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Category Archives: Epiphany
Wir Christenleut haben jetzt Freud
Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud,Weil uns zu Trost Christus ist Mensch geboren,Hat uns erlöst, wer sich des tröstUnd glaubet fest, soll nicht werden verloren. Ein Wunderfreud, Gott selbst wird heutEin wahrer Mensch von Maria geboren;Ein Jungfrau zart sein Mutter wardVon … Continue reading
Swiftly pass the clouds of glory…
Looking forward to the high feast and holiday of the Transfiguration this last Sunday after the Epiphany. We´re hearing a lot from the great prophet Moses, who points us to the one and only savior of the world, Jesus Christ. … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany, Gottesdienst, Lectionary etc, Lutheran Order of service, You comfort me +
Tagged 2.Cor 4:6-10, Epiphanias, Epiphany, Exodus 3, Exodus 34, Glory of God, Immanuel, LSB 416, Moses, Mt 17, Psalm 97, Swiftly pass the clouds of glory, Thomas H. Troeger, Transfiguration, Verklärung Jesu
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Highs and lows on the way
Grateful for the opportunities via the Internet. Not only meeting local pastors online, but friends and family far and wide. It´s become a welcome common room even as the market plain, church quadrangle, tea garden and public space are currently … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany
Tagged 2Cor4:6-10, 2Pt1:16-21, Burning bush, earthern vessels, Elijah, Ex3, James, John, Moses, Mt17, Peter, Ps97, Transfiguration
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Making friends in “Geisterstadt”
LinkedIn reminds me, that I´ve been here in Lutherstadt Wittenberg for three years already. That´s about as long as our good Lord´s public ministry lasted back in His days. For me it feels like a lifetime, but for others here, … Continue reading
Encourage them to come in!
„Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God.” (Lk.13,29 – Watchword for the 3rd Sunday in Epiphany) Last Sunday we heard, how … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany, Lectionary etc, Sunday, Theologie, You comfort me +
Tagged 1Ti2:4, Encourage, enter, Gospel, Naaman, Psalm 86, Romans 1:16-17, Ruth, St. Paul
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Songs of Thankfulness and praise…
When I finished my initial studies in Germany, we subscribed to the latest edition of the Brockhaus Encyclopedia. It was to last a lifetime. The annual updates kept coming even when we moved to Pretoria. Angelika used it sometimes for … Continue reading
Posted in Bibel und Übersetzung, Epiphany, Gedankensplitter, Hymns
Tagged Brockhaus, Commons, praise, thankfulness, Truth, Wikipedia, Wisdom
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Living as God´s people
To Jordan came our Lord, the Christ,To do God’s pleasure willing,And there was by St. John baptized,All righteousness fulfilling;There did He consecrate a bathTo wash away transgression,And quench the bitterness of deathBy His own blood and passion,He would a new … Continue reading
O Gott, der Du schufst Himmel und Erd…
O Gott, der Du schufst Himmel und Erd,Du schufst sie gut, gerecht und pur,dass niemand als Leergut rumtreibt nur,als ob Tods bestimmt von Geburt.Vielmehr, Dein Wort stets Leben sätDein Triumph in gefallener Welt.Dein Licht erstrahlt, schenkt Leben.Du hast es uns … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany, Hymns, Lieder, Lutherische Mission, Theologie, Uncategorized
Tagged Doxologie, Erlösung, Fatales Streben, Gesetzeshammer, Gift, Hallelujah, Heiligung, Leergut, Martin H. Franzmann 1907-1976, Missbrauchten, O God o Lord of heaven and earth, Schöpfung, Todeshallen, Zornesbecher
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Epiphany: School lesson
Before the Christmas holiday´s we used Dr. Martin Luther´s translation of Bishop Ambrose of Milan´s composition “Veni redemptor genitum” to introduce the Adventide and the glorious incarnation of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ in Bethlehem promised from of old … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany, Uncategorized
Tagged Baptism, Caelius Sedulius, Cana, Epiphany, fulfill, Holy Bible, Hostis Herodes impie, Jordan, Law, Magoi, Martin Luther, miracle, Promise, star, Wedding, Wise men, wonders, word of god
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