Category Archives: Gedankensplitter

Do you still not understand?

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household.   Watchword for the 7th Sunday after Trinity: Ephesians 2:19 We pray with the collect for this week: … Continue reading →

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Yes, if faith & Word perish, no love & good works will stay.

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Dr. Martin Luther continues his commentary on Deuteronomy with this summary of chapter 14 – and it´s good reading about tithes, taxes and such laws and bylaws in this translation by Richard R. Caemmerer in Luther´s Works Volume 9, pages … Continue reading →

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We pray, that Christ dwells in your hearts through faith

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Now, this is what the Lord says,the one who created you,and formed you:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you.I call you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43: 1 (Watchword for the 6th Sunday after Trinity) We pray: Almighty God, beloved … Continue reading →

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When the Word is lost, God is lost

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Dr. Martin Luther continues his commentary on Deuteronomy with this summary of chapter 13 – and it´s good reading in this translation by Richard R. Caemmerer in Luther´s Works Volume 9, pages 129-131: To confirm what he said at the end … Continue reading →

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The one who believes and is baptized will be saved.

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Now, this is what the Lord says,the one who created you,and formed you:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you.I call you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43: 1 (Watchword for the 6th Sunday after Trinity) We pray: Almighty God, beloved … Continue reading →

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Neither Jew nor Greek…

Posted on July 22, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Now, this is what the Lord says,the one who created you,and formed you:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you.I call you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43: 1 (Watchword for the 6th Sunday after Trinity) We pray: Almighty God, beloved … Continue reading →

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This prefigured baptism, which now saves you… 1.Pt.3,18-22

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Now, this is what the Lord says,the one who created you,and formed you:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you.I call you by name, you are mine.” Isaiah 43: 1 (Watchword for the 6th Sunday after Trinity) We pray: Almighty God, beloved … Continue reading →

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“Battle of nations”: The story of winning and loosing

Posted on July 20, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Well, this time around it was but a day in the park, whereas at the time of war, this was one of the worst calamities to hit Leipzig – this Battle of Leipzig (October 1813: “Völkerschlacht”). It was not the … Continue reading →

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It´s still all about the 1st commandment…

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Do we love God as such or rather just as a means to an end? Well, trials and temptations go a long way to reveal that as Moses explains: First Moses says that the nation was afflicted and tried by … Continue reading →

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It´s like building towers & planning for war

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Let us pray:  O good and gracious God, heavenly Father + Grant us Your Spirit of Truth and Peace, that we may understand Your holy Will and follow Your Directions and trust Your Promises from the bottom of our heart … Continue reading →

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