Tag Archives: Life

Löhe on 1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (1Pe 5:7 NIV) Here the apostle does not write about our basic anxiety for daily bread. He is focusing rather on the anxiety of his congregants and fellow-Christians, who … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1 John 3:15

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. (1Jo 3:15 NIV) There’s hot warfare go on between the world and the Church. That ongoing conflict between unbelief and true … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1 John 3:14a

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers.  (1Jo 3:14 NIV) Love and life belong together. Just like the corollary hatred and death fitting fist-in-glove. Love and life go together, yes, love is … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Wednesday, the 22nd May 2013

You fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. (Psalm 16:11 NIV) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” (John 6:68 NIV)

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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 1.JOH.1:7

The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, purifies us from all sin. (1Jo 1:7 NIV) My dear brothers, the blood of our saviour, which purifies us from all sin, is a huge matter. The Old and New Testament elaborates this … Continue reading

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“Every preacher should exhibit two things” (Luther)

Dr. Martin Luther writes: “Every preacher should exhibit two things. First, a blameless life by which he can defy the world and no one have cause to slander the teaching, and second, irreproachable teaching, that he may mislead none that … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Monday, the 18th March 2013

“Show me, O LORD, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting is my life.” (Psalm 39:4 NIV) But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON HEBREWS 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the heavenly Jerusalem, the city of the living God.  (Heb 12:22 NIV) We proceed from the light streaming forth from the heavenly Jerusalem. The city of God is the mother of us … Continue reading

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