The Need to Purify Music
The Christian in all things is called not to walk as the nations, “in the vanity of their mind” (Ephesians 4:17), but to be “unspotted from the world” (James 1:27). In this age of plenty and carnal indulgence, the songs of the world have only grown in the depravity they reflect. Music, the proper and noble maid…
Three Years of the Stone Choir: Heretics or God’s Witnesses?
A guest post by The Noticing Pleb Almost three years ago, on Oct, 19, 2022 to be precise, the leadership of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod was – from their perspective – first afflicted with the Stone Choir. Much to their chagrin, the chorus has only grown, and not just among Lutherans but other Christians…
Der Lutheraner Potpourri
In making a previous post I realized that some of the surrounding articles might be of varying interest also, and since I couldn’t decide which to leave out, I decided to post a couple of pages worth of Der Lutheraner so that those who don’t read German well enough to do so can get an…
C. F. W. Walther on Women’s Rights, Infanticide, Godless Schools
The horrific curse under which the American Republic suffers is not the ‘disenfranchisement’ of women by men, but their dehumanization by themselves.
Monica, a Model for Women
The following quotation from Luther appears in Der Lutheraner, vol 42, p. 86. Monica, a Model for Women. One reads of Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine, who had a strange, peculiar husband who was also a pagan. What did she do? She conducted herself in such a way that he did her no harm.…
Race Debate: Rev. Wolfmueller’s Closing Statement
I’ll leave it to the reader to assess the helpfulness of this debate. I think, in large part, Linnaeus and I have been talking past each other. It feels like Linnaeus has been trying to squeeze a concession out of me that I’ve been willing to give our entire debate: lineage and heritage are real…
Race Debate: Linnaeus Closing Statement
In this debate, I have argued that race denotes degrees of consanguinity, as achieved through shared lineage according to the flesh.
Is John Bombaro Correct to Assert “Devilish Prejudices” for the Disciples in Matthew 15:21-28?
Guest Post by Nate Rinne John Bombaro is a very interesting Lutheran pastor. I have always appreciated his thoughtfulness and apologetic bent, even as I disagree with him violently about law and gospel being a “hermeneutic” by which we read scripture.1 His reflection on Matthew 15:21-28 (“The Gospel for Dogs”) is certainly thought-provoking, and stands…
Linnaeus’ Open Letter to Rev. Warren Graff
Dear sir, I’ve had your response to my arguments on my radar for several months now, but was unsure if I would get around to addressing it. As it has been published in Christian News alongside my arguments, it now seems worthwhile. Truth be told, it was your draft of the overture, To Uphold the…
Linnaeus’ Open Letter to the Editor of Christian News
Dear sir, I greatly appreciate your inclusion of the opening statements and rebuttals of my Race Debate with Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller in the June 9, 2025 edition of Christian News (Volume 63, Number 23). I hope you will also publish the cross-examinations and the concluding statements—once they are up—in a future publication as well. You…
The Bad and the Ugly in Usury
Zacchaeus responds to Travis Berg’s Gottesdienst article, The Good in Usury. “Follow God’s law? In this economy?” I feel compelled to weigh in. There are 4 different concepts at issue here. Coin clipping is immoral, and no Christian should assume coin clipping as a matter of course while spilling ink to equivocate and make what…
God’s Mandate for Righteous Anger
by WoeOriginally published 22 May 2021. Republished with permission. In 2015, the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Gibbs published an essay under the banner of his employer Concordia Seminary, St. Louis titled The Myth of Righteous Anger. This now-famous essay in Lutheran circles is trotted out at Winkels and by District Presidents, to the point that merely…
Race Debate: Cross Examination of Wolfmueller
Cross examination round of the Race Debate between Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller and Linnaeus. This page will post Rev. Wolfmueller’s answers to Linnaeus’s cross examination questions.
Race Debate: Cross Examination of Linnaeus
Cross examination round of the Race Debate between Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller and Linnaeus. This page will post Linnaeus’s answers to Rev. Wolfmueller’s cross examination questions.
