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A Review of Thy Kingdom Come by Rev. Larry Beane
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Pastor Larry Beane gives a thoughtful, comprehensive review, addressing the book itself as well as Pastor Petersen as a preacher and teacher. His review, entitled “Meet My New ‘Old Friend,'” reads, in part:
“One found out pretty quickly about the law’s ability to sting, to bludgeon, and yes to kill. The entire sanctuary would be filled with silent men and woman staring at their shoes as Pastor Petersen condemned our Old Adams without allowing a loophole or even any wiggle room. With his intonation of one word: “Repent!” he would have his hearers almost in tears. And just when you think you could not take any more, you didn’t have to, as Pastor Petersen proclaimed the cross, the forgiveness of sins, the sweet and refreshing Good News that Jesus, the Crucified One, is our Savior and our Redeemer. If I could sum up David Petersen as preacher and as celebrant in one word, I would say: intense.
In his interactions with students, I found him to be truly “apt to teach,” possessing a sense of humor and a candor that was formative to the many men who count it a privilege to have been formed – at least in part – by his work and ministry in Fort Wayne. Obviously, men who served as field workers and/or vicars at Redeemer (I was not) have been the most influenced by him and credit him for making them the preachers they are today.
Thy Kingdom Come is a book that is not only wonderfully deep devotional material for any Christian, it is also a mini-homiletics course for pastors. Just as I counted Pastor Petersen to be a great teacher to me before I was a pastor, I count him an even greater teacher now that I am considered to be his colleague – both in the ministerium of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, and as a fellow editor at Gottesdienst. Although I am the sermons editor, I continue to look to my brother-in-arms in the Lord’s service as an instructor and mentor.”
The Brotherhood Prayer Book: Hymn for the Nativity of our Lord
Audio: Hear A Solis Ortus Cardine chanted by Pr. Sean Daenzer
From east to west, from shore to shore,
Let every heart awake and sing
The holy child whom Mary bore,
The Christ, the everlasting King.
Behold, the world’s Creator wears
The form and fashion of a slave;
Our very flesh our Maker shares,
His fallen creature, man, to save.
For this how wondrously He wrought!
A maiden, in her lowly place,
Became, in ways beyond all thought,
The chosen vessel of His grace.
She bowed her to the angel’s word
Declaring what the Father willed,
And suddenly the promised Lord
That pure and hallowed temple filled.
He shrank not from the oxen’s stall,
He lay within the manger-bed,
And He, whose bounty feedeth all,
At Mary’s breast Himself was fed.
And while the angels in the sky
Sang praise above the silent field,
To shepherds poor the Lord Most High,
The one great Shepherd, was revealed.
All glory for this blessed morn
To God the Father ever be;
All praise to Thee, O Virgin-born,
All praise, O Holy Ghost, to Thee. Amen.
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A Solis Ortus Cardine, Coelius Sedulius, c. 450, trans. by John Ellerton
From The Brotherhood Prayer Book
Thy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from the Feast of the Annunciation
“The Holy Spirit overshadowed the peasant virgin of King David’s line. The Word of God entered into her ear and impregnated her with the second person of the Holy Trinity. Eve had a Seed. And by that holy Seed in her womb, St. Mary found favor with God and was freed from her fear. In this way, God took up human flesh in order to redeem human flesh by sacrifice of that flesh in perfect love. His name can only be ‘Yahweh saves,’ that is, Joshua, Jesus.”
-David H. Petersen, author of Thy Kingdom Come,
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Thy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Saturday of Oculi (3rd week of Lent)
“He has girded His sword to His thigh. What a joyous truth this is. He rode into the death trap, the vineyard where the workers had killed His Father’s servants, into the midst of the angry mob, and He put the scarlet letter upon Himself. ‘Here am I, kill Me.’ He says, ‘I am the sinner for sinners, the scapegoat, the substitute, the whole burnt offering, the ransom, and the mercy seat.’ He rode with truth, with meekness, and with righteousness. ‘Neither do I accuse you,’ He said. No sweeter words have ever been spoken in all of history.”
-David H. Petersen, author of Thy Kingdom Come, regarding the woman caught in adultery in John 8
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Thy Kingdom Come: An Excerpt from Wednesday of Oculi (3rd week of Lent)
“Lack of ceremonies does not defile a man, but neither is a lack of ceremonies a virtue. In fact, it is practically impossible to imagine piety without ceremony. Those whose hearts have been purified by the blood of Christ will confess His name, and they will respond to the confession with their bodies even as mothers hug their babies. It comes naturally. Pious, forgiven people will know and feel joy. Thus, they will treat holy things as holy—not to earn favor with God, but simply because they are thankful.”
-David H. Petersen, author of Thy Kingdom Come
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