In a time of rampant deracination in both church and society, it is a blessing that the folks at Lutheran Identity continue to share our own treasures with us from around the world. Of course, this modern hymn, written by Danish Lutheran pastor and poet Nicolai Gruntvig (1783-1872), is part of our Lutheran identity and of our synod’s treasury of hymnody (LSB 645, TLH 467).

I have found that the Martin Luther Day by Day devotional book from CPH is a good resource to introduce lay people to very brief sections of Luther’s writings. Every now and then I will use it for morning devotions with our teachers here at St. Paul’s. The writing for August 19 is taken from Luther’s Works 21:123-24 on The Sermon on the Mount

Whenever we Lutherans (so-called) enter a discussion on social media, we can count on people avoiding whatever issue we want to discuss, and instead pivoting to salacious accusations against Martin Luther.

I had a recent debate online that is a case in point.