Ver. 81-88.–Ver. 81. My soul thirsteth for thy word, I wait for thy salvation. Ver. 82. Mine eyes long after thy word, and I say: when wilt thou comfort me. Ver. 83. For I am like a bottle in the smoke, I forget not thy commandments. Ver. 84. How many are the days of thy [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. Download: .doc/.pdf From Luther’s Prayers O God, here I learn to recognize you as my Creator. How wonderfully you have made me, both in body and soul. You have given me life through my parents and given them kind hearts [...]

A Sermon on Ezekiel 34: 11-16 by Dr. David Adams, Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO This sermon was delivered to the seminary students at Concordia Seminary, St Louis, on Good Shepherd Sunday 2006 (Good Shepherd Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Easter. This sermon was transcribed from the Issues, Etc mp3 archive by Bill Powers [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. Download: .doc/.pdf From Luther’s Prayers O dear God and Father, keep us wide awake and active, eager and diligent in your word and service. May we not be overconfident, idle, and indifferent, as though we owned all things. May the [...]

Ver. 12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom He chooses for an inheritance. The whole is grouped around this position. On the one side, it is a deduction from what goes before, and, on the other, it is a thesis which is proved in what follows. The Psalmist alludes, [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost. Download .doc/.pdf From Luther’s Prayers Dear Father, here you teach us how we are not by deception to release, drain, extort, sell, depreciate our neighbor’s property, or get by force, but help him keep it, as we ourselves desire to [...]

That it is good and God pleasing to sing hymns is, I think, known to every Christian, for everyone is aware not only of the example of the prophets and kings in the Old Testament who praised God with song and sound, with poetry and psaltery, but also of the common and ancient custom of [...]

Here is a pamphlet version of Luther’s introduction to Part III of The Large Catechism on The Lord’s Prayer, prepared with an introduction by Rev. Download .pdf LuthersIntroductiontotheLordsPrayerbooklet

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Download .doc/.pdf From Luther’s Small Catechism The Conclusion of The Lord’s Prayer For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen What is this? That I should be certain that such petitions are acceptable to [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Download: .doc/.pdf From Luther’s Prayers Lead us not into temptation, but help us by your Spirit to control the flesh, to despise the world and its ways, and to dominate the devil with all his malice. Amen. From Luther’s Small [...]

The University Lutheran Church and Student Center at Florida State has created this great handout expositing the theology of the cross as outlined in Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. Have a pamphlet or flyer on Lutheran theology to share? Post a link in the comments, or use the Submit an Article form in the header.

Isaiah son of Amoz is considered to be the greatest of the writing prophets and is quoted in the New Testament more than any other Old Testament prophet. His name means “Yahweh [the Lord] saves.” Isaiah prophesied to the people of Jerusalem and Judah from about 740 B.C. to 700 B.C. and was a contemporary [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost. Download: .pdf/.doc From Luther’s Prayers O dear God and Father, keep us wide awake and active, eager and diligent in your word and service. May we not be overconfident, idle, and indifferent, as though we owned all things. May the [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. View/Download Sixth Sunday After Pentecost O God, you have prepared for those who love you joys beyond understanding. Pour into our hearts such love for you that, loving you above all things, we may obtain your promises, which exceed all [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Fifth Sunday After Pentecost. 10 Pentecost 5th Sunday FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST O God our defender, storms rage about us and cause us to be afraid. Rescue your people from despair, deliver your sons and daughters from fear, and preserve us all from unbelief; [...]

A sermon by Rev. Matthew Harrison on the Good Shepherd, preached at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Norwalk, Connecticut, on April 25th 2010. John 10:22-30 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Fourth Sunday After Pentecost. iPhone/iPodTouch readers see below 10 Pentecost 4th Sunday FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST God, our maker and redeemer, you have made us a new company of priests to bear witness to the Gospel. Enable us to be faithful to our calling [...]

…that our wills are bound: Dr. Rod Rosenbladt on “The Good News That Our Wills are Bound” from Faith Lutheran Church on Vimeo. Isaiah 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Third Sunday After Pentecost. iPhone/iPodTouch readers see below 10 Pentecost 3rd Sunday THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST O God, the strength of those who hope in you. Be present and hear our prayers; and, because in weakness of our moral nature we can do nothing [...]

New Reformation Press has made available an audio recording of an incredible lecture by Rod Rosenbladt on “The Gospel for those Broken by the Church.” Here’s the original description: “This MP3 of the recording of Dr. Rosenbladt’s presentation is tailor-made for all those folks who are “mad” at and “sad” about Christianity BECAUSE they have [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Second Sunday after Pentecost. iPhone/iPodTouch readers see below 10 Pentecost 2nd Sunday FROM LUTHER’S PRAYERS O Father of all mercy, you have begun your work in us. Continue to fill us with all dimensions of wisdom and knowledge. May we be fully certain in [...]

Hamlet Hamlet’s father (King Hamlet Senior) has been murdered by his uncle Claudius who has now taken over the throne and married the dead king’s wife Gertrude. Hamlet was upset enough about this marriage but traumatised entirely when the ghost of Hamlet Senior tells him about the murder. He plots revenge but is indecisive about [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for Holy Trinity Sunday. 10 the Holy Trinity PRAYER FROM LUTHER’S PRAYERS O God and Father, give us gaciously what belongs to the body and its life. O Son of God, free us from sin and mercifully grant us your spirit. O God the Holy Spirit, [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for Pentecost Sunday. 10 -Day of Pentecost-John PRAYER FROM LUTHER’S PRAYERS Lord God, dear Father, through you Holy Spirit you have taught and enlightened the hearts of your believers. Through the same Spirit give us a right understanding, to be glad at all times in his [...]

Here is the handout from Bob and Cathy Mattson for the Seventh Sunday in Easter. iPhone/iPodTouch readers see below 10 Easter 7th John FROM LUTHER’S PRAYERS O Father, it is indeed true that no one can be strong by his own power (I Sam. 2:4). How can we stand before your might if you do [...]

By Peter Berger, professor emeritus of Religion, Sociology and Theology, Boston University. Essay via Piety, Politics, and Ethics: Reformation Studies in Honor of George Wolfgang Forell, edited by Carter Lindberg. [1] Being asked to contribute to a Festschrift always presents one with the problem of relating one’s contribution to the opus of the individual being [...]