Posted in Devotional Thoughts, Lutheran Confessions, Lutheran Resources, Pastoral Resources, Worship, tagged augsburg confession, ascension, christology, theology of the cross, liturgical festivals, christ sitting at god's right hand, kingdom of god, christ's kingdom, j.p. meyer, john p. meyer, studies in the augsburg confession on 30 April 2008 | No Comments »
Does anyone celebrate Ascension anymore?
I pray you can answer “yes” to that question. But isn’t it true that the Festival of the Ascension of our Lord is one of the most neglected, if not forgotten festivals in the Christian church year? We get so excited about Easter and loudly celebrate Pentecost, but Ascension often doesn’t [...]
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You may or may not have heard about this, but on Monday morning, members of the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Chorus could be seen in the crowd on the game show, The Price Is Right, all wearing their navy blue, Las Vegas tour, Sem Choir t-shirts. We especially enjoyed it, since we could see my brother-in-law [...]
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Posted in Books, Lutheran Resources, Pastoral Resources, tagged brian keller, christian victory, dealing with death, death, eternal life, eternal punishment, eternal victory, heaven, hell, people's bible teachings, resurrection on 22 April 2008 | No Comments »
At some point in his ministry, the Lutheran shepherd has to deal with death. It might be the death of one of the older sheep in his flock or one of the little lambs. Maybe the Lutheran shepherd is confronted with the death of a straying sheep , who may or may not have heard [...]
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Posted in Books, Confessional Languages, Libronix/Logos, Lutheran Confessions, Lutheran Resources, Pastoral Resources, tagged libronix, concordia triglotta, concordia: the lutheran confessions, reader's edition of the book of concord, digital edition of the book of concord, logos for lutherans, luther's works, lutheran libronix resources on 21 April 2008 | 5 Comments »
It finally arrived!
After weeks of waiting and then dealing with a shipping snag, this afternoon a new Lutheran addition to my Libronix Digital Library System arrived at my doorstep. I finally got my copy of Concordia: The Lutheran Confessions on CD-ROM (The 2nd Edition)!
Earlier this month, Concordia Publishing House (CPH) released the Libronix version of [...]
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Posted in Church History, Confessional Languages, Lutheran Resources, Lutheranism, Pastoral Resources, tagged Confessional Languages, german translations, latin translations, lutheran theologians, lutheran theology, martin luther college, studium excitare on 16 April 2008 | No Comments »
Studium Excitare has re-launched!
Around 2002, students in the confessional language studies at Martin Luther College (MLC) launched a new quarterly journal of confessional language studies named Studium Excitare, which as they explained, “is a Latin phrase that, literally translated, means ‘to arouse zeal.’ This phrase is employed in early Lutheran church writings (e.g. Heidelberg Disputation) [...]
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