Resurrection Quotations
Here are a few fantastic quotations about the Resurrection from Wordsworth Gospel commentary (download the PDF for free here). Wordsworth Gospels Mt 28:2 (1:91)...
Category: Theology
“Cain Goes on Killing Abel”
Martin Luther’s understanding of the history of the world as the persecution of the Gospel Here are a few pages from Luther’s 1535 Preface to the 15...
Comfort for Suffering Christians: Martin Luther on John 15:1
(LW 24, 193-201) I am the true Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.Every branch of Mine that bears no fruit He takes away,and every branch that does bear fru...
Another Lord’s Supper Sermon by Martin Luther
SECOND SERMON FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of t...
Lord’s Supper Sermon by Martin Luther
FIRST SERMON FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD’S SUPPER. THE HOLY SACRAMENT. For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jes...
Luther Study Days (Denmark 2024)
I had the privilege of teaching at the Luther Study Days in Herning, Denmark in March 2024. The topics are Original Righteousness, , and The Christ is Our Right...
Aaron: a poem
AARON. HOLINESS on the head, Light and perfection on the breast, Harmonious bells below raising the dead To lead them unto life and rest. Thus are true Aarons d...
Martin Luther on the Promises of God
I’m working on a project about the promises of God in the Scriptures. Here are a few passages from Martin Luther on the topic that I think you will enjoy....
Holy Baptism: An Anthology
Here you see again how highly and precious we should esteem Baptism, because in it we obtain such an unspeakable treasure. -Martin Luther, The Large Catechism W...
How the devil accidentally gave us the New Testament
(Here’s a quick note. Pr Will Weedon was teaching 1 Thessalonians this weekend and pointed this out to us. Thanks, Will.) Remember that 1 Thessalonians is the f...
The Trinity: Four Pages of Biblical Proof
Earlier today I was digging around The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on the topic of the filioque. The pour pages that follow gave a won...
A Biblical Case for Closed Communion
Closed Communion is a difficult doctrine and practice. Much of the difficulty comes from the different assumptions the Bible has about our faith (is it individu...
Against a Minimalistic Theological Aesthetic
Why do we need forgiveness in the Lord’s Supper if we are already forgiven in baptism? I was answering this question in the March 7 edition of the Lent-Up...
The Four Winds that Blow in the Human Heart (Martin Luther’s Map of Human Emotions)
This is a nice little paragraph in Martin Luther’s introduction to the book of Psalms in which he sketches out the four winds that toss around the ship of...
Luthardt on the Ancient Memory of the Fall
I’m finally reading Luthardt. [Alex, sorry it’s taken me eight years.] This reminds me of the C. S. Lewis reflection from a few weeks ago. The remembrance, more...
We practice household baptism
When Paul and Silas went to Philippi on their second missionary journey they first encountered Lydia. She believed the gospel, and she and her entire household ...
The Unity of the Lord’s Teaching and Closed Communion
(I wrote this essay in 2008 to clarify the connection between theological fellowship and the Lord’s Table. Republished here for your edification… Pr...
Life of Hope, Hope of Life
…Martin Luther on Baptism Here’s a quotation to write on our hearts: But by baptism we are restored to the life of hope, or rather to the hope of l...