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Christian prayer is a wonderful gift. Jesus today promises that our Father hears our prayers for His sake. He tells how to pray, what to pray, and why to pray. And thus, prayer is His gift to us, so that with all boldness and confidence we may pray as dear children of our Heavenly Father.
Text: John 16:23-33 (One Year)
Preacher: Pastor Christopher Gillespie, St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, WI
Martin Luther referred to Philip’s Loci Communes as “one of the clearest statements of the Christian religion ever written.” With this in mind, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Philip Melancthon’s Loci on the power of the law and the gospel. What is the power of the Law? What distinguishes God’s Word of Law from human definitions of the law?
Text: Commonplaces: Loci Communes 1521 by Philip Melanchthon
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Sinful human beings don’t really know what is good for us. However, Jesus does, and He gives us exactly what we need: He gives us the Holy Spirit and the Church.
Text: John 16:5-15 (One Year)
Preacher: Pastor Eric Brown, Trinity Lutheran Church, Herscher, Illinois
Text: John 16:16-22 (One Year)
Preacher: Pastor Jacob Ehrhard, St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois
This week, Pastor Kuhlmann discusses the Third Commandment: Part Two – Sabbath Day / It’s All About Hearing God’s Word
The world tempts us to measure it otherwise. By works. By wealth. We are sinners suffering in a painful world. We’ve told ourselves that if Christianity were true, we wouldn’t be here like this. The truth is, if Christianity were true, Jesus would be. The good shepherd seeks out his sheep.
Text: John 10:11-16 (One Year)
Preacher: Pastor Harrison Goodman, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Carroll, Nebraska
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Hermann Sasse’s “This Is My Body.” Sasse examines the events at the Marburg Colloquy and how it influenced Lutheran and Protestant sacramental theology for centuries.
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For all that Thomas is, I thank God. Yes, for his pig-headedness, for his doubt, for his denial, for his dyed-in-the-wool skepticism — for all that, I thank God. Why? Because, as St. Gregory put it, “More does the doubt of Thomas help us to believe, than the faith of the disciples who believed.”
Text: John 20:19-31 (One Year)
Preacher: Pastor Christopher Gillespie, St. John Ev. Lutheran Church — Sherman Center, Random Lake, WI
This week, pastors Gillespie and Riley read and discuss Werner Elert’s examination of the Lord’s Supper as the heart of the Church, the liturgy, and Christian life.
Text: Werner Elert – Eucharistic Fellowship in the First Four Centuries
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Questions? Comments? Show Ideas? Send them to us at http://higherthings.org/contact.
Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, via https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/as-lutheran-as-it-gets/id1288159643?mt=2.
And as always, don’t forget Pr. Gillespie’s coffee for your caffeinated needs.
This week, Pastor Kuhlmann read and discusses the Ten Commandments. The Second And Third Commandments: Good Use of His Most Holy Name & Word
