Luther on Church

Happy Reformation Wednesday!
Here’s a brief quote of Luther on the church:
We tell our Lord God plainly, that if He will have His Church, He must maintain and defend it; for we can neither uphold nor protect it. If we could, indeed, we should become the proudest asses under heaven. But God says: I say it, [...]

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Luther on the Superiority of Scripture

Luther on the superiority of special revelation over natural revelation:

For although he is everywhere and in all creatures and I may find him in stone, fire, water, or rope, since he is assuredly there, yet he does not wish me to seek him apart from the Word, that I should throw myself into fire or [...]

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Luther on God’s Punishment

When God wills to punish a people or a kingdom, He takes away from it the good and godly teachers and preachers, and bereaves it of wise, godly, and honest rulers and counselors, and of brave, upright and experienced soldiers, and of other good men. Then are the common people secure and merry; they go [...]

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Luther on Lazy Pastors and Preachers

Luther pleaded with ministers to be diligent in their study. He said:
Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good. They do not pray; they do not read; they do not search the Scripture… The call is: watch, study, attend to reading. In truth you cannot read too much in Scriptures; and what you read [...]

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Martin Luther, A Mighty Reformer

This evening (Sunday, October 28th), I gave a special Reformation address “Martin Luther, A Mighty Reformer” to our congregation. If you’re interested, you can listen to the audio message by visiting our church’s website.

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Celebrating 490 Years of Luther’s 95 Theses

This Wednesday marks the 490th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95-Theses he posted on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, which helped fuel the Protestant Reformation. Last year I’ve posted a link to Luther’s 95-Theses, which I would encourage you to revisit.
Also, as a way of remembrance, I will attempt to post some worthy [...]

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Peter’s Powerful Preaching

This past Sunday I’ve preached Acts 3:11-26 titled “Peter’s Powerful Preaching.” People today talk about how they are curious to know what the early Christians believed and what their message was, and I say, stop being curious and stop looking anywhere else, but look here to the Bible. Here in Acts 3, we have authentic [...]

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Preaching, the Means to Glorify God in a Local Church

I’ve been on the road for the past 13 days adding more than 4,000 miles on my Honda Pilot. I drove through seven states (California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming,  and South Dakota)! You can check out some of the pictures I took during my trip at our church’s blog.
Past Sunday, I had planned weeks [...]

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In My Absence

Last Sunday, I was in California due to important family matter. In my absence, my friend and co-contributor of this blog, Pastor Phil Siefkes, ministered the Word to the congregation where I shepherd. I wish I could have listened to both messages in person. Thankfully, his outline notes are available. Pastor Phil is an able [...]

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