Blessed Martin Luther on Lent 2 – Matthew 15:21-18
These from his Church Postils: This Gospel presents to us a true example of firm and perfect faith. For this woman endures and overcomes in three great and hard battles, and teaches us in a beautiful...
View ArticleBlessed Martin Luther on Lent 4 – John 6:1-15
From his Church Postil In today’s Gospel Christ gives us another lesson in faith, that we should not be overanxious about our daily bread and our temporal existence, and stirs us up by means of a...
View ArticleLuther on Luke 14:24 – Trinity 2
[God] declares in simple, humble, short but very earnest words: “They shall not taste of my supper.” As though he would say: Very well, my supper, too, is something, and what does it profit if it be...
View ArticleWhat About the Wedding Garment? – Matthew 22:12
One of the tricky parts of the Gospel for Trinity 20 is the wedding garment. It’s easy to preach “many are called” in the first half of our blessed Lord’s parable. How do you preach “few are chosen”...
View ArticleWhat About the “Wedding Garment”? (Trinity 20 – Matthew 9:1-8)
Three from Luther: The wedding garment is Christ himself, which is put on by faith, as the Apostle says in Rom. 13:14: “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.” Then the garment gives forth a luster of...
View ArticleThree Luther Quotes for Trinity 22 – Matthew 18:21-35
All from his House Postils: It’s a simple thing to mouth the expression “forgiveness of sins” just as it is a simple thing to repeat the basic truths of Christian doctrine. Ah, yes, if all we had to do...
View ArticleLuther: He Had Nothing But Ordinary Swaddling Clothes and Scarcely A Farthing...
The patriarch Simeon steps up, even though by virtue of age he can scarcely see his way, and with penetrating clarity of discernment recognizes and praises this child as the Savior and Light of the...
View ArticleLuther Quotes for The Baptism of Our Lord – Matthew 3:13-17
All of this is done so that we cannot miss this event. It is no trivial matter. Everything depends on it. This is made so sure through holy people, through God Himself and His Spirit, so that all...
View ArticleLuther on Luke 11:14-28 (Lent 3)
We need to know that Christ’s work of driving out the devil never ceases but continues to go on in the Christian world until the Last Day. Wherever Christ’s kingdom is, his wondrous work continues,...
View ArticleLuther for Easter II – Misericordia Domini
In the third place, Christ stands preeminent, above all others, in the affirmation of Peter, quoted from Isaiah 53,9: “Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth.” You may draw your own...
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