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A Christian's Certainty, H. Warneck
A Christian's Certainty, H. Warneck
Concordia Theological Monthly
When King Saul went to the witch at Endor, he was looking for some measure of certainty about the outcome of an undertaking of greatest moment at the time - the conquest of the Philistines, 1 Sam. 28. No doubt a similar desire helps to explain the fact that an astrologer in Chicago could induce a hundred regular clients, all of them prominent business men, to pay him $1,000 apiece annually.
The Church And Social Problems, P. E. Kretzmann
The Church And Social Problems, P. E. Kretzmann
Concordia Theological Monthly
There can be no doubt that the chief aim of the Christian Church, in fact the one aim which the Church as such is to pursue, is that assigned to her in the Great Commission, namely, to preach the Gospel of the salvation of men through the mercy of God in Christ to all nations. It was in this sense that John the Baptist performed his ministry, in preaching repentance and remission of sins, in accordance with the prophecy of his aged father: 'Thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, to give knowledge of …
The Pastor And His Office, J. H. Fritz
The Pastor And His Office, J. H. Fritz
Concordia Theological Monthly
"Our office is a different thing now than what it was under the Pope; it has now become earnest and salutary. Hence it involves much more trouble and labor, danger and trial, and secures but little reward and gratitude in the world; but Christ Himself will be our reward if we labor faithfully." So Luther wrote in the preface to his Small Catechism four hundred years ago. Does the pastor of today think in such terms of his pastoral office?