NOT JACOB PREUS – KURT MARQUART – GOD’S CHOSEN INSTRUMENT
Anyone who has studied what was happening theologically within the LCMS for twenty years prior to the LCMS’s 1973 Convention knows that God’s chief instrument, and the real hero in this battle, was no one in the LCMS’s bureaucracy, no LCMS president, no seminary president, no Professor or anyone else whose salary came from the…
Series Pilot: Walking Together
Walking Together by Lutheranon1483 Chapter One The crisp October breeze drifted through the trees in the church parking lot, almost purposively. Here and there a dead leaf was torn off and forced into an unpredictable spiral—blowing, as they do, wherever the wind listeth. Much more purposive was the gait of Pastor Frank Mueller, stumping firmly…
BFP Scripture Index
INDEXto the Bible passagestreated in this volume. [The Gospel and Epistle Lessons have been marked with an asterisk (*).] Genesis Genesis 2, 18. 21-24Genesis 4, 3-11Genesis 17, 1-6Genesis 18, 17-19Genesis 24, 1-7 Exodus Exodus 1, 22-2, 10Exodus 4, 10-15Exodus 15, 1-11 Leviticus Leviticus 14, 2-8 Numbers Numbers 21, 5-9 1 Samuel 1 Samuel 1, 20.…
Confessing Christ as Master, Ourselves His Slaves
If God himself be for me, / I may a host defy;for when I pray, before me / My foes, confounded, fly.If Christ, my head and master, / Befriend me from above,what foe or what disaster / Can drive me from his love?—Paul Gerhardt, “If God Himself Be For Me” (TLH 528) The New Testament…
Race Debate: Wolfmueller Rebuttal
Rebuttal round of the Race Debate between Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller and Linnaeus. Debate thesis: There is only one race, the race of Adam. Rev. Wolfmueller affirms:Opening StatementRebuttal belowCross Examination of WolfmuellerClosing Statement Linnaeus denies:Opening StatementRebuttalCross Examination of LinnaeusClosing Statement “Races” — A Response First, I’d like to again thank Linnaeus for suggesting this debate, and…
Race Debate: Linnaeus Rebuttal
Rebuttal round of the Race Debate between Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller and Linnaeus. Debate thesis: There is only one race, the race of Adam. Rev. Wolfmueller affirms:Opening StatementRebuttalCross Examination of WolfmuellerClosing Statement Linnaeus denies:Opening StatementRebuttal belowCross Examination of LinnaeusClosing Statement Thanks again to Reverend Wolfmueller for the continuance of this debate. Before I respond to Wolfmueller’s…
Reprisal in the LCMS: Another Day, Another Struggle Session
Two months ago we posted the full text of Dr. Edward Naumann’s paper, “Due Process and the Mission of the Church,” a critical review of so-called “conflict resolution” practices in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod, presented at the annual conference of the Lutheran Concerns Association (LCA) on January 20 of this year. Roughly coincident…
BFP Table of Contents
Blessed is the man whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates in his law day and night. Psalm 1, 1. 2.
Giving a Response to the Clerical Mob — A Case Study
Michael Hunter, a Reformed Minister, was recently confronted by his ecclesiastical supervisors to give an accounting for his Right Wing views. This has become a common story. Therefore, Old Lutherans publishes here his response for the learning of those who will be called upon to do the same in the future.
The Good Samaritan Fallacy
An examination of the twisted way regime theologians use the parable of the Good Samaritan, by Ehud Would.
Correcting Jeffrey Kloha on Race in the Ancient World
A critical review of Jeffrey Kloha’s claims about racial views in the ancient world.
