Tag Archives: Service

Lutheran Order of service in isiZulu/seTswana

The Lutheran Order of Service for the 5th Sunday in Lent (Judica) is available here in isiZulu and seTswana. Today it comes with a sermon based on God’s word the letter to the Hebrews in the 13th chapter the verses … Continue reading

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Academic Devotional Service

Coming up next week: Our academic partners – the Theology Faculty of the University of Pretoria – is hosting its annual Academic Devotional Service and our graduate and post-graduate students are there together with their staff. Read more about this program … Continue reading

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Herrenhuter readings for Saturday, the 19th October 2013

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you. (Deu 4:31 NIV) For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become … Continue reading

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Löhe on 2.Corinthians 3:11

And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! (2Co 3:11 NIV) Just look at those millions of grateful believers, who living and dying have saluted the office of the ministry … Continue reading

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Löhe on 2.Corinthians 3:8

Will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? (2Co 3:8 NIV) Wherever the Spirit is, there life is too. And vice versa: Wherever there is not life, there no Spirit is either. That is why Luther translated … Continue reading

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Löhe on 2.Corinthians 3:6

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant– not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (2Co 3:6 NIV) “Ministry of the new covenant”- what a name is … Continue reading

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Löhe on 1. Corinthians 12:7

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. (1Co 12:7 NIV) The apostles answers the question: Why are the spiritual gifts given? Nobody should take his gifts as a personal reward or something to be … Continue reading

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On friends, visitors and strangers …

“Friends are thieves of time. And if friends are thieves of time, what shall outsiders, strangers, and those less familiar be? Nevertheless, here you will have need of great wisdom and care, lest, if you avoid too much the companionship … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON JOHN 20:22-23

And with that Jesus breathed on his disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.” (Joh 20:22-23 NIV) How is the trumpet … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 12:31

The twelfth chapter of the first letter to the Corinthians deals with the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit and also the services in which these gifts manifest themselves. In Conclusion the holy Apostle encourages his readers to desire and … Continue reading

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