A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
The hymns of the Lutheran Church teach us how to be martyrs for Christ. Martyrs are witnesses. The most extreme form of witness is shedding our blood to seal our testimony to Christ, but before a Christian can do that, he must (usually) learn to be a faithful witness in smaller things.
Read MoreWhat follows came from a listener of The Gottesdienst Crowd in response to a discussion with Petersen on making the sign of the cross. He pointed us to a wonderful online resource, a digital Loci Communes of sorts Luther Theology Web Page
Read MoreThis is the list of hymns Fr. Karl Hess compiled for the podcast episode on hymns for training martyrs for the prize TGC 352…
Read MoreFind yourself sowing in the spirit. Find yourself, receiving His word with joy. Even in the midst of terrible, evil, wicked things. There is still joy. Because Jesus Christ reigns. The church sings, “What God ordains is always good: This truth remains unshaken. Though sorrow, need, or death be mine, I shall not be forsaken. I fear no harm, For with His arm He shall embrace and shield me; So to my God I yield me.” (LSB 760:6)
Read MoreIn light of the Gospel reading from the One-Year Lectionary for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity on the parable of the Unjust Steward, I offer a few paragraphs from John Schaller’s “The Battle for the Christian School as a Battle for the Christian Worldview,” published in Theologische Quartelschrift, Vol 7, 1910, 204—221.
Read MoreAfter listening to The Gottesdienst Crowd episode “Reclaiming the Psalter”, a listener asked for a copy of the Psalter Distributed over Thirty-One Days as it appears in The Lutheran Hymnal. So here it is.
Read MoreTo the delight of all Irish Lutherans, the favorite hymn of St. Paul Lutheran School of Hamel, as voted by her school children, is…
Read MoreWe have our work cut out for us at Gottesdienst.
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