The entire Gospel embodied and presented to us

Therefore also it is vain talk when they say that the body and blood of Christ are not given and shed for us in the Lord's Supper, hence we could not have forgiveness of sins in the Sacrament. For although the work is accomplished and the forgiveness of sins acquired on the cross, yet it…

The extraordinary ordinary

Homily preached at the Lutheran Women’s League of Great Britain Workshop at Our Saviour Lutheran Church, Fareham 9 November 2013 Text: Romans 16:1‒16; Luke 8:1‒3; 10:38‒42 The lists of names in the final greetings of the New Testament Epistles tend to pass us by in our daily reading. When I first started reading the Bible…

If we are going to sing long hymns

… as I advocated in my previous post, we are going to have a couple of problems. First, it will lead to longer church services. Which, to be perfectly frank, isn't a problem at all, but a good thing. There are 168 hours in a week, most of which we spend working, sleeping, eating, drinking…