Mondays with Martin An excerpt from Luther’s Epiphany Sermon Matthew 2:1-12: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in [...]
Franz Friday The following article appears in Volume II, page 437 of Pieper’s Christian Dogmatics. Pieper explains why the correct translation is justification “by faith” or “through faith” and not “because of faith.” 5 The Function of Faith in Justification: In the preceding characterization of faith we have stated again and again that justifying faith [...]
Thursdays with Iwand Summarizing his own understanding of the Word of God and faith, Iwand writes: Faith, however, means: he shall be Lord. Thus God finds the person who even now, in the invisibleness of not-seeing, yet believing, takes him in faith to be the all-embracing fullneas of reality. Whoever believes in God believes in [...]
Wednesdays with Augustine A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin Wherein he shows that Pelagius is disingenuous in his confession of grace, inasmuch as he places grace either in nature and free will, or in law and teaching; and, moreover, asserts that it is merely the “possibility” (as he calls it) [...]
Tuesdays with Forde Presented as the Opening Address at the Eighth International Congress for Luther Research, Gerhard O. Forde, President (Originally printed in the Luther Jahrbuch 62 (1995): 13-27) Exsurqe Domine, et iudica causam tuam! Arise, 0 Lord, and judge your cause!…. Arise O Peter…, Arise thou also, O Paul, we beg thee…Let every saint [...]
LCMS President Dr. Gerald B. Kieschnick issued the following statement on November 20th, in response to an announcement by Lutheran CORE (Coalition for Renewal) leaders to begin work on a proposal for a new Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: In response to actions taken at the Evangelical Lutheran Church [...]
Via LCMS World Mission News At the corner of two dusty streets in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, sits a brand new building. This building is not only unusual because of its new, clean exterior, but because it is the first Lutheran church in Bishkek and the headquarters of the emerging Lutheran church body in Kyrgyzstan, which is [...]
