Tag Archives: Christ

Herrenhuter readings for Sunday, the 3rd August 2014

At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who are complacent, who are like wine left on its dregs, who think, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’ (Zep 1:12 NIV)This is why it … Continue reading

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Reading Hermann Sasse on Church and Churches.

Read 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 … Continue reading

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Luther’s final words

Dr. Martin Luther died on the the 18th February 1546. Here’s what he wrote in Eisleben: “Virgil’s shepherd poems cannot be understood, except by one who has been a shepherd for five years. Virgil’s poetry about agriculture cannot be understood, … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Monday, the 17th February 2014

Your wrongdoings have kept these away; your sins have deprived you of good. (Jer 5:25 NIV) and See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Sunday, the 3rd November 2013

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me?  (Isa 50:8 KJV) For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. (Rom 10:4 KJV)

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Löhe on 1.Corinthians 1:6

God is thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. (1Co 1:6 NIV) Our thoughts and ideas fly to and fro. There is hardly anything fixed or constant in them. The argumentation for this one are the reasons against for … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Friday, the 27th September 2013

Yes, you have kept your promise  … with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it– as it is today. (1Ki 8:24 NIV) St. Paul said: “We tell you the good news: What God promised … Continue reading

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Löhe on Ephesians 3:18

I pray that you may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. (Eph 3:18 NIV) Enemies of the Church can’t grasp the amazing … Continue reading

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Löhe on Galatians 6:2

Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. (Gal 6:2 NIV) “Burdens” signify all that can bear heavily on somebody, be it their mistake, some sin, particularity or foible. Perhaps it also includes … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1. Corinthians 15:3-6

For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and … Continue reading

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