Discipleship and the First Commandment
July 3, 2019
The following is an excerpt from Luther's Small Catechism: A Manual for Discipleship, written by John T. Pless.
July 3, 2019
Luther on the Coming of Christ
June 28, 2019
The following is a selection from Luther’s Works, Vol. 56.
Understanding the Differences among Commissioned Ministry Roles
May 29, 2019
Commissioned ministers serve in a variety of roles with their own particular emphases. Understanding what each of these commissioned ministers is trained to do will lay a foundation for understanding what commissioned ministry is in the LCMS today.
The Old Testament Background for the Sixth Petition
May 8, 2019
The Sixth Petition of the Lord’s Prayer is, in the minds of many people, the most challenging of the seven petitions to understand.
The Origin of the Small and Large Catechisms
April 4, 2019
In Luther’s day, there were any number of catechisms and catechetical materials. They were often extremely extensive and required the young people to memorize not only the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s Prayer, and the Creed, but also a list of seven spiritual gifts, seven cardinal virtues, the seven Sacraments, seven words of mercy, the eight beatitudes of God, and on and on and on. Luther cleared away the medieval clutter with his Small and Large Catechisms.
Doctrine of Justification: Its Use and Definition according to Gerhard
April 1, 2019
This post is adapted from the latest edition in Gerhard’s Theological Commonplaces series, On Justification through Faith.
6 Bible Verses Gerhard Used to Tie Justification to Righteousness
March 1, 2019
Works-righteousness was as big of a theological issue in Gerhard’s time as it is in ours. So Gerhard went back to the primary source—the Bible—to see what God has to say about the topic. Here’s what he found.
The Second Luther: Nikolaus von Amsdorf
February 15, 2019
This post is an excerpt adapted from Nikolaus von Amsdorf: Champion of Martin Luther’s Reformation, a new edition of Robert Kolb’s biography about this important Reformation figure.
Fourth Sunday in Advent
December 17, 2018
Old Testament Reading
Micah 5:2–5a (MT 5:1–4a)
What Luther Says about Luke 2:15–20
December 14, 2018
“What it means to find Christ in such poverty, and what His swaddling clothes and manger signify, are explained in the previous Gospel [Luke 2:1–14]. His poverty teaches us to find Him in our neighbors, the lowliest and the most needy of them. His swaddling clothes are the Holy Scriptures. The result is that in our life of work we deal with the needy, but in our life of study and meditation we deal only with the Scriptures. Thus Christ alone is important for both lives; He stands before us in every purpose” (LW 75:254).
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