#lutheran — Public Fediverse posts

@elsua54
2- Truth is... (for me + similar people)
By #TimBray

https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/Truth

2- Doing #Money Differently:

https://hughbarnard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/doing-money-differently.pdf

By Hugh Barnard #Degrowth etc

3- Humour - old ways of insulting people:

- #Shakespearean #Insulter
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html?

- #Lutheran #Insulter
https://ergofabulous.org/luther/

Gerhard—Lutheran scholastic theologian—identifies a contradiction worth sitting with. You wish to be a son of God, yet refuse to own God’s other sons as your brothers. He resolves the question of worthiness neatly: if the person deserves love, love them for that. If they don’t, love them because God—who does deserve everything—commands it. Even loving an enemy demonstrates friendship with God. The logic is airtight. The application is, apparently, optional.

#christian #lutheran #fellowship

Baugher reads Luke 16 with irritation: the rich man, condemned to hell, still tries ordering Lazarus about, as though nothing changed but his location. His heart stayed the same—still despising Moses. Today that charge gets redirected at those who suggest the rich should behave differently. The original target evades it entirely.

#lutheranchurchmissourisynod #lutheran #bible #lazarus #serviceeconomy #gospel #gettysburgseminary

last blogpost (for now) on the outbreak of #Lutheran #clergymen in my #familyhistory: an overview sorted by time of discovery https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/clerical-connections.html

#genealogy #reformation #churchHistory #germany

last blogpost (for now) on the outbreak of #Lutheran #clergymen in my #familyhistory: an overview sorted by time of discovery https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/clerical-connections.html

#genealogy #reformation #churchHistory #germany

Luther on 1 Peter 1:22: why live a chaste and holy life? Not to earn salvation—to be useful to your neighbor. A pure life makes one more useful; it’s harder to be useful when consumed by messing around. The love here is usefulness to the neighbor, ideally recognized as such by them. Not scolding them about their unchastity and calling that love. Luther would have noticed the difference.

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #service #neighborlove

Luther observes that the communicants filing to the Lord’s Supper on Sunday are, by Monday, scraping, grabbing, and scratching across every level of society. He finds this a sin and a shame. Today we’ve tidied this up considerably: one may join a party that deplores poor scratchers, or one that deplores rich grabbers, and in either case feel entirely absolved. Luther, characteristically, was not offering that option.

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #greed #communion #christian

Luther observes that the communicants filing to the Lord’s Supper on Sunday are, by Monday, scraping, grabbing, and scratching across every level of society. He finds this a sin and a shame. Today we’ve tidied this up considerably: one may join a party that deplores poor scratchers, or one that deplores rich grabbers, and in either case feel entirely absolved. Luther, characteristically, was not offering that option.

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #greed #communion #christian

The vicar of #Rimbach (#Odenwald) is the last one in this #familyHistory series (for now). Interesting example of #migration in the aftermath of the #ThirtyYearsWar.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/adam-getrost.html

#genealogy #germany #history #clergy #Lutheran #churchHistory #Michelstadt #Zotzenbach

The vicar of #Rimbach (#Odenwald) is the last one in this #familyHistory series (for now). Interesting example of #migration in the aftermath of the #ThirtyYearsWar.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/06/adam-getrost.html

#genealogy #germany #history #clergy #Lutheran #churchHistory #Michelstadt #Zotzenbach

Archangel Gabriel

In Judaism, Christianity, & other Abrahamic religions, Gabriel (or even Cebrail (Djebrail) in some cultures) is an archangel with the power to announce God’s will to mankind as the messenger of God. He’s like the Abrahamic Apollo. He’s mentioned in the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament, the New Testament, & the Quran.

In the Book of Daniel, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to interpret his vision. Gabriel also shows up in the Jewish apocryphal 1st Book of Enoch & other Hebrew writings.

Along with the archangel Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian angel of the Israelites, defending them against the angels of the other peoples. Many sects of Christianity revere Gabriel as a saint.

