Martin Luther’s Introduction to the Psalms
PREFACE TO THE PSALMS. Martin Luther. Many of the holy fathers have highly eulogised the Psalms, and preferred them to the other sacred books of Scripture. The ...
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The Different Sacrifices of the Old Testament are Types of the Different Aspects of the Atonement
A beautiful excerpt from Christian Dogmatics and Notes on the History of Dogma (1922): Christ became the perfect antitype of the principal sacrifices : the sin-...
Martin Luther’s Genesis Commentary (Chapters 1-4)
Alright! Here it is, the study edition of Luther’s Genesis Commentary, chapters 1-4. 400 pages with wide margins for notes, and, as always, you can downlo...
Mortis Dulcia Nomina, “The Sweet Names of Death”
Tucked away in a few footnotes in volume three of Pieper’s Dogmatics is this gem of comfort, both for pastors and die-ers: the sweet names of death. ...
Martin Luther on “The One Great Book”
Here’s another little gem from Lenker’s introduction in Luther’s Genesis, a quotation from Luther on having too many books. “The aggrega...
Teaching Bible: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians: published!
The most recent volume of the Teaching Bible, with St. Paul’s letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, is published! The Teaching...
Genesis 1:26, “Let Us Make Man,” Luther’s defence of the Trinitarian Teaching
In Genesis 1:26 we hear the conversation of the Godhead about the creation of humanity: Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And le...
Micah 4: The Blessings of the Latter Days
Rightly Divided is a daily Bible meditation blog. I write on Tuesdays. We take three chapters of the Bible (a Psalm, and an Old and New Testament chapter), and ...
Colossians, Two Passing Thoughts
I was looking through Colossians this morning (tracking down some of the things Paul says about the dangers of a disordered mind), and I noticed two things. Pra...
Top Ten Dates of Events in the Old Testament
This will help you keep you chronological bearings: 2166 B.C.: The Birth of Abraham 1876 B.C.: The Migration to Egypt 1446 B.C.: The Exodus from Egypt 1406 B.C....