Weekends with Bach The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Movements of J. S. Bach’s Cantata BWV 80 “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott” Performed by The First Lutheran Church of Boston’s Choir and Instrumentalists, Exsultemus Period Vocal Ensemble, Andreas Liu Harpsichord and David Hakes Organ, conducted by FLC Minister of Music Balint Karosi.
Happy Reformation Day everyone! The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:11) And here is a selection from essay on A Mighty Fortress, by Michael Streich: Luther wrote the words to the hymn after a reflection on Psalm 46: “God is our refuge and strength.” Twice in the [...]
Via the Reporter Hands of Mercy, the newest e-newsletter from LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC), shares news and achievements from the 120 Lutheran social service agencies with Recognized Service Organization (RSO) status. Offered three times each year, the e-newsletter also suggests resources for RSO leaders. “RSOs often serve as the hands of Christ, [...]
Via LCMS World Mission LCMS World Mission celebrates with the 1,500 students, parents, staff, and special guests of Concordia International School Shanghai (CISS) on the dedication of their new high school facility on Oct. 9. The new 12,000-square-meter, state-of-the-art high school will help Concordia continue to expand its educational opportunities and ministry among students from [...]
Notes on the text for All Saints Sunday, prepared by Reverend Dan Moriarity of Blair, NE.
Via the ELCA News Service: CHICAGO (ELCA) — The directors of the Wittenberg Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) will end their service in Germany Nov. 30, the result of “harsh budget realities,” according to the Rev. Robert O. Smith, ELCA Global Mission. Smith made the comment in an Oct. 19 letter [...]
Franz Friday Via Pieper’s Church Dogmatics, vol. 1, 363ff. He who would determine the meaning of the clear passages [of Scripture] through still other passages engages in a work of interminable adjustments, makes the entire Scriptures uncertain and obscure, and converts them into an inextricable chaos. Yes, there is the rule: ‘One passage must be [...]
The following sermon is taken from volume VII of, The Sermons of Martin Luther, published by Baker Book House (Grand Rapids, MI), originally published in 1909 by The Luther Press (Minneapolis, MN), as Luther’s Epistle Sermons, vol. 2. HEBREWS 9:11-15: But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater [...]
Thursdays with Iwand Hans Iwand, a sermon on James 2:14-26 Is there anyone among us who doesn’t want to get up in protest and answer this text with a simple, ‘No!’? The last sentence alone does us in: ‘So faith apart from work is dead.’ If it has no works! Or have we become so [...]
