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January 1, 2017
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 6:1-18
Following in the footsteps of St. Paul, Luther and the Reformers sought true peace and unity in the Church through the pure proclamation of the Gospel.
December 6, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 5:16-26
In Galatians 5:16-17 St. Paul describes the conflict, within the believer, between the flesh and the Spirit, which are opposed to each other. Luther writes, “When someone becomes aware of this battle of the flesh...
November 10, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 5:7-15
Instead of preaching the Gospel of forgiveness and salvation by grace through faith in Christ, apart from works of the Law (Gal. 3:16), the false teachers in Galatia were peddling a religion of works based on the Law.
October 5, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 5:1-6
In chapter 4 of Galatians, St. Paul uses Sarah and Hagar to illustrate that salvation comes not by works of the law, but according to the promise of God. In the final verse...
September 2, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 4:21-31
The propensity of the sinner is to trust in the visible works of the Law; to place our confidence in our own deeds, rather than the saving act of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
August 5, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 4:8-20
In the first seven verses of chapter 4, St. Paul lays out a beautiful description of how “in the fullness of time God sent forth his Son...
July 11, 2016
Bible Study With Luther: Galatians 4:1-7
“Am I really saved? Am I doing enough? Will God even recognize my good works on Judgment Day?” These sorts of questions are born out of the Law, which always demands and never gives.
June 6, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:19-29
Distinguishing between the Law and the Gospel is one of the highest and most precious arts which every Christian would do well to learn.
May 27, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:10-18
From Adam to Abraham, from Moses to Paul, and to you and me God has always justified sinners in the same way—by faith.
April 4, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 3:1-9
The Holy Spirit is not simply the initial cause of faith but continues to be at work in the life of the Church keeping us in the faith by the proclamation of the Word and through that faith the Lord declares us to be righteous and heirs of eternal life.
March 3, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 2:11-20
The false teachers in Galatia were, as Luther says, “Changing the Law into grace and grace into Law, Moses into Christ and Christ into Moses. For they teach that...
February 6, 2016
Bible Study With Luther: Galatians 2:1-10
At the end of the Holy Communion, the Church prays, “we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another…”
January 9, 2016
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 1:6-20
The Reformation was not only about asserting what is true, but also rejecting that which is false. St. Paul’s passionate epistle to the Galatians is born out of his assertion of the Gospel and his defiance of false teaching.
December 8, 2015
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 1:1-5
Martin Luther once said: “The Epistle to the Galatians is my epistle, to which I have wedded myself. It is my Catherine Von Bora.”
December 5, 2017
"Savior of the Nations, Come" – Hymn Feature
“Savior of the Nations, Come” includes longing or expectation for a Savior; the work of Jesus and His triumph over death; and life in the light of Christ. It is the appointed Hymn of the Day for the first Sunday in Advent in both the one and three-year lectionary.
November 29, 2017
"Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying" – Hymn Feature
This Parable of the Ten Virgins basis for Philipp Nicolai’s great hymn, “Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying” (LSB 516). Known as the “King of Chorales,” this is the Hymn of the Day for the Last Sunday of the Church Year.