Author Archives: Wilhelm Weber

About Wilhelm Weber

Pastor at the Old Latin School in the Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Pastor Ndwalane + 28.4.2016

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Our Lord and triune God has called home out of this life into His eternity our dear brother in Christ P.Ndwalane last Thursday, the 28th April 2016. In the last years he was living in the vicinity of the Lutheran Church … Continue reading →

Posted in Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, Uncategorized | Tagged Cyara, Death, dying, eternal life, Funeral, Ndwalane, Obituary, Ohlangeni, Resurrection | Leave a comment

Wer eine Reise tut…

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Bishop Buthelezi was a most prominent Lutheran theologian in Southern Africa and beyond. I heard him giving three papers. The first time we met was at the Lutheran conference in FELS (Natal Spa, KZN), where he lectured on the use of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lutheran World, Uncategorized | Tagged Bishop, Ezidwadweni, Funeral, LWF, Manas Buthelezi, Road trip, Sizana, Zululand | Leave a comment

5th Sunday after Easter: Rogate

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in Eastertide, Uncategorized | Tagged 1Ti2:1-6, Ex32, Jo16, Prayer, Ps66:20, Rogate | Leave a comment

Sermon on Mt21:12-17: Cantate +

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in Eastertide, Matins in the morning, Uncategorized | Tagged Cantate, false, Indignation, Mt21:12-17, Music, SDG, Sing, true, Worship | Leave a comment

Dr. Nordling’s report on his time at LTS

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in LTS in Tshwane, Uncategorized | Tagged April, Confession, Corinthians, Dentist, Funeral, Greek, LTS in Tshwane, Nordling, NT, Panbult, Report, Swaziland, Visit, Wedding | Leave a comment

Dr. Böhmer on John 6:66-69

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in LTS in Tshwane, Morning Prayer, Uncategorized | Tagged Dictionary, Dr. Karl Böhmer, Homiletics, Jo6:66-69, Mark Twain, Pastor, Sermon | Leave a comment

Latest from our Mission

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in Lutherische Mission, Uncategorized | Tagged Bleckmar, Books, Conference, Hermannsburg, Hopf, Library, Mission, Missionsblatt | Leave a comment

We need missionaries!

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in Histories, Lutherische Mission, Uncategorized | Tagged call, Christoph Johannes, Goldfields, Help, Johannesburg, Mission, Missionary, Request, Salem, Superintendent, Swaziland, Tswana, Umsinga, Zulu | Leave a comment

Vater Wilhelms Rundbrief

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in Family and friends, Uncategorized, Vater Wihelms Rundbrief | Tagged Andacht, Falken, Herbst, Kantate, lectio continua, Magdalene, Michaela, Regen, Rev. E.A.W.Weber DD, Ruth, Welbedacht | Leave a comment

Our “Missionsblatt”

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

Posted in Histories, Lutherische Mission, Uncategorized | Tagged 1951, Adolf Blanke, Bleckmar, Confession, Conrad Dreves, Edition, F.W.Hopf, Friedrich Wolff, Lutheran, MELF, Mission, Newsletter, Rudolf Rocholl | Leave a comment