A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
So it goes, you sit down in your study early in the week and begin poring through the appointed readings for next Sunday. You begin with the Old Testament reading from 1 Kings. What a wonderful and uplifting reading for a pastor to encounter! A woman who is on the brink of death puts her preacher before herself.
Read MoreThe clip above from an LCMS Divine Service is a demonstration of the impetus to liturgical conservatism. Once a particular liturgical tradition has been established, we Lutherans are reticent to change - even when times and situations have changed.
Read MoreChurches that do not recognize the supernatural element of the Sacraments year for the transcendence of God made imminent in space and time. This is why we see the ginning up of emotion in non-liturgical, non-sacramental churches. Subjective emotion replaces the objective means of grace.
Read More“As plain as it is, great is the example this Gospel presents to us. In the leper it teaches us faith, in Christ it teaches us love. Now, as I have often said, faith and love constitute the whole character of the Christian.
Read MoreLochner On Liturgical Renewal
Read MoreNovemberfest 2022 Seminar at St. John Lutheran Church Matton, IL, November 13-15, 2022
Read MoreFrom the St. Mark’s Conference, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD, May 12, 2022:
Read MoreKudos to Concordia Journal Summer 2023 from CSL for showing us the Patristic view of narrative unity in the entirety of Scripture which reveals Christ as the heart of the Father for the salvation of the world as opposed to a more modern method that centers itself in the human author’s intent and the original audience. This article will simply summarize, link, and the offer a couple of secondary sources to supplement the overarching thesis of Dr. David Maxwell and Dr. Joel Elowsky.
Read MoreThe 2023 St. Michael Liturgical Conference - Monday, September 25 - Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Detroit
Read MoreOne of our Editors, Fr. David H. Petersen, gives his plenary presentation at the 2023 Bugenhagen Conference in Racine, Wisconsin.
Read MoreUnlike the believers of the Old Testament, who were given specifics regarding worship, we post-Incarnation Christians were not given explicit instructions for what a sanctuary should look like, nor exactly how worship should be conducted.
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