In the New Testament’s Gospel of Luke, Gabriel appears to Zachariah, predicting the birth of John the Baptist. Gabriel later appears to Mary, mother of Jesus, to announce that she would conceive & bear a son via a virgin birth.

Islam regards Gabriel as an archangel sent by Allah/God to different prophets, including Muhammad (PBUH). The first 5 verses of the Al-Alaq (96th chapter of the Quran) are believed by Muslims to have been the 1st verses of revelations given by Gabriel to Muhammad (PBUH).

The only book in the Hebrew Bible that explicitly mentions Gabriel is the Book of Daniel, & Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel to explain his visions (Daniel 8:15-26, 9:21-27). In Daniel’s final vision, an unnamed angel appears to him & speaks of receiving help from the archangel Michael in battle against the Prince of Persia (not the video game) & also Michael’s role in times to come. This unnamed angel is thought to be Gabriel.

Though not named specifically, the “man clothed with linen” mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel chapters 9 & 10 is interpreted as Gabriel in Yoma 77a of the Babylonian Talmud.

There are many references to Gabriel in the Book of Enoch. According to this book, Michael, Uriel, Raphael, & Gabriel complain to God about the many wrongs perpetuated by Azazel & Samyaza. Especially the fact that they revealed “eternal secrets” & sins to mankind & defiled themselves with human women who later gave birth to giant offspring. Or, 1 of our fav subjects to circle back to, the Nephilim. (We will be doing the Nephilim in a future post. It’s currently being researched right now. Along with the Watchers, the Nephilim’s dads.)

As a result, God decides to destroy the Earth (which has been corrupted by those pesky fallen angels; these fallen angels were led by Azazel & Samyaza) & all of its inhabitants except for Noah. God sends Gabriel & the other archangels to go after the fallen angels & cast them into the darkness until the day of their judgment.

In Chapter 20, Gabriel is listed as 1 of 7 holy angels who watch. In Chapter 40, Gabriel is listed as 1 of 4 presences who stand on the 4 sides of God. These 4 archangels will be the ones to cast the fallen angels into the abyss of condemnation on Judgment Day.

According to Rabbinic Judaism, Gabriel (along with Michael, Uriel, & Raphael) is 1 of the 4 angels that stand at the 4 sides of God’s throne & serve as guardian angels of the 4 parts of the Earth. Michael stands on/at the right hand of God. While Gabriel (who ranks beneath Michael) stands at the left. Michael & Gabriel often work together. But Michael is mainly occupied in Heaven, while Gabriel (as the messenger of God) typically executes God’s will on earth.

Gabriel is also associated with the metal gold (the color of fire). Alongside Michael, Gabriel is described as the guardian angel of Israel, defending the Israelites against the angels of the other nations.

Gabriel is 1 of God’s archangels in Kabbalah literature. He’s pictured working in concert with Michael as part of God’s court. He’s identified with the sefira (or the Counting of the Omar. It’s a period of 49 days known as sefira(h).) of Yesod (this is a node in the kabbalistic Tree of Life.). Gabriel isn’t to be prayed to because only God can answer & sends Gabriel as his agent/messenger/courier.

According to Jewish mythology, in the Garden of Eden there’s a tree of life or the “tree of souls” that blossoms & produces new souls, which fall into the Guf, the Treasury of souls. This is located in the 7th Heaven. Gabriel reaches into the Treasury & takes out the 1st soul that comes into his hand.

Gabriel’s 1st appearance in the New Testament is found in the 1st part of Chapter 1 of Luke. This is where the annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist is. John’s dad, Zachariah, was childless because John’s mom, Elizabeth, was barren. An angel shows up to Zechariah to announce the birth of his son. When Zechariah questions the angel, the angel names himself as Gabriel (Luke 1:5-25).

Gabriel’s next appearance is in the 2nd part of Luke, chapter 1. This time, to announce the birth of Jesus to Mary (Luke 1:26-38). In the 1st part of the passage, the angel identifies itself as Gabriel; in the 2nd part of the passage, the angel doesn’t. It’s the author of Luke who calls this angel Gabriel.

