Our gracious and almighty God has given His only-begotten Son to take our nature upon Himself. We pray that, since we have been born again and made His children by adoption and grace, we may be renewed by His Holy Spirit. The Nativity of Our Lord: Christmas Day (third collect), …
In this Advent season we have meditated on the coming of Christ in the flesh. In this prayer, from Johann Starck, we call upon our King of Glory to work the benefits of His coming in us. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. …
During Advent we meditate on our Coming King who comes to save us sinners. Johann Starck, in his Prayer Book, leads us in praying to Jesus who comes to us in our Baptism. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. H. T. Dau, 1921), page 65. …
In this holy season of Advent, we meditate on the coming Christ Jesus in the flesh for our benefit. Here we join …
God has made us His children through baptism into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We pray that, as we have …
In meditating on the benefits of Baptism, Johann Gerhard draws from the Red Sea of Exodus 14 and the crystal sea of …
Johann Gerhard looks to John 5, the pool by the sheep market, as a picture of the healing that Baptism gives us …
“Baptism is a Holy Washing.” That’s how Johann Gerhard introduces his Meditation XVII as he proclaims the benefits of Baptism. Here’s what …
