Monthly Archives: February 2013

+ St. Ansgar (865)

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Saint Ansgar, Anskar or Oscar, was an Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen. The see of Hamburg was designated a “Mission to bring Christianity to the North”, and Ansgar became known as the “Apostle of the North”.Wikipedia

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LÖHE ON 2.CORINTHIANS 11:19-21

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or pushes himself forward or slaps you in the face. … Continue reading →

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Herrenhuter readings for Sunday, the 3rd February 2013

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food? (Job 38:41 NIV) Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in … Continue reading →

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Lutheran Order of service in isiZulu/seTswana

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

The Lutheran Order of Service for Sexagesimae (2nd Sunday before Lent) is available here in isiZulu and seTswana. Today it comes with a sermon based on the prophet Isaiah 55,6-12a by our brother Rev. I. Ngwenya (Limehill LC, KZN) in … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON JOHN 12:26

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

My Father will honor the one who serves me. (Joh 12:26 NIV) If somebody obeys God faithfully and does not seek his own, but strives to serve God and be his loyal instrument, then this tool is honored and God … Continue reading →

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Herrenhuter readings for Saturday, the 2. February 2013

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. (Daniel 12:2 NIV) He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all … Continue reading →

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Critique: A democratic duty?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

A DUTY TO CRITICISE GOVERNMENT IN A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY Adv Johan Kruger, Director: Centre for Constitutional Rights We live in a constitutional democracy where power is at all times limited by the Constitution, where government is subject to accountability, responsiveness … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON PSALM 18:36

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

You humble me to pick me up. (Psalm 18:36) Although his father is King and he has a right to believe that he is to ascend to the throne of Israel, it remains the magnificence of Jonathan that he voluntarily … Continue reading →

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LÖHE ON REVELATIONS 2:10

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. (Revelatin 2:10 NIV) Our passion, our patience, our abstinence in living as Christians must be strengthened by enjoying and being invigorated by the … Continue reading →

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Herrenhuter readings for Friday, the 1st February 2013

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Wilhelm Weber

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. (Isaiah 5:21 NIV) Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:2-3 NIV)

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