Gabriel is more frequently referenced in early Christian pseudepigraphic texts (these are texts whose authorship isn’t by who it’s claimed to be or a real author attributed to some bigger name of the past) than in Amy of the canonical Biblical texts.

Gabriel is mentioned in some of the infancy Gospels, like the Nativity Gospel of Mary, Protevangelium of James, & First Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ. Gabriel is also mentioned in some of the early Christian apocalyptic texts, like the Greek Apocalypse of Ezra & Second Book of Enoch.

In Gnosticism, angels are portrayed as belonging to a pantheon of spiritual beings involved in the creation of the world. According to 1 ancient Gnostic manuscript, the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit. (Which we have posted!) Gabriel is a divine being & inhabitant of the pleroma (This refers to the total of divine powers.) that existed before the demiurge (This is an figure who is responsible for fashioning & maintaining the physical universe). There’s also a reference to Gabriel in Chapter 17 of the Gospel of Judas.

In the theology of the Mormon Church, Gabriel is believed to have lived a mortal life as the prophet Noah. The 2 are regarded as the same individual. Noah was his mortal name & Gabriel being his heavenly name.

Gabriel’s fast day was exclusively celebrated on March 18 between 1588 & 1921. The feast of St. Gabriel was included by Pope Benedict XV in the General Roman Calender in 1921 for celebration on March 24.

In 1969, the day was officially transferred to September 29 for celebration in combination with the feasts of Michael & Raphael. Today, the September 29 date (known as Michaelmas) has been adopted by the Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran faith, Anglican Communion, & Western Orthodox churches.

The Eastern Orthodox Church & those Eastern Catholic Churches that follow the Byzantine Rite (a.k.a. the Rite of Constantinople is a liturgical rite developed in the Eastern Christian church of Constantinople.) celebrated the Feast of the Archangels (or Synaxis of the Archangel Michael & the Other Bodiless Powers) on November 8.

For the churches that follow the Julian Calendar, November 9 currently falls on November 21 of the modern Gregorian Calendar (a 13-day difference).

The Eastern Orthodox commemorate Gabriel not only at the Feast of the Archangels, but also on 2 other days: March 26 the “Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel” & celebrates his role in the Annunciation. July 13, a.k.a. the “Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel.”

The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Gabriel’s feast of 13 Paoni, 22 Koiak, & 26 Paoni. The medieval Coptic work Investiture of the Archangel Gabriel, attributes the feast day of 22 Koiak to the day Gabriel was given the rank of archangel in Heaven.

The Ethiopian Church celebrates Gabriel’s feast of December 18 (in the Ethiopian calendar). A sizable number of its believers making a pilgrimage to a church dedicated to “St. Gabriel” in Kulubi & Wonkshet on that day.

Gabriel is in many places in the Quran. He’s revered as 1 of the primary archangels & as the Angel of Revelation in Islam. He’s primarily mentioned in the verses 2:97, 2:98, 66:4 of the Quran. However, the Quranic text doesn’t refer to him as an angel. In the Quran, the archangel Gabriel appears named in 2:97 & 66:4, as well as in 2:98, where he’s mentioned along with the archangel Michael.

Tafsir (this is like the Jewish Midrash) narrates that Muhammad saw the archangel Gabriel in his full angelic splendor only 2x. The 1st time was when he received his 1st revelation. Islamic tradition holds that Gabriel was sent to numerous pre-Islamic Biblical prophets with revelation & divine injunctions, including Adam, whom Muslims believe was consoled by Gabriel sometime after Fall, too. He’s known by many names in Islam, such as “keeper of holiness.” In Hadith traditions, Jibril is said to have 600 wings.

In Islam, the tree of souls is referred to as the Sidrat al-Muntaha. This is identified as a Ziziphus spina-christi. This is also known as Christ’s thorn jujube.

