part of the history of the Eucharistic liturgy in Lutheranism is the King John Red Book of Sweden, and in particular its treatment of the ca...

In the name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Have you ever pondered what drew people to Jesus? I mean, w...

However, no human wisdom can understand the Creed. It must be taught by the Holy Spirit alone.—Martin Luther, Large Catechism II, Third Arti...

But with respect to trine immersion in baptism, no truer answer can be given than what you have yourself felt to be right; namely that, wher...

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Let us pray. Father in heaven, at the Baptism of Jesus in the Jord...

For (as explained above) we could never grasp the knowledge of the Father's grace and favor except through the Lord Christ. Jesus is a m...

For those who dissent from the Christian religion must needs be gathered together to unity of faith by gentleness, kindness, admonition, per...

For here in all three articles God has revealed Himself and opened the deepest abyss of His fatherly heart and His pure, inexpressible love....

May almighty God make known to your heart with what love and with what charity my heart embraces you, though so far only as not to offend ag...

For now we are only half pure and holy. So the Holy Spirit always has some reason to continue His work in us through the Word. He must daily...

In proportion as the judgments of God are unsearchable ought they to be an object of fear to human apprehension; so that mortal reason, bein...

However, while sanctification has begun and is growing daily, we expect that our flesh will be destroyed and buried with all its uncleanness...

God seems to me to be continency, because He desires nothing, but has all things in Himself.—St. Basil the Great, Letter 366

God’s grace is secured through Christ, and sanctification is wrought by the Holy Spirit through God’s Word in the unity of the Christian Chu...

And experience proves my words: those who lived many years before teach posterity by instruction preserved in their writings; and we, though...

So that this treasure might not stay buried, but be received and enjoyed, God has caused the Word to go forth and be proclaimed. In the Word...

The upright man is touched by neither loss, nor sickness, nor the other ills of life; for he walks in heart with God, keeps his gaze fixed u...

Everything, therefore, in the Christian Church is ordered toward this goal: we shall daily receive in the Church nothing but the forgiveness...

Thus God of His goodness has now alienated you from sin, united you to Himself, has opened the doors of Heaven, and pointed out the paths th...

Sanctuary at Midnight The last candle burned gently on the altar... Beyond the dark windows the midnight was already alive with bells and w...