“Be not drunk … but be filled with the Spirit” — Ephesians 5:18 As we approach the holiday season (Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Eve) every year, we are reminded of a particular temptation: Drunkenness! The civil authorities ramp up …
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This hymn, #55 in The Lutheran Hymnal, is a prayer to the only Savior for the world of sinners, Christ Jesus. The writer of this hymn is unknown. In 1664, the Rev. Johann Gottfried Olearius of Halle, Germany, first published …
For those who know and appreciate the faithful Scriptural teachings of Dr. Martin Luther, it can be quite disturbing to see the name of Luther associated with church bodies that blatantly teach contrary to what is clearly set forth in …
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This hymn, #261 in The Lutheran Hymnal (1941), is a prayer to the Triune God: Stanza 1 – to the heavenly Father; Stanza 2 – to the Son of God; Stanza 3 – to the Holy Ghost. The writer of …
“Walk circumspectly…redeeming the time” (Ephesians 5:15a, 16a) A Christian is informed by God’s Word regarding his status before God in reference to all he is and all he has. All he is as a Christian he owes to God, so …
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Christianity is the absolutely perfect religion for two reasons: It offers and gives the perfect salvation. The Christian religion does not ask sinful human beings to make peace with God through their own “works” (Ephesians 2:9a) and their own efforts, …
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“By the special grace and mercy of the Almighty, the doctrine concerning the chief articles of our Christian religion (which under the Papacy had been horribly obscured by human teachings and ordinances) were explained and purified again from God’s Word …
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Even before Luther’s death, false “Lutherans” were perverting the true teachings of the Lutheran church. How might Martin Luther react to the perversions in Lutheranism today? We suspect with the same type of indignation that we see below. Excerpt taken …
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Alas! as it is, the common people regard the Gospel altogether too lightly, and we accomplish nothing extraordinary even though we use all diligence. What, then, will be achieved if we shall be negligent and lazy as we were under …
Sermon Preached at the Friday Service of Convocation Sixty-third Annual Convention of the Concordia Lutheran Conference Lebanon, Oregon June 27, 2014 by Pastor David J. Mensing Sauk Village, Illinois Text: Philippians 1:29 In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Savior …
