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A book review of: As Christ Submits to the Church: a Biblical Understanding of Leadership and Mutual Submission. By Alan G. Padgett. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011. Paper. 151 + xviii pages. Review by John G. Nordling. Unwary Lutherans might at first suppose that Padgett presents here a Christ who serves sinners humbly through [...]
A sermon by Rev. Ronald F. Marshall, proclaimed to his flock at First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, December 26, 2010. “And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God” (Acts 7:56). Today is the Feast of St. Stephen, the first martyr of [...]
An Advent Sermon from Werner Elert translated Adam Koontz Luke 21:25-26 “There shall be signs in the sun, moon, and stars.”—says the Lord. So far it hasn’t happened yet. Certainly at times a new show takes place in the night sky. There a comet ascends and after a time disappears again. A few months [...]
By Martin R. Noland The editors of LOGIA: A Journal of Lutheran Theology had a productive annual meeting in West Saint Paul, Minnesota in June. Meeting at the church of Senior Editor, Dr. Michael Albrecht, we all became a little bit nostalgic as we made plans for our forthcoming issue “LOGIA After Twenty Years” (Holy [...]
by Jobst Schöne, Berlin, Germany Editors Note–This is a greatly abbreviated version of a full-length article from the Epiphany 2011 issue of the same name. Germany: the homeland of the (Lutheran) Reformation. Is it a Christian country? Forget it. What about a Lutheran nation? Not at all. If this was ever the case, it certainly [...]
Call service 28.5.2011 Christ Lutheran church, St Catharines, Ontario Rev. Juhana Pohjola John 16:23-30 Leaving a legacy! Yes, Christ has gathered his disciples into the upper room. It is farewell time. I’m leaving the world and going to the Father. This is the final session together. They have travelled a long time together. Now the [...]
The Commemoration of St. Patrick Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Kurtzville, Ontario Rev. Kurt E. Reinhardt Isa 52:7-10; 1 The 2:2-12; St Matthew 28:16-20 Patrick, it’s his day today, the day the Church remembers a saint who by God’s rich grace brought Jesus to the Irish. Patrick, a servant of Christ, captured at 16 that he [...]
There’ll always be an England—won’t there? Dame Vera Lynn, the “Forces’ sweetheart,” is famous for assuring her fellow countrymen, in the darkest days of World War II, of their nation’s survival of the deadly threat posed by Nazi Germany. The memorable refrain of Dame Vera’s song was uttered most emphatically as an assertion, not as [...]
A new Bible study and DVD presentation, Witness, Mercy, Life Together [Witness Mercy Life Together Bible Study by Albert B. Collver, Saint Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2011. 64 pages. $5.99.] has been published as a rally-cry-educational-let’s-work-together piece by Dr. Albert Collver and the LCMS President Matthew Harrison. Many pastors who receive it in the [...]
When asked, “What is man? my daughter replied, “We’re sinners.” Despite the attractive succinctness of this definition, Martin Luther provides a more detailed anthropology. His lectures on Genesis, summarized in this paper, describe man when created, as fallen, as initially restored (the life of faith), and as gloriously restored beyond Adam’s pre-fall state. This anthropology [...]
