Household angels
Posted on March 19th, 2012
God loves domestic establishments and protects them through the ministry of His angels. -Luther, Lectures on Genesis
Categories: Theology
Posts tagged “Angels”
Epiphany 2 (3-Year, B): Baptism of David McMahan Umayam
Posted on January 17th, 2012
January 15, 2012 Messiah Lutheran Church, Keller, Texas John 1:43-51 For audio of the early service sermon (slightly different version of the sermon below), click here Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. “Follow Me.” What Jesus says to Phillip, He says also to you: When you were baptized, “Follow Me”; whenever you hear God’s Word, “Follow Me”; when you rise up each morning, “Follow Me.” That sounds like Law – and the Law always condemns. Yet these words carry no condemnation. For there is no greater gift than to be brought by baptism into the company of the disciples of Jesus. Following Him is to follow in the way that leads to life, to be promised…
Categories: Sermons
Tagged: Angels, Baptism, Confession, Esau, Isaac, Israel, Jacob, Jacob's ladder, Messiah (Keller, Nathanael, Parochial Schools, TX)
New poll for Reformation
Posted on October 24th, 2009
Some theologians have maintained that Luther is the angel in Rev. 14, flying through heaven with the everlasting Gospel. (For example, see Pieper’s third point here) Was sagen sie? Poll closes at midnight on October 31.
Categories: Theology
Tagged: Angels, Francis Pieper, Gospel, Luther
Grow your own guardian angel
Posted on August 25th, 2008
My mom was visiting this past weekend, and we went to visit the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. I’ve been several times, but we’ve managed to live here seven years without Kassie or my mom seeing it. The immensity of the building is striking, and I find it to be quite beautiful on the outside. The mosaic theme is taken way too far inside, and visiting always reminds me why I am not Roman Catholic: “To Jesus through Mary” is inscribed above one of the chapels to the Virgin, and that is the theme of the entire building. But the “best” discovery on this trip was in the gift shop. I’m not sure if this is A Little Leaven blog-worthy,…
Tagged: Angels, Blessed Virgin Mary, Durer, Photographs, Roman Catholicism, The District
A Sermon for St. Michael's Day
Posted on September 29th, 2007
Matthew 18.1-10 The Church in her wisdom has set aside one day a year, September 29, for us to remember the work of Angels, and to thank God for them. We are moving that remembrance to tonight, because it is important to remember why God gives us these strong protectors. The Holy Angels are God’s instruments, His servants, to take care of us. The book of Hebrews says, “Are [the angels] not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” (1.14). If He wanted to, God could sustain and preserve us against the devil without the angels. But God does not want to do things this way. God works through means. Fathers and mothers, governments, teachers, sun and moon,…
Categories: Sermons
Tagged: Angels