tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post4511356873998303833..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Commemoration of Johann Gerhard, TheologianWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-7402494612605302862009-08-17T16:58:59.062-05:002009-08-17T16:58:59.062-05:00not my favorite, but I can't find that right n...not my favorite, but I can't find that right now, so:<br /><br />The Church is that vine that God has planted in the field of this world, watered with His own<br />blood, surrounded with the protection of angels, having constructed the winepress of his own passion<br />in her, having removed the stones and offensive things from her.Rev. James Leisticohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06165665229596048783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-5238996266126081802009-08-17T12:20:48.326-05:002009-08-17T12:20:48.326-05:00He opens His side that I may behold His heart glow...He opens His side that I may behold His heart glowing with love for me.<br /><br />Sacred Meditation VIICyberSishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785005260630246224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-85456161494307886952009-08-17T10:09:14.664-05:002009-08-17T10:09:14.664-05:00Oh, yes.
I suppose it would be silly to ask why L...Oh, yes. <br />I suppose it would be silly to ask why Lutherans didn't celebrate J. Gerhard yesterday?<br /><br />HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-68308314920699523582009-08-17T10:05:03.885-05:002009-08-17T10:05:03.885-05:00Good question! And a point that might well be made...Good question! And a point that might well be made. These guys were doing serious work at a very young age, by present day standards.<br /><br />FTM, Walther must have been young once. Has <b>nobody</b> got a picture of him with teeth and hair!?<br /><br />HelenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-14088984776128160732009-08-17T09:00:19.535-05:002009-08-17T09:00:19.535-05:00With all our youth groups and talk of involvement ...With all our youth groups and talk of involvement therein, I wonder why we always present Gerhard as this old looking guy from centuries past, rather than teach that these magnificent Sacred Meditations that are one of the great works of Lutheranism are the work of a 24 year old with a brand new doctorate about to take his first position!Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.com