Tag Archives: Shepherd

Pastors ever close to their Shepherd

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

A good friend of mine and foreign pastor in these lands phoned me yesterday. Whereas I only use the phone for urgent messages, something like the original telegraph, he obviously uses it to catch up on visitation and the blessings … Continue reading →

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The pastor: An impossible figure?

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Hermann Dietzfelbinger writes: “I was a pastor, ministering in a hospital. A patient said to me, “If you were a ditch digger, you’d have a more useful calling then you have now.” That was a long time ago, but I … Continue reading →

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Matins in the morning

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

Here is today’s sermon preached during Matins in the chapel of St.Timothy at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane in outline:  1Pt5,1-4 Matins 2017and to listen to:  And here is the hymn “I walk in danger all the way”  (Hans … Continue reading →

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Confession at LTS

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

Here is the confessional address by Professor Dr. John G. Nordling (CTS Ft.Wayne, IN) during this morning’s service in the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane’s chapel St.Timothy: Confessional John21.15-19b JN

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Called to be shepherds

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

“To have a cure of souls … is the highest task to which any minister (servant) can be called. To stand in the pulpit on Sunday and see the eager and expectant faces of the people turned toward you, and … Continue reading →

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3rd Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

God’s holy Word for the third 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) The 85th Psalm for this 3rd Sunday in Advent: Lord, thou … Continue reading →

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Matins in the morning

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

During Matins I preached on the first epistle of the apostle St.Peter the fifth chapter verses 1-4. Here it is to read (1Pt5,1-4 Matins 2016.4.14) and here it is to listen to: (Sadly it’s only the first part, somewhere along … Continue reading →

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Confessional address

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Here’s this morning’s confessional address by Professor Dr. John G. Nordling (CTS Ft.Wayne) as held in the chapel of St.Timothy at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane: John 21.15-19 JN 2016.4.13

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Misericordias Domini

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Watchword for the 3rd Sunday in Easter from the gospel of John 10:11a; 10:27-28: Jesus Christ says: “I am the good shepherd…My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they … Continue reading →

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Herrenhuter readings for Wednesday, the 31st December 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Wilhelm Weber

And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them. (Ezekiel 34,23) Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the … Continue reading →

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