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The Confidence and Courage of Faith in the Life and Labors of Love
The Confidence and Courage of Faith in the Life and Labors of Love

In this unbelievable trial it was Abraham’s sole consolation that he knew he had a command from God. He surely would not have fled from the plague or from many thousands of Turks, because his heart held fast to this confidence: ‘I believe in God Almighty.’ But what are 10,000 Turks in comparison with Almighty God? Therefore he does not delay at this point, but he immediately takes hold of the command and is ready to carry out the sacrifice. We should learn to understand this power of the Word of God — this power which the Holy Spirit is wont to exalt so much that He makes it greater than every creature, hell, death, and the good and bad angels.

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Rick StuckwischComment
A bit of Walther
A bit of Walther

C. F. W. Walther was the first president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, the President of Concordia Seminary, and the pastor of a number of parishes in St. Louis. The following is from an editorial he wrote for the predecessor of our periodical The Lutheran Witness:

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William Weedon Comments
Vaccine Ethics
Vaccine Ethics

We are all desperate to be done with Covid, but we must proceed with caution. To that end, Dr. Gifford Grobien has compiled his research on the two currently FDA approved vaccines and agreed to let us share it here.

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David Petersen Comments
When Demons Show Up
When Demons Show Up

“People shouldn’t call for demons unless they really mean what they say.” In The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis’s final volume in The Chronicles of Narnia, the enemies of Narnia promote a false teaching that Aslan, the great Lion and true King of Narnia, is the same as Tash, the wicked vulture-like god of the Calormenes. It eventually becomes clear that they have no problem equating the two beings because they believe in neither of them. But then, invoked by these enemies of truth, Tash shows up:

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Anthony Dodgers Comments
A Little Oops
A Little Oops

Every year, when we swing around to celebrate the Baptism of our Lord, it is such a joy to sing Dr. Luther’s great text: “To Jordan Came the Christ Our Lord.” LSB supplies two tunes for it, but surely the modern tune pales in comparison to Dr. Luther’s own sturdy and memorable one. He packs so much great theology into this hymn that one scarcely knows where to begin, let alone end, in extolling it. But there is one very funny part.

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William Weedon Comments
The Sacrament of the Star
The Sacrament of the Star

Today the Christian Church celebrates the riches of God’s glorious grace manifested for us sinners in the Epiphany of our Lord. Wise men from the East led by a star and the Word fall down before the Christ Child to worship Him, offering gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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Jonathan Shaw Comment
Let there be light: a meditation on the incarnation
Let there be light: a meditation on the incarnation

It came to mind during the past year that while Genesis 3:15 is often referred to as the protoevangelium, or first Gospel, with its announcement to the serpent that the Seed of the woman would crush his head, there is actually an earlier protoevangelium of sorts. Arguably the first Gospel is found already in the first thing God ever said, namely, “Let there be light.” I preached this on Christmas Day this season:

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Burnell EckardtComment