Category Archives: Worship
From heaven the angel troop came near, and to the shepherds plain appear:
From heaven the angel troop came near,And to the shepherds plain appear:A tender little child, they cry,In a rough manger lies hard by. In Bethlehem, David’s town of old,As Prophet Micah has foretold;’Tis the Lord Jesus Christ, I wis,Who of … Continue reading
The most pious monk is the worst scoundrel. He denies that Christ is the mediator and turns Him into a judge
Only truly afflicted consciences fasted in earnest, I almost fasted myself to death, for again and again I went for three days without taking a drop of water or a morsel of food. I was very serious about it. I … Continue reading
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Hear and obey! This is the greatest service of God. Nothing else counts.
“Hear and obey [Christ]! This is the greatest service of God. Nothing else counts. For do what we will, what God has in heaven is better and more beautiful than anything we can do. Otherwise Saul would have delighted him, … Continue reading
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There will be great confusion. Nobody will conform with another man’s opinions or submit to his authority.
“There will be great confusion. Nobody will conform with another man’s opinions or submit to his authority. Everybody will want to be his own rabbi, as Osiander and Agricola do now, and the greatest offenses and divisions will arise from … Continue reading
Monday and Tuesday mornings we have a lesson on the Ten Commandments, the Creed, Lord’s Prayer, baptism, and sacrament
Martin Luther on the Education of the Church "Namely, on Monday and Tuesday mornings we have a German lesson on the Ten Commandments, the Creed, Lord’s Prayer, baptism, and sacrament, so that these two days preserve and deepen the understanding … Continue reading
…External rites and orders add nothing to salvation, yet it is un-Christian to quarrel over such things…
Martin Luther on forms of Worship "Accordingly, I also shall exhort. First, I exhort your preachers with the same words as St. Paul, that they would consider all the good we have in Christ, the comfort, the encouragement, the Spirit, … Continue reading
A Christian congregation should never gather together without the preaching of God’s Word and prayer, no matter how briefly
"A Christian congregation should never gather together without the preaching of God’s Word and prayer, no matter how briefly … Therefore, when God’s Word is not preached, one had better neither sing nor read, or even come together. … The … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Word and Sacrament, Worship
