Category Archives: Meditations by P.Wilhelm Löhe (Translation)

LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 5:13

God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.” (1Co 5:13 NIV) Who does the Apostle St. Paul address in this fifth chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians. Who is to exercise discipline and expel … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 5:6

Your boasting is not good.  (1Co 5:6 NIV) That’s St. Paul’s call to the Corinthians. What would he say to our practice of Church discipline and especially our practice at the Lord’s Table? Do you think these are just questions … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON LUKE 24:15-16.30-31

As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him…When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON LUKE 24:28-31

As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON LUKE 24:16

…but they were kept from recognizing him. (Luk 24:16 NIV) The risen Lord Jesus Christ approaches his disciples unrecognizable. What was keeping his disciples from recognizing him? His garments? No. Their eyes were being held, that they could not distinguish … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON LUKE 24:13-17

Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON MARK 16:6

“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. (Mar 16:6 NIV) The joyous gospel of Easter is the theme … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON ISAIAH 53:8

By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken. (Isa 53:8 NIV) Death is … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON ISAIAH 53:12

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON LUKE 22:39.44

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him…And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. (Luk 22:39.44 NIV) The suffering of … Continue reading

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