Category Archives: Martin Luther and the Reformation

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 →

Posted in Gedankensplitter, Martin Luther and the Reformation, Theologie | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

God stands by His promise

Posted on July 17, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set His love upon you and chose you. Deuteronomy 7:7 Dr. Martin Luther continues with his running commentary on this great book Deuteronomy. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Bibel und Übersetzung, Gedankensplitter, Martin Luther and the Reformation, Theologie, Travels, You comfort me + | Leave a comment

The silver bells of St. Cyriacus

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

The Benedictine abbey Wimmelburg – just north of Lutherstadt Eisleben and south of Mansfeld – founded just after the turn of the 1st Millennium was dedicated to the legendary martyr St. Cyriacus, who is one of the 14 Holy Helpers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gedankensplitter, Hymns, Martin Luther and the Reformation, Saints of the church, Travels | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

You must utterly destroy them…

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Moses goes on to show some other instances of godlessness against the First Commandment and moves on to discuss the outward act—all, of course, in proper sequence. Since first he has set straight the heart, the source of works, he then … Continue reading →

Posted in Histories, Martin Luther and the Reformation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Luther´s rulers in electoral Saxony

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

In Luther´s time, democracy was far off. Germany was at best a vague idea and not even the language was anywhere near to being uniform in the various landscapes north of the Alps. He was always a citizen of electoral … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies and other stories, Lutheran World, Martin Luther and the Reformation, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Don´t put God to the test

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

After explaining what it means to love the one and only God – Father, Son and Holy Ghost – above all else and that with all Your heart, soul and might always and everywhere … Dr. Martin Luther continues to … Continue reading →

Posted in Martin Luther and the Reformation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

St.Maurice and Luther

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

For only one year Hans Luder sends his fourteen year old son Martin – it is 1497 –  to the cathedral school attached to the St. Mauritius abbey founded in Magdeburg back in 937 AD. Another reason to look a … Continue reading →

Posted in Gedankensplitter, Histories, biographies and other stories, Martin Luther and the Reformation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Difference between Old and New Testament

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Luther on Deuteronomy 5:3 “Not with our fathers…” Here Moses points out the difference between the New and the Old Testament. The New Testament is the older, promised from the beginning of the world, yes, “before the times of the world,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Gedankensplitter, Martin Luther and the Reformation | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

You have heard His voice… (Dt.4:12)

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

This passage condemns… representations of God, which He wanted to be forbidden to a simple and childish people, but … inner representations of God, which are (as we have said above) opinions and speculations about God constructed out of ourselves without … Continue reading →

Posted in Martin Luther and the Reformation | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

We´re no longer in paradise – that´s for sure

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

J.K. Rowlings has made herself a name writing. She´s found her voice in many ways and needs no introduction. She´s famous for going to dark places and not shying away before monsters and fiendish beasts in fables and stories, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Gedankensplitter, Hymns, Martin Luther and the Reformation | Tagged , , | Leave a comment