Herrenhuter readings for Tuesday, the 4th March 2014

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

kingdavidBut David found strength in the LORD his God. (1Sa 30:6 NIB) and It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. (Gal 5:1 NIV)

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Herrenhuter readings for Monday, the 3rd March 2014

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

rejoiceThose the LORD has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. (Isa 51:11 NIV) and In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. (1Pe 1:6 NIV)

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Predigt zu Estomihi

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

fastenHier ist meine heutige Predigt zum Sonntag Estomihi ueber Jesaja 58:1-9 gehalten in der St. Paulus Gemeinde (Arcadia): 

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Herrenhuter readings for Sunday, the 2nd March 2014

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Jesus and the Samaritan woman1They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he made water flow for them from the rock; he split the rock and water gushed out. (Isa 48:21 NIV) and Jesus said: Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life. (Joh 4:14 NIV)

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Herrenhuter readings for Saturday, the 1st March 2014

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Jesus in Getshemane“Because he loves me,” says the LORD, “I will rescue him.”  (Psa 91:14 NIV) and Jesus prayed: “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. (Luk 22:42-43 NIV)

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Herrenhuter readings for Friday, the 28th February 2014

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Saul and David Rembrandt_Harmensz._van_Rijn_030King Saul said to David: “When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the LORD reward you well for the way you treated me today.” (1Sa 24:19 NIV) and Jesus said: “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (Luk 6:27-28 NIV)

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Lutheran Order of service in isiZulu/seTswana

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

jesus-jerusalemThe Lutheran Order of Service for Sunday Estomihi is available here in isiZulu and seTswana. Today it comes with a sermon based on God’s word from the prophet of Isaiah in the fifty-eighty chapter the verses 1-9a written by Rev. E.S. Sithole (PhD) in isiZulu (wz1417140302 Estomihi) and translated as usual seTswana (wt1417140302 Estomihi) by my father Rev. E.A.W.Weber DD (Welbedacht, KZN).

The readings for this Sunday are:

Old Testament:       Amos 5:21-24

The Epistle:            1Cor13:1-13

The Gospel:            Mark 8:31-38

The liturgical colour is green.

May you have a very blessed weekend and have time to meditate on the watchword for this week: “Behold: We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.” (Luk 18:31 NIV) If you are called to preach this weekend, may the triune God give you joy and strength, enthusiasm and wisdom, knowledge and insight – and the true words and pictures to preach his holy will faithfully according to his most precious revelation of his will and promises in both the Old and New Testament! However if you are not preaching, but listening – then listen as if God is talking to you + His precious gospel is “the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.” (Rom 1:16 NIV)

We thank the Lutheran Heritage Foundation for supporting the distribution of hard-copies of these orders of worship and sermons throughout Southern Africa. If you also want a copy please do not hesitate to subscribe by writing to EAWWeber@bundunet.co.za.

 

 

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Herrenhuter readings for Thursday, the 27th February 2014

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

means of grace1This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live. (Deu 30:19 NIV) and St. Paul writes: We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. (2Co 5:20 NIB)

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Herrenhuter readings for Wednesday, the 26th February 2014

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

icon-resurrectionThe Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.” (1Sa 2:10 NIV) and That power is the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. (Eph 1:19-21 NIV)

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Reading Hermann Sasse on Church and Churches.

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Lonely way 1Read what Hermann Sasse wrote in 1930 about the great changes in the world and the resurgence of the faith in the one holy Christian Church: “In view of the world history which we experience we begin again to have an inkling that the meaning of all history is not to be sought in the Volk, in the “state”, or in “humanity”, not in “culture” nor even in “Christian culture”, not in “personality”, rather only in the church of God. As the church as historical reality once obtained immeasurable meaning for life during the demise of ancient culture, so in this day and age of disintegration, in which all human communities are affected and in which all orders of life threaten to go under, the church appears to be winning an entirely new meaning for all of our lives. What is the demise of ancient culture – a historical experience limited to a small area – in comparison to the revolutionary changes which find consummation in our day? … In view of this world situation Christianity awoke from its comfortable church sleep of religious individualism. It came to realize that God did not send his Son into the world that we might have beautiful religious experiences, but rather “that the world be redeemed by him” (Joh 3:17). Those who for a century had lived in the narrow boundaries of national church fellowships and in the limited horizon of solidly defined confessions began to understand anew the universality of the church. With new eyes they read the great Word of the NT concerning the church, which is the body of Christ, the struggling multitude of God in this world (Eph.6:10ff), and with new faith they spoke at their altars the old confession which is inseperably bound to the confession of faith in the Triune God: Credo unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam ecclessiam (I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church).” (Quoted from “Church and Churches. Concerning the doctrine of the unity of the church” in The Lonely Way. Selected Essays and letters. Vol.1. 1927-1939 transl. M.C. Harrison et al. CPH St.Louis: 2002. Pg. 74)

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