Author Archives: Wilhelm Weber

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About Wilhelm Weber

Pastor at the Old Latin School in the Lutherstadt Wittenberg

LTS News 2014.1

Dear friends of the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane: That’s a photo of morning breaking over the LTS. Thanks be to God LTS in Tshwane has restarted the new academic year and we have a lot to be thankful for. … Continue reading

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Lutheran Order of Service in Zulu and Tswana

The Lutheran Order of Service for Sunday Sexagesima (23rd February) is available here in isiZulu and seTswana. Today it comes with a sermon based on God’s word from Acts in the 16th chapter verses 9-15 written by Rev. F.J. Mtshali … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Friday, the 21st February 2014

You who are the hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night? (Jer 14:8 NIV) and as they talked and discussed these … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Thursday, the 20th February 2014

Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come. (Psa 71:18 NIV) and There was also a prophet, Anna, … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Wednesday, the 19th February 2014

I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine? (Jer 2:21 NIV) and St. Paul writes: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting … Continue reading

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Luther’s final words

Dr. Martin Luther died on the the 18th February 1546. Here’s what he wrote in Eisleben: “Virgil’s shepherd poems cannot be understood, except by one who has been a shepherd for five years. Virgil’s poetry about agriculture cannot be understood, … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Tuesday, the 18th February 2014

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isa 53:6 NIV) and When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he … Continue reading

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Confession as Prolegomena for Dogmatics

Why do we study the Confessions so seriously at LTS? For one it is as Dr. Edmund Schlink writes: “The theology of the Confessions is a prolegomenon for dogmatics neither as being an integral part of dogmatics nor as being … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Monday, the 17th February 2014

Your wrongdoings have kept these away; your sins have deprived you of good. (Jer 5:25 NIV) and See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Sunday, the 16th February 2014

And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved  (Joel 2:32 NIV in Luther this is Joel 3:5)  and Jesus says: Truly, truly, I say to you, if you shall ask the Father for anything, He will … Continue reading

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