Martin Luther Ah, dearest Jesus, holy Child, Make thee a bed, soft, undefiled, Within my heart, that it may be A quiet chamber kept for Thee. My heart for very joy doth leap, My lips no more can silence keep, I too must sing, with joyful tongue, That sweetest ancient cradle song, Glory to God […]
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THANKSGIVING Lack of thanksgiving is a ‘bad dog’, according to Martin Luther: “I’ve got three bad dogs: pride, unthankfulness and envy. Who gets bitten by these dogs has been sorely bitten.” –Martin Luther (Here is the original: Ich habe drei bose Hunde: Stolz, Undankbarkeit, und Neid. Wen diese drei Hunde beissen, ist sehr uebel gebissen.} […]
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How do you digest the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments? One verse at a time, one phrase, one line, one word at a time. Meditate on it. Pray with it. Remember it. Quote it. Hear those words come back in crucial moments. Now and then you seize on words that the Holy […]
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Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford J. Sidlow Baxter wrote, “What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty and every difficulty has an opportunity.” Just think about what was accomplished when these […]
Martin Luther and John Calvin were more than theologians. They were organizers of new churches. The reformation was a time of great conflict in which theological loyalties became intermixed with political loyalties. New churches arose which attracted political and religious refugees who were not strangers to conflict. Thus, the early protestant churches were themselves filled […]