Muslims believe that Gabriel was tasked with transmitting the scriptures from God to the prophets & messengers as Asbab al-Nuzul or revelation. Asbab al-Nuzul is occasions or circumstances of revelation names the historical context in which Quranic verses were revealed from the perspective of traditional Islam. When Muhammad was questioned which angel is revealing the holy scriptures, he told the Jews they’re revealed by Gabriel.

Muslims also Revere Gabriel for several events that predate what they regard as the 1st revelation narrated in the Quran. Muslims believe that Gabriel was the angel who informed Zechariah of the Nativity of John the Baptist. As well as Mary about the future nativity of Jesus.

Gabriel was 1 of 3 angels who had earlier informed Abraham of the birth of Isaac. Gabriel also makes a famous appearance in the Hadith of Gabriel, in which he questions Muhammad on the core tenets of Islam.

Gabriel is also believed to have delivered punishment from God to the Sodomites by leveling the entire city of Sodom with the tip of his wing. According to a Hadith, Gabriel has the ability to regulate feelings or perception in humans. Particularly happiness or sadness.

Gabriel is believed to have helped Muhammad overcome adversaries significantly against an ifrit during the Night Journey. An ifrit is a powerful type of demon in Islamic culture. Gabriel is also believed to have helped Muhammad overcome his adversaries during the Battle of Badr.

The Yazidis worship 7 Archangels, including Gabriel (Jabra’il), Michael (Mikha’il), Raphael (Rapha’il), Dedra’il, Azra’il, Shamka’il, & Azazil. They’re emanations from God with which God entrusted the world. Yazidis associate Gabriel with Tawusi Melek (the “Peacock Angel”).

Mandaeans venerate Ptahil as the “4th Life.” Ptahil is an uthra (a divine messenger of the light), identified with Gabriel, who creates the poorly made material world with the help of Ruha, a sinful & fallen female ruler who inhabits the World of Darkness.

The creation of the material world occurs by God’s command. But is delegated to Ptahil (a subservient emanation or uthra) with the assistance of Gabriel & others.

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I'm intrigued by the photo here, highly coloured decoration in the Cistercian monastery of Wienhausen - & the note that in Germany "many medieval artworks have endured not despite, but thanks to the Lutheran Reformation." Upcoming talk:
https://www.medievalart.org/icma-news/icma-lecture-barcelona-2026
@medievodons

#medieval #Lutheran #Cistercian

I'm intrigued by the photo here, highly coloured decoration in the Cistercian monastery of Wienhausen - & the note that in Germany "many medieval artworks have endured not despite, but thanks to the Lutheran Reformation." Upcoming talk:
https://www.medievalart.org/icma-news/icma-lecture-barcelona-2026
@medievodons

#medieval #Lutheran #Cistercian

Jacobs—Lutheran, Pennsylvania, 1897—worries his church lacks resources for its mission. Note who he expects it to serve: needy immigrants and people scarcely recovered from servitude. Two observations: he considers slavery’s effects still present thirty years after abolition—modern conservatism dates that conversation’s expiry to 1865. And he wants to build churches for immigrants. Current religiosity has rather different priorities.

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #immigration

Jacobs—Lutheran, Pennsylvania, 1897—worries his church lacks resources for its mission. Note who he expects it to serve: needy immigrants and people scarcely recovered from servitude. Two observations: he considers slavery’s effects still present thirty years after abolition—modern conservatism dates that conversation’s expiry to 1865. And he wants to build churches for immigrants. Current religiosity has rather different priorities.

