admin | July 14, 2009
The following is a excerpt of a sermon preached in Germany in 1870. I don’t have much more citation information than that. HT to Dr. Joseph Herl through Rev. William Weedon.
The celebration of the Lord’s Supper is so full of burning love, its reception so full of grace and righteousness, but then also its celebration [...]
admin | June 11, 2009
If you enjoy Lutheran hymnody you need to check out the blog Southern Lutheran Kantor. He’s had two home run posts since the beginning of June. They both were commentaries on two of my favorite hymns:
We Praise You and Acknowledge You
Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart
If you aren’t subscribed to his blog, you [...]
admin | May 28, 2009
Check out this awesome video from Grace Lutheran Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. What a wonderful testimony of what it means to be Lutheran!
Great job Grace and great job Pastor Beecroft!
Sam | May 21, 2009
The phrase “adiaphora” gets thrown around in the church more than a baseball in July. Everyone spouts it off. It doesn’t matter… it’s adiaphora… blah blah adiaphora blah. W
Adiaphora does matter. I point you toward this article by one of my professors, Dr. Charles Arand (PDF File: Page 48). The title of the article is [...]
Sam | January 28, 2008
We normally sings the Psalms unaccompanied in the chapel at the seminary. There is great beauty in this with the entire congregation singing in unison. What makes it even better is the Gloria Patri at the end. There is always a change in volume as a large portion of the congregation bows its head [...]
Sam | January 27, 2008
Just a little observation:
If you choose to give audible rubrics (which I don’t recommend as they distract from the liturgy) remember this: bread rises and people stand.
Sam | December 4, 2007
First off, I’m not trying to knock CPH, the Commission on Worship, or the developers of Lutheran Service Builder, because I think all of them together have done an excellent job in the development of the hymnal and the software. Through my fieldwork congregation I’ve had the opportunity to work with the software and it [...]
Sam | October 23, 2007
Has anyone else noticed that in Lutheran Service Book (LSB) the reference to the Apocrypha was removed from the hymn, Now Thank We All Our God (LSB: 895, TLH: 36).
In The Lutheran Hymnal the scripture reference given is Ecclesiasticus 50:2: “Now therefore bless ye the God of all, which only doeth wondrous things everywhere, which [...]
Sam | January 24, 2007
From: Cyberstones
The new edition of The Conduct of the Service is now available. The book contains Piepkorn’s pamphlet from 1965, McClean’s expansion from 1972, and the actual rubrics themselves from The Lutheran Liturgy. This is an essential volume for the Lutheran pastor and all students of the Liturgy. Go to the link above and [...]
