Luther's Deutsche Messe (Communion order prayers)
In time for Reformation Day (October 31) we share Luther's Order of Communion Liturgy as celebrated at St. John's Lutheran Church, Taylor, Michigan on Reformation Sunday. Send us Fan Mail
30 Okt 20208min
Luke 18: "How to Pray"
Christ gives practical instructions to His disciples on how to pray, most strikingly in the parable of the Unjust Judge." If persistence pays off with those unfriendly to us, how much MORE will it pay...
28 Okt 202028min
Job 42 "Reward"
Job's reward after suffering- restored health, a new family, returned wealth- have struck readers as superficial and unsatisfying. If that is all there is, they are right. Dr. Zeile points out the und...
26 Okt 202028min
Job 30 "Suffering for God's Glory"
Job did not know it but he suffered for God's glory, that others might find in his bitter experience reason to praise God. He was a precursor of Jesus Christ whose suffering was for the ultimate glory...
23 Okt 202028min
Job 29 "The Arc of Life"
We are tempted to think that Job's situation is unique; but it is universal, for there is an arc to life; after we have achieved our peak, our children move away, our health begins to deteriorate, lov...
19 Okt 202027min
Job 16: "The Mystery of Suffering"
A "mystery" is something that cannot be explained, analogous to a hole too deep to observe the bottom. Suffering cries out for an explanation, yet too often none is given this side of the grave. Job s...
16 Okt 202028min
Job 10: "Innocent Suffering"
The words of Job 10 could have been spoken by Christ from the cross. In this Good Friday meditation from a series on the book of Job, Dr. Zeile reflects on how our suffering is united with and redeeme...
12 Okt 202029min
Isaiah 58: "Fasting"
Fasting has been a Christian practice for centuries, and assumed in the New Testament, but has fallen off in this last century of plenty. Dr. Zeile develops Isaiah's message about an acceptable fast i...
9 Okt 202029min