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #immigration

I've reached the bottom of the big barrel of #Lutheran #clergy in my #familyHistory in the Upper County of #Sponheim now with one very speculative case hailing from #trarbach (there is still one stray clergymen in the pipeline from a completely unrelated branch)

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-metzlers-of-trarbach.html #germany #genealogy #churchHistory #reformation

I've reached the bottom of the big barrel of #Lutheran #clergy in my #familyHistory in the Upper County of #Sponheim now with one very speculative case hailing from #trarbach (there is still one stray clergymen in the pipeline from a completely unrelated branch)

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-metzlers-of-trarbach.html #germany #genealogy #churchHistory #reformation

Russisches Militär zerstört alte lutherische Kirche

https://friendica.tf-translate.net/display/cafe12d9-226a-195e-66d4-9b2688014148

Russisches Militär zerstört alte lutherische Kirche

https://friendica.tf-translate.net/display/cafe12d9-226a-195e-66d4-9b2688014148

Gossner—German Reformed and Lutheran minister—lists the components of divine service without apparent hierarchy. Suffer. Praise God. Preach the Gospel. Love the neighbor. Visit the widow and fatherless in their affliction. Keep unspotted from the world. It’s a complete list. One notes that contemporary spokesmen for historic conservative Christianity tend to cover some items more thoroughly than others, and develop considerable theological ingenuity around the remainder.

#reformed #lutheran

Gossner—German Reformed and Lutheran minister—lists the components of divine service without apparent hierarchy. Suffer. Praise God. Preach the Gospel. Love the neighbor. Visit the widow and fatherless in their affliction. Keep unspotted from the world. It’s a complete list. One notes that contemporary spokesmen for historic conservative Christianity tend to cover some items more thoroughly than others, and develop considerable theological ingenuity around the remainder.

#reformed #lutheran

another #Lutheran clergyman popped up in my #familyHistory: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-valiant-vicars-deputy-and-successor.html #genealogy #churchhistory #reformation #germany #Kirn

another #Lutheran clergyman popped up in my #familyHistory: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-valiant-vicars-deputy-and-successor.html #genealogy #churchhistory #reformation #germany #Kirn

Some newly acquired relatives who were quite famous in the early 18th century: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-arnoldi-clan.html #familyHistory #lutheran #churchHistory #theology #genealogy #reformation

Some newly acquired relatives who were quite famous in the early 18th century: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-arnoldi-clan.html #familyHistory #lutheran #churchHistory #theology #genealogy #reformation

#Lutheran #clergy in the centuries after the #reformation was a dense family network. Not only did the priests aspire that at least one son followed in their profession, they also networked to ensure their daughters married clergymen. In today's blog entry I've written up some of the resulting #matrilines in my #familyhistory.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-women-of-reformation.html

#history #churchHistory #protestantism

#Lutheran #clergy in the centuries after the #reformation was a dense family network. Not only did the priests aspire that at least one son followed in their profession, they also networked to ensure their daughters married clergymen. In today's blog entry I've written up some of the resulting #matrilines in my #familyhistory.

https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-women-of-reformation.html

#history #churchHistory #protestantism

May the Fourth be with you! 😆

#lutheran #maythefourth #maythe4th #funny

Luther—expounding Philippians 4, not offering suggestions—says that even someone actively harming you deserves the best possible interpretation of their actions. He cites a martyr who, stripped of everything, noted that Christ remained. Therefore: this injury touches not my faith, so why not excuse it? Why not accommodate? One observes that several prominent spiritual leaders currently model something considerably less accommodating. Luther would have noticed. He would have had words.

#Lutheran

Luther—expounding Philippians 4, not offering suggestions—says that even someone actively harming you deserves the best possible interpretation of their actions. He cites a martyr who, stripped of everything, noted that Christ remained. Therefore: this injury touches not my faith, so why not excuse it? Why not accommodate? One observes that several prominent spiritual leaders currently model something considerably less accommodating. Luther would have noticed. He would have had words.

