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Donald Roy@randahl Two of the four nations that make up the #uk also have an established church. The two established churches have a common theology - #reformed rather than #lutheran - but entirely different organisational arrangements. And of them #england at least seems much more profoundly secular than say #northernireland which has not had an established church since the late nineteenth century.
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✧ Easter Oratorio ✧
The Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, is one of three oratorios composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for high holiday services of the Lutheran church in Leipzig. He wrote an autograph score (page pictured) in 1738, but had already composed the music in 1725 for two works: the congratulatory Shepherd Cantata and a church cantata for Easter. The ...
#easteroratorio #bwv #lutheran #leipzig #baroque #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Oratorio
In 1607, two #Lutheran clergymen sharing the surname Andreae came to work in the small town of #Kastellaun (#Hunsrück). One, 20-something, as the schoolmaster, the other, 75, as the vicar. Were they related? https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/03/understanding-andreae-connection.html
#familyhistory #genealogy #reformation #clergy #Germany
#familyhistory #genealogy #reformation #clergy #Germany
Greg JohnsonMartin Luther taught that covetousness—the restless desire for more—must be put to death. The Christian test is plain: the Golden Rule, dealing with others as we would be dealt with, the foundation of equity and justice.
Yet today complaints of unfairness are often dismissed as envy, and the charge of coveting is turned upon the complainant rather than the sin.
#lutheran #lcms #tencommandments #christian #equity #justice
Martin Luther basically says every Christian hosts a daily argument between “Old Adam” and a conscience trained by Scripture. One wants holiness; the other wants snacks, shortcuts, and another pint. True faith trains the heart to praise Christ, serve neighbors, and stop cheating people. Beer optional. Moses still teaching.
Morris Officer, founder of the first Lutheran mission in Liberia, looked squarely at the slave trade and could bear it no longer. He prayed that every trace of that cruel traffic would be washed away. His response wasn’t theory, but repentance and hope. What injustices do we dare to pray would be cleansed from our own world—and our own hearts?
Ken RanosToday is the twelfth anniversary of my ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic church of Christ through the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Every year I learn something new. Including how to reliably spell "twelfth" correctly.
#Church #ministry #Lutheran #ELCA #EvangelicalLutheranChurchinAmerica #churchwork
Martin Luther, explaining Matthew 5, presses Christ’s words to their limit: if devotion interferes with love of neighbor, devotion must wait. Luther even says God would rather see no church built than a neighbor neglected. The obstacle to worship, he suggests, may be the grievance our neglect creates. How will you seek reconciliation where duty and devotion collide?
#lutheran #lutheranchurchmissourisynod #neighbor #worship #faith #christian #community #devotion
