Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

This is part of a Lenten series of meditations on the Five Wounds of Christ, though the two feet and the two hands are combined into two meditations, and the Scourged Back and Crown of Thorns are incl...

19 Aug 202429min

Many Christians fail to take St. Paul's teaching seriously when he describes us as "dead" in sin, and try to claim some power for human choice, as if the difference between the saved and the unsaved i...

12 Aug 202429min

We often think that having "favorites" is unfair, but Dr. Zeile's meditation on John 15 shows how each of us is invited to be a recipient of God's favor. Acts 10, Psalm 98, and Luther's hymn, "Dear Ch...

5 Aug 202429min

Dr. Zeile's message for the Sunday after Easter is based on the "Doubting Thomas" account and the reality of transcendent things. The meditation is preceded by the hymn, "We Know that Christ is Risen,...

30 Jul 202429min

Using the concept of form versus function, Dr. Zeile explains what Christ's body has in common with the temple in Jerusalem, namely the presence of God among men. Psalm 116, a catechetical recitation ...

22 Jul 202428min

The Program begins with the Collect for the Ascension, and then continues with Dr. Zeile's exposition of Peter's doctrine that we live in a wicked world against which we must be on guard lest it carry...

15 Jul 202429min

This program begins with the John 20 account of "Doubting Thomas," followed by the contemporary hymn, "These Things did Thomas Count as Real." Then Dr. Zeile discusses what the people in Isaiah's prop...

8 Jul 202429min

Dr. Zeile reads Psalm 71, first in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer version, then in the 17th Century King James Version, and finally in the 18th Century Challoner Revision of the Douai-Rheims t...

4 Jul 202411min