Monthly Archives: April 2016

5th Sunday after Easter: Rogate

The 5th Sunday after Easter called “Rogate: Pray to the Lord…” from Psalm 66:20  Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!  The text is a reference to Isaiah 48:20, followed by … Continue reading

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Sermon on Mt21:12-17: Cantate +

Here’s this mornings sermon held during Matins in the chapel of St. Timothy at our Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane (Pretoria, South Africa) on the gospel of St. Matthew the 21st chapter. You can read it here: Mt21,12-17 Matins 2016.4.28 or … Continue reading

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Dr. Nordling’s report on his time at LTS

Dear John: Thank you very much for your kind and most gracious report. It was good to have you here and I’m especially glad that it worked out well with your teeth. That might be something others would like to … Continue reading

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Dr. Böhmer on John 6:66-69

Here is Dr. Böhmer’s sermon on John 6:66-69  held at the chapel of St. Timothy at our Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane (Pretoria, South Africa) yesterday morning during Morning Prayer: After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer … Continue reading

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Latest from our Mission

Skipping the long feature by Dr. Martin Pörksen (Brecklum) on holy Baptism as break with the pagan past and also the news from the mission field around the world, there follow now the latest issues news items from “our mission” … Continue reading

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We need missionaries!

On the 7th December 1950 Superintendent of Lutheran Missions Christoph Johannes jr wrote the following request for younger missionaries as the present generation was getting on in years. This request was published in the first “Missionsblatt” edited by Rev. Dr. Friedrich-Wilhelm … Continue reading

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Vater Wilhelms Rundbrief

Hier auf Welbedacht und in der ganzen Gegend freuen wir uns über, und sind herzlich dankbar für guten, durchdringenden Regen, 112 mm hier auf Welbedacht. Hier hat es im Januar und Februar immer etwas geregnet, dass Soja gesät werden konnte. … Continue reading

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Our “Missionsblatt”

65 years ago Rev. Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf started as editor of the “Missionsblatt”. This was one of his many tasks, which he faithfully fulfilled many years – even decades. In the first edition that he published he gave the following … Continue reading

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“In the name of the LORD Jesus”

Here’s a translation of a devotion on Colossians 3:17 written by the late director of Lutheran missions (Bleckmar) Rev.Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf in the first “Missionsblatt” edited by him in January 1951. May it be read in the same Spirit … Continue reading

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Sermon in the morning on 2Co5:19-21

Here is this morning’s sermon by Dr. Karl Böhmer held in the chapel of St.Timothy at our Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane: 2 Cor. 5:19-21 In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting [men’s] trespasses against them, and … Continue reading

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