After exhorting us on how God–not wealth, nor honor, nor wisdom and skill–is our highest good (Listen here.), Johann Starck leads us in praying to the Triune God who alone is our “highest, dearest, truest, and very best good.” Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and edited by W. …
From Psalm 73 we learn to pray, “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26, ESV). Johann Starck exhorts us to recognize that God alone is our highest good. Source: Starck’s Prayer-Book, by Johann Starck (translated and …
In this fourth and final part of meditating on “The Mystery of the Incarnation,” Johann Gerhard leads us to wonder at just why our Lord Jesus took on our human flesh. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Source: Sacred Meditations by Johann Gerhard, pages 79-81. http://media.blubrry.com/sacredmeditations/sacredmeditations.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JGSM018-The-Mystery-of-the-Incarnation-4.mp3Podcast: Play in new window …
We continue pondering the mystery of our Lord’s Incarnation with Johann Gerhard. Here Gerhard leads us in joining our voices and our …
We continue pondering the mystery of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here Johann Gerhard weaves together several images of what …
Christmas is about the Birth of the very Son of God who was born of the Virgin Mary. More than that, Christmas …
In this holy season of Advent, we meditate on the coming Christ Jesus in the flesh for our benefit. Here we join …
In Advent we meditate on our King who comes to us righteous and having salvation (Zechariah 9:9). Johann Starck, in his Prayer …
“Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears …
Jesus taught us to love both God and our neighbor (see Matthew 22:34-40). In this meditation, Johann Arndt explores how love for …
