Tag Archives: Trust

Don´t trust in princes… (Psalm 146,3)

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Wilhelm Weber

My friend asks me, why I quote my granny: “Don´t trust the Russians!” Well, it´s complicated. Trust grows. So does mistrust. The easy reasons are bad experiences with Russians as neighbors and rulers – during wars and after. You know, … Continue reading →

Posted in Gedankensplitter, Politics, philosophy and other perspectives, Uncategorized | Tagged Hope, Human kind, Original sin, Putin, Russia, Trust, Ukraine | Leave a comment

What You should expect reading Moses…

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Wilhelm Weber

“HOW CHRISTIANS SHOULD REGARD MOSES” Luther´s works Volume 35 “Word and Sacrament” ed. by E. Theodore Bachmann. Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis 1960) Luther writes: “Dear friends, you have often heard that there has never been a public sermon from … Continue reading →

Posted in Martin Luther and the Reformation, Theologie, You comfort me + | Tagged cross, Faith alone, Law and Gospel, Love, LW 35, Martin Luther, Moses, Pentecost, Trust, What to expect from Moses, Word & Sacrament, works | Leave a comment

You must utterly destroy them…

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Wilhelm Weber

Moses goes on to show some other instances of godlessness against the First Commandment and moves on to discuss the outward act—all, of course, in proper sequence. Since first he has set straight the heart, the source of works, he then … Continue reading →

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3rd Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

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 →

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Septuagesimae: 3rd Sunday before Lent +

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Wilhelm Weber

Watchword: O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy … Continue reading →

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Matins in the morning

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Here is today’s sermon held during Matins on Acts 12:18-25 for you to read:Ac12,18-25 Matins or to listen to:

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Sermon during Matins

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Here is this mornings sermon held during Matins in the chapel of St.Timothy (LTS in Tshwane) on Galatians 6:7-10 for reading (Gal.6,7-10 Matins) and listening:

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Sunday after Easter: Quasimodogeniti

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Watchword from the gospel of 1 Peter 1:3: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ … Continue reading →

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Matins in the morning: John 6,47-58

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Wilhelm Weber

Read here my sermon during this morning’s Matins in the chapel of St.Michael at the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Tshwane on “Jesus Christ – the bread of life”: Joh 6,47-58 Matins 2016.3.10

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Matins on Mondays

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Wilhelm Weber

This mornings sermon during Matins on Lamentations 3:22-26.31-32 (OT Reading for the 16th Sunday after Trinity) and as introduction to the convening commission on our past is readable here: Matins Lamentations 3,22-26.31-32 and audible here:

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