Mondays with Martin Via Luther’s Church Postil of 1522, taken from volume VI:142-165 of The Sermons of Martin Luther, published by Baker Book House (Grand Rapids, MI). It was originally published in 1908 in english by Lutherans in All Lands Press (Minneapolis, MN), as The Precious and Sacred Writings of Martin Luther, vol. 1. But [...]
Mondays with Martin Via Luther’s Wartburg Church Postil, 1521-1522, taken from volume I:161-170 of The Sermons of Martin Luther, published by Baker Book House (Grand Rapids, MI). It was originally published in 1906 in English by Lutherans in All Lands Press (Minneapolis, MN), as The Precious and Sacred Writings of Martin Luther, vol. 11. When [...]
THE APPEARING OF THE GRACE OF GOD. 1. It is written in the book of Nehemiah (ch 4) that the Jews, in rebuilding Jerusalem, wrought with one hand and with the other held the sword, because of the enemy who sought to hinder the building. Paul in Titus 1, 9 carries out the thought of [...]
Weekends with Bach When Bach took up his duties as cantor in the church of St. Thomas in Leipzig in 1723, so much was demanded from him to produce music. Every Sunday he had to prepare 2 new motets for the main service and another work for Sunday afternoon Vespers. Among others, he had to [...]
Weekends with Bach Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden BWV 6 Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden The Second Day of Easter (Easter Monday). Poet unknown (Christian Weiss?, see Dürr, pp. 42-43). 1. Lk. 24:29; 3. the first stanza: Philipp Melanchthon, “Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesus Christ,” 1579 (the German [...]
by Martin Luther To His Serene Highness, Prince John Frederick, Duke Of Saxony, Landgrave Of Thuringia, Margrave Of Meissen, My Gracious Lord And Patron serene and high-born Prince, gracious Lord! May your Grace accept my humble prayer and service. Your Grace’s kind letter has lately come into my hands and its cheering contents brought me [...]
Here is a brief biography, and a few hymns, from Charles Wesley, who was born on this day (Dec. 18) in 1707 at Epworth Rectory, England (d. March 29 1788).
Franz Friday by Francis August Otto Pieper Doubts disappear like mist before the sun, as soon as you hear the clear testimony of Scripture, which she witness to herself. The word of Scripture, she simply calls the word of the Holy Spirit, Heb. 3:7; Acts. 28:25. She says (2 Pet. 1:2), especially in relation to [...]
Thursdays with Iwand B.1, Outline of a lecture on The Primacy of Christology, Thesis (1956) 1.The definitive expression that lies within Protestant theology, the authoritative theme of Christology has come to the fore. 2. The problem, which has been thrown out of the study of doctrine, exists therein, that during the time of Jesus of [...]