#Lutheran

Niels Hemmingsen—Danish Lutheran theologian, not widely remembered but sharper than most—lists the rich man’s faults in Luke 16. Third on the list: disdaining Lazarus. Which, Hemmingsen says, proved he had no faith. Where true faith exists, cruelty toward the poor cannot. The logic is simple: you only walk past a starving person because you disdain them. We rush to help a fallen elderly stranger. The rough sleeper, somehow, is an inconvenience. Worth examining that distinction.
#lutheran #faith

Niels Hemmingsen—Danish Lutheran theologian, not widely remembered but sharper than most—lists the rich man’s faults in Luke 16. Third on the list: disdaining Lazarus. Which, Hemmingsen says, proved he had no faith. Where true faith exists, cruelty toward the poor cannot. The logic is simple: you only walk past a starving person because you disdain them. We rush to help a fallen elderly stranger. The rough sleeper, somehow, is an inconvenience. Worth examining that distinction.
#lutheran #faith

meet #Conon the contrarian https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/meet-conon-contrarian.html

#familyhistory #churchHistory #reformation #Lutheran #clergy #genealogy #Sponheim #Trarbach #Birkenfeld

meet #Conon the contrarian https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/meet-conon-contrarian.html

#familyhistory #churchHistory #reformation #Lutheran #clergy #genealogy #Sponheim #Trarbach #Birkenfeld

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ Easter Oratorio ✧

The Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, is one of three oratorios composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for high holiday services of the Lutheran church in Leipzig. He wrote an autograph score (page pictured) in 1738, but had already composed the music in 1725 for two works: the congratulatory Shepherd Cantata and a church cantata for Easter. The ...

#easteroratorio #bwv #lutheran #leipzig #baroque #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Oratorio

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘

✧ Easter Oratorio ✧

The Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, is one of three oratorios composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for high holiday services of the Lutheran church in Leipzig. He wrote an autograph score (page pictured) in 1738, but had already composed the music in 1725 for two works: the congratulatory Shepherd Cantata and a church cantata for Easter. The ...

#easteroratorio #bwv #lutheran #leipzig #baroque #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Oratorio

Meet the Caesars: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/lives-of-caesars.html

#familyHistory #churchHistory #Reformation #lutheran #clergymen #clergy #Germany #Sponheim #Caesar

Meet the Caesars: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/04/lives-of-caesars.html

#familyHistory #churchHistory #Reformation #lutheran #clergymen #clergy #Germany #Sponheim #Caesar

In 1607, two #Lutheran clergymen sharing the surname Andreae came to work in the small town of #Kastellaun (#Hunsrück). One, 20-something, as the schoolmaster, the other, 75, as the vicar. Were they related? https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/03/understanding-andreae-connection.html
#familyhistory #genealogy #reformation #clergy #Germany

In 1607, two #Lutheran clergymen sharing the surname Andreae came to work in the small town of #Kastellaun (#Hunsrück). One, 20-something, as the schoolmaster, the other, 75, as the vicar. Were they related? https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/03/understanding-andreae-connection.html
#familyhistory #genealogy #reformation #clergy #Germany

Martin Luther taught that covetousness—the restless desire for more—must be put to death. The Christian test is plain: the Golden Rule, dealing with others as we would be dealt with, the foundation of equity and justice.

Yet today complaints of unfairness are often dismissed as envy, and the charge of coveting is turned upon the complainant rather than the sin.

#lutheran #lcms #tencommandments #christian #equity #justice

Martin Luther taught that covetousness—the restless desire for more—must be put to death. The Christian test is plain: the Golden Rule, dealing with others as we would be dealt with, the foundation of equity and justice.

Yet today complaints of unfairness are often dismissed as envy, and the charge of coveting is turned upon the complainant rather than the sin.

#lutheran #lcms #tencommandments #christian #equity #justice

Martin Luther basically says every Christian hosts a daily argument between “Old Adam” and a conscience trained by Scripture. One wants holiness; the other wants snacks, shortcuts, and another pint. True faith trains the heart to praise Christ, serve neighbors, and stop cheating people. Beer optional. Moses still teaching.

#lcms #lutheran #holiness #neighbor #moses

Martin Luther basically says every Christian hosts a daily argument between “Old Adam” and a conscience trained by Scripture. One wants holiness; the other wants snacks, shortcuts, and another pint. True faith trains the heart to praise Christ, serve neighbors, and stop cheating people. Beer optional. Moses still teaching.

