In this meditation, Johann Arndt explores what it means to be conformed to Christ’s image. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, selected and translated by John Joseph Stoudt, pages 16-17 (Meditation from Arndt’s True Christianity and prayer from Arndt’s The Garden of Paradise). http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/JADP005-Conformed-to-Christs-Image.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | …
God has made us His children through baptism into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We pray that, as we have put away the old life of sin, we may be renewed in the spirit of our minds and live in righteousness and holiness. “For All Baptized Christians,” from …
Johann Gerhard continues pondering how Holy Baptism brings us spiritual healing and makes us temples of the Holy Spirit. Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 96-97. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/JGSM007-The-Benefits-of-Baptism-4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
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 …
