Tag Archives: Wilhelm Löhe

LÖHE ON HEBREWS 9:14

How much more, then, will the blood of Christ … cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!  (Heb 9:14 NIV) My dear friend! Have you not committed a sin, that … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON HEBREWS 9:13-14

The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON HEBREWS 12:4

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. (Heb 12:4 NIV) Our Lord is prepared to instruct us to use his weaponry and with this armor triumph. However these weapons do … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 4:16

Therefore I urge you to imitate me. (1Co 4:16 NIV)  It is a stain on our protestant congregations otherwise impressive slate that they generally choose their examples from too lowly spheres. Many protestants have the idea that they are just … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 2. CORINTHIANS 6:3-4

We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited.  Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way. (2Co 6:3-4 NIV) Quite a few of the gospel and epistle readings in … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON JEREMIAH 22:29

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD! (Jer 22:29 NIV) O if I but had a trombone or trumpet to penetrate the spiritually deaf ears and awake them to join us in our prayers and pleas to … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON JOHN 13:34

Jesus said: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (Joh 13:34 NIV) Watch the Lord going down from Galilee to Jericho and from there upwards toward Jerusalem. … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1Co 13:13 NIV) When faith sees what it has believed it supersedes being faith. Hope is transcended when that what was hoped for is … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:8

Love never ends. (1Co 13:8 ESV) Obviously! How could it be different? What more should come of love? What higher status could it attain? No, there is nothing higher or more beautiful than love. Love never ends, doesn’t give way for … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not … Continue reading

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