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LCMS President on unity in doctrine and life (third of three)

July 13, 2010

In the previous quotations, C.F.W. Walther, the first LCMS president, spoke about the dangers of disunity and the blessing of unity. In today’s quotation, Walther speaks about the Devil’s strategy: to sow disunity in the church: Satan knows all too well what kind of power the Church exercises when it is unity. It then not [...]

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Comfort for those who are suffering

February 6, 2010

From tomorrow’s (Sexagesima) Epistle, 2 Cor. 11:19—12:9 A thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me,“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made [...]

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Oculi sermon – Luke 11.14-28

March 21, 2009

In the political realm, there is a term many of you have probably heard: RINO’s – Republicans in Name Only. Faithful Lutherans sometimes refer to  church bodies that have given up on Lutheran doctrine as LINO: Lutheran in Name Only. Today’s Gospel demands that we answer this question: What kind of a Christian are you? [...]

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Invocabit 2009 – Mt. 4.1-11

March 7, 2009

  Dearly beloved, we are constantly in danger of forgetting that we are God’s dearly beloved, or even succumbing to the horrible thought that God does not love us. This is the root of temptation – no longer believing that what God says is true, no longer believing that God has our best interest at [...]

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