#lcms #lutheran #holiness #neighbor #moses

Morris Officer, founder of the first Lutheran mission in Liberia, looked squarely at the slave trade and could bear it no longer. He prayed that every trace of that cruel traffic would be washed away. His response wasn’t theory, but repentance and hope. What injustices do we dare to pray would be cleansed from our own world—and our own hearts?

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #missionaries

Morris Officer, founder of the first Lutheran mission in Liberia, looked squarely at the slave trade and could bear it no longer. He prayed that every trace of that cruel traffic would be washed away. His response wasn’t theory, but repentance and hope. What injustices do we dare to pray would be cleansed from our own world—and our own hearts?

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #missionaries

Today is the twelfth anniversary of my ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church of Christ through the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Every year I learn something new. Including how to reliably spell "twelfth" correctly.

#Church #ministry #Lutheran #ELCA #EvangelicalLutheranChurchinAmerica #churchwork

Martin Luther, explaining Matthew 5, presses Christ’s words to their limit: if devotion interferes with love of neighbor, devotion must wait. Luther even says God would rather see no church built than a neighbor neglected. The obstacle to worship, he suggests, may be the grievance our neglect creates. How will you seek reconciliation where duty and devotion collide?

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #neighbor #worship #faith #christian #community #devotion

Martin Luther, explaining Matthew 5, presses Christ’s words to their limit: if devotion interferes with love of neighbor, devotion must wait. Luther even says God would rather see no church built than a neighbor neglected. The obstacle to worship, he suggests, may be the grievance our neglect creates. How will you seek reconciliation where duty and devotion collide?

#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #neighbor #worship #faith #christian #community #devotion

Andreas Hyperius, a 16th-century Flemish Lutheran/Reformed theologian, reads “You shall not steal” with unnerving specificity: withholding wages, shaving pay, defaulting on what is owed. His moral clarity assumes obedience reaches into ordinary economic life—even where raising such concerns makes people bristle. Scripture leaves little room for comfortable evasions.

#christian #lutheran #reformedscholastics #faith #tencommandments

Andreas Hyperius, a 16th-century Flemish Lutheran/Reformed theologian, reads “You shall not steal” with unnerving specificity: withholding wages, shaving pay, defaulting on what is owed. His moral clarity assumes obedience reaches into ordinary economic life—even where raising such concerns makes people bristle. Scripture leaves little room for comfortable evasions.

#christian #lutheran #reformedscholastics #faith #tencommandments

Luther says a Christian doesn’t curl up like a house cat and call it faith. You stretch. By faith, you reach up into God like a tree grabbing sunlight; by love, you reach down into your neighbour like roots in everyone’s garden. If you’re only growing upward, you’re basically a very holy stick.

#ChristianYoga #FaithAndFlexibility #RootedAndReaching #StretchYourTheology #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #lutheran #christian #faith

Luther says a Christian doesn’t curl up like a house cat and call it faith. You stretch. By faith, you reach up into God like a tree grabbing sunlight; by love, you reach down into your neighbour like roots in everyone’s garden. If you’re only growing upward, you’re basically a very holy stick.

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David Chytraeus, the Lutheran theologian, reads 1 John with unnerving clarity: to refuse love is already a kind of death. Christ’s self-giving redefines what life looks like, and when we seal our hearts against need, we quietly deny that love lives in us at all. Love, then, must become concrete—truth taking flesh in action.

How can you show love?
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Want to level up your faith life but feel like you're just following the crowd? Pastor Justin Wixon breaks down why following Jesus is about so much more than just playing a game of "Simon Says"! 👣

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Luther, peering at Psalm 14, says the real atheist isn’t the loud one but the numb one: the person who neither expects good from God nor seeks Him, and so grows hard, joyless, and oddly hostile—more inclined to wound than to help.

Now, if you look around and see people campaigning against kindness itself, that doesn’t exactly refute Luther.

So—how do you actually dwell on God’s goodness until it softens you?
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What are YOU really seeking?

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