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Herrenhuter readings for Monday, the 14th April 2014

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. (Deu 4:24 NIV) and when Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will … Continue reading →

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Herrenhuter readings for Sunday, the 23rd March 2014

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. (Jos 21:45 NIV) and The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off– for all whom the Lord our God will … Continue reading →

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Reading Hermann Sasse on Church and Churches.

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

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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Herrenhuter readings for Wednesday, the 19th February 2014

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine? (Jer 2:21 NIV) and St. Paul writes: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting … Continue reading →

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Luther’s final words

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

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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Confession as Prolegomena for Dogmatics

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Why do we study the Confessions so seriously at LTS? For one it is as Dr. Edmund Schlink writes: “The theology of the Confessions is a prolegomenon for dogmatics neither as being an integral part of dogmatics nor as being … Continue reading →

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Herrenhuter readings for Saturday, the 15th February 2014

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke (Pro 3:11 NIV) and Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, watching over them– not because you must, but because you are willing, as God … Continue reading →

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Why Theology of the Lutheran Confessions?

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Edmund Schlink in his “Theology of the Lutheran Confessions” (Fortress Press: Philadelphia, 1967) elaborates that besides looking at the Confessions merely historically and even theologically, they need to be recognized as Confessions and/or confessional exposition of the Bible. What does … Continue reading →

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Herrenhuter readings for Monday, the 3rd February 2014

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

The Sovereign LORD declares– he who gathers the exiles of Israel: “I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.” (Isa 56:8 NIV) and those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to … Continue reading →

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Löhe on Luke 17:17

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. (Joh 17:17 NIV) The Church is one, everywhere and always one. That brings up the question: In what is the Church one? If we answer, that she is one in the … Continue reading →

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