Anointed with Ashes

An excerpt from Thy Kingdom Come: Lent and Easter Sermons by David H. Petersen “Your ashes are smeared today. There is no beauty in them. The world cannot see anything in them but an ugly smudge of dirt and death. But for those with the eyes of faith, they are in the...

Thy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Septuagesima

“The main point of the parable is that entrance into the kingdom comes by grace. The workers are rewarded for work they did not perform. This is hardly a surprise to us; in fact, we practically expect it. “G.K. Chesterton once said, ‘Do not be proud...

Passion-Book: Judas Makes a Traitorous Pact

But then entered Satan into Judas, named Iscariot, being of the number of the Twelve. And he went his way and communed with the chief priests and captains, that he might betray Him, and said, What will ye give me? I will deliver Him unto you. When they heard it, they...

Comfort in Sorrow

The Word Remains is a collection of excerpts comes from Wilhelm Löhe’s extensive writing on mission, pastoral theology, history, and liturgy. Originally published in German in 2008, this English translation of a delightful book that gathers his profound wisdom into...

The Advent Wreath: An Excerpt

“The lighting of an Advent wreath during the Advent season is a Christian ceremony which has come down to us from about the time of Martin Luther. As before the birth of Christ the light of prophecy concerning His advent and His redemptive work became brighter...