and afflicted a person may be, the [...]
My heart its incense burning, I’ll offer thanks and praise,Now, with return of morning,And through all future days;I’ll praise thee on Thy throne,Great source of every blessing,My song to Thee addressingThrough Christ, Thy only Son. Thy mercy claims my praises!This kept me through the night;And now from sleep it raises,To greet the dawning light.This, too, [...]
The following handout is produced each week by Bob and Cathy Mattson, of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Tacoma, WA. It is created for a prayer breakfast, and designed for personal devotion and reflection on the gospel text for the week. Each installment includes a prayer from Martin Luther, a selection from the Small Catechism, the [...]
by Ty Andor We are driven at times to ask, “Where is the God of justice?” (Malachi 2:17) There seems to be no earthly reward for those who deserve it, and even worse, those who deserve the opposite of an earthly reward flourish. “You are always righteous, O Lord, when I bring a case before [...]
by Donavon Riley By the seventeenth century Luther’s formulation of justification had been contradicted in part if not in total by the Protestant doctrine of applied grace. This marked a curious commonality between Lutherans and their presumed Roman Catholic opponents. In Roman Catholic teaching applied grace is at the heart of grace in general. In [...]
Well known are Luther’s theses (propositiones) on the authority of the Church in matters of doctrine and in adiophorous matters. He says: “The Christian Church has no authority to ordain any article of faith, never has ordained and never will ordain one. The Church of God has no power to enact any precept as to [...]
The following list of resources on Augustine was compiled by Donavon Riley, and includes both primary and secondary material. William M. Alexander, Sex and Philosophy in Augustine, August Studies 5 (1974). Augustine, Against Julian, translated by Matthew M Schumacher (New York: Fathers of the Church Inc. 1957). Augustine, Against Two Letters of the Pelagians, translated [...]
Beginning April 22nd, the Luther Academy and the Association of Confessional Lutherans will be hosting a three day “Congress on the Lutheran Confessions” at the Ramada Mall of America, Bloomington, MN. The schedule of events and speakers are as follows. Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:00 a.m. Congress Registration Begins 1:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductory Remarks [...]
(a sermon preached by John Donne on Easter Day, March 28th 1619, at the Cathedral Church of Saint Pauls, London download as .pdf) “What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol?” Psalm 89:48 At first, God gave the judgement of death upon [...]
