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Tag Archives: desert
Lord Jesus Christ, You have prepared this feast for our salvation
Well, one of my English regulars came to excuse herself from tomorrow´s divine service. That´s just how it should be. Coming is no deal. It´s the expected normal and goes without saying but being absent is the exception and apologies … Continue reading
Posted in Gottesdienst, Hymns, Lieder, Lutheran Order of service, Old Latin School in Wittenberg, Trinity (The church season after Pentecost)
Tagged 7th Sunday after Trinity, Acts 2:41a.42-47, Baptized, desert, Feeding of the multitude, fellowship, hospitality, ill treated, Joh6:1-15, Moses, Philadelphia, Prayer, Prison, Quail, teaching, Wilderness
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3rd Sunday in Advent
Watchword: “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, for behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand.” (Isaiah 40:3.10) Introit is the 85th Psalm: Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Lectionary etc, Uncategorized
Tagged 3Advent, account, Bring back, Captivity, Comfort, Consolation, desert, Faithful, Gentiles, Is40, judgement, Mt11, Patience, Prepare, Prophet, Ps85, Return, righteousness, Ro15, Ro4, St. John, Stewards, Trust, Violet, Wilderness
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Matins in the morning
Here’s this morning’s sermonette on God’s gracious providence as he takes care of his prophet Elijah hiding him near the brook Kerith and feeding him with ravens:
Matins in the morning
Here’s my sermonette held this morning in the chapel of St.Timothy at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane:
Posted in Matins in the morning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bread of life, Cana, desert, Feeding, Forgiveness, Incarnation, IX, Jo6, Joseph, Living bread, Ps126, Sacrifice, Salvation, summum bonum
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Elijah at the brook Cherith
Here is this this morning’s sermonette as held in the chapel of St. Timothy at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane to read: draft-1ki171-6-matins and to listen to here:
Posted in LTS in Tshwane, Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane, Matins in the morning, sermonette or devotion, Uncategorized
Tagged 1Ki17:1-6, 1st commandment, Cherith, conflict, daily bread, desert, Edge, Elijah, flee, Immanuel, Jordan, LTS in Tshwane, Luther, opposite, Our Father, Ravens, Wilderness
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Sunday Invocavit (First Sunday in Lent)
Watchword for this first week in Lent: For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. (1.John 3:8b) Psalm of this week: „He that dwelleth in the secret place of the … Continue reading
Posted in Lent, Uncategorized
Tagged A mighty fortress, desert, Devil, Gn3:1-19, Gnadenthron, Hb4:14-16, Invocavit, Lent, Martin Luther, Mt4:1-11, paradise, temptation, TLH262
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Herrenhuter readings for Thursday, the 2nd July 2015
„You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you in a dry and parched land where there is no water.“ (Psalm 63,1) Our Lord Jesus Christ said to St.John: “To … Continue reading
Posted in Herrenhuter Readings
Tagged desert, Dry, God, Life, longing, Salvation, sustenance, water
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Herrenhuter readings for Friday, the 5th June 2015
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (Psa 42:1 KJV) In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him … Continue reading
Posted in Herrenhuter Readings
Tagged Baptism, Cana, Cup of salvation, desert, Hell, Invitation, Living, Lord's Supper, thirst, water
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Herrenhuter readings for Thursday, the 1st January 2015
These forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. (5.Mose – Deuteronomy – 2,7) Be ye thankful. (Colossians 3:15) What a lovely day this first day of 2015! After the raucous night all is … Continue reading
Posted in Losung and Lehrtext
Tagged desert, God, Good, grateful, Immanuel, lack, surplus, thankful
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