Race Debate: Wolfmueller Opening Statement
Opening statement round of the Race Debate between Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller and Linnaeus. Debate thesis: There is only one race, the race of Adam. Linnaeus denies:Opening StatementRebuttalCross Examination of Linnaeus Rev. Wolfmueller affirms:Opening Statement belowRebuttalCross Examination of Wolfmueller “There is only one race, the race of Adam.” First, thanks to Linneaus for suggesting this debate…
Race Debate: Linnaeus Opening Statement
Opening statement round of the Race Debate between Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller and Linnaeus. Debate thesis: There is only one race, the race of Adam. Rev. Wolfmueller affirms:Opening StatementRebuttalCross Examination of WolfmuellerClosing Statement Linnaeus denies:Opening Statement belowRebuttalCross Examination of LinnaeusClosing Statement Dear Reader, At the outset, I would like to thank my opponent, Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller,…
BFP 107: Saturday after Septuagesima Sunday
107. Saturday after Septuagesima Sunday. Psalm 119, 25-32. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. My soul melteth for…
BFP 106: Friday after Septuagesima Sunday
106. Friday after Septuagesima Sunday. God, anoint our eyeswith thy Holy Spirit! Isaiah 53, 10-12. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord…
One Year Past the Seminex Semicentennial
Yesterday marked a very auspicious date. Fifty-one years ago, the liberal faculty majority of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, — together with the liberal student majority, to the tune of 80-90% of the student body — staged a dramatic walkout from the seminary grounds, parading out of the chapel singing “The Church’s One Foundation”…
BFP 105: Thursday after Septuagesima Sunday
105. Thursday after Septuagesima Sunday. 1 Corinthians 9, 19-22. For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under…
BFP 104: Wednesday after Septuagesima Sunday
104. Wednesday after Septuagesima Sunday. Heavenly Wisdom; enter,and abide in us. 1 Corinthians 3, 18-23. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is…
BFP 103: Tuesday after Septuagesima Sunday
103. Tuesday after Septuagesima Sunday. O, that we may hearthy voice, Lord Jesus! Matthew 10, 37-42. He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after…
BFP 102: Monday after Septuagesima Sunday
102. Monday after Septuagesima Sunday. I will pay my vows unto the Lord nowin the presence of all his people. Luke 17, 7-10. But which of you, having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? And…
BFP 100/101: Septuagesima Sunday
100. Septuagesima Sunday. I. Lord Jesus, speak nowthy lesson of life to us all. Gospel Lesson, Matthew 20, 1-16. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for…
BFP 099: Saturday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
99. Saturday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Psalm 74, 1-9. 12. Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount…
BFP 098: Friday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
98. Friday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Let thy truth and love, O God,penetrate our souls. Amen. Ephesians 4, 11-16. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of…
BFP 097: Thursday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
97. Thursday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. O God, may we be vessels of goldand silver in thy house. Amen. 1 Corinthians 5, 9-13. I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for…
BFP 096: Wednesday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
96. Wednesday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Psalm 12. Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips, and with a double heart, do they speak. The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the…
BFP 095: Tuesday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
95. Tuesday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, have mercy on us,and let thy word of reproofbe for our salvation. Revelation 3, 1-6. And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast…
BFP 094: Monday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
94. Monday after Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Search me, O God,and know my heart,and lead me in the wayeverlasting. Amen. Matthew 13, 36-43. Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and…
Mass Immigration in the Name of God: Countering Disinformation About LCMS RSOs
A critical examination of Matthew Harrison’s February 2025 letter to relieve himself and the LCMS body politic of any and all culpability for crimes against the American people.
BFP 092/093: Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
92. Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. I. Lord Jesus, give us graceto hear thy wordand examine ourselves. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Matthew 13, 24-30. Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed…
Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation
There is a playbook used by those who conceal the truth. Learn how it works here.
Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth: The Rules of Disinformation
When the truth is a closely held secret, men go to great lengths to prevent discovery. Learn the rules, so you can spot them.
BFP 091: Saturday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
91. Saturday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Psalm 27, 7-14. Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy…
BFP 090: Friday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
90. Friday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.…
BFP 089: Thursday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
89. Thursday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Hebrews 11, 23-27. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the…
BFP 088: Wednesday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
88. Wednesday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, let our soul wait upon thee. Amen. Matthew 14, 24-33. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when…
BFP 087: Tuesday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
87. Tuesday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Psalm 46. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake…
BFP 086: Monday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
86. Monday after Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. Lord of hosts, blessed is the manthat trusteth in thee.Give us grace to do this. Amen. Exodus 15, 1-11. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse…
BFP 084/085: Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
84. Fourth Sunday after Epiphany. I. Lord, take us with thee,and let us abide with thee alway. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Matthew 8, 23-27. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but…
BFP 083: Saturday after Third Sunday after Epiphany
83. Saturday after Third Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, convert us; and in thy lightlet us see light. Amen. Matthew 4, 12-17. Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee: And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of…
Due Process and the Mission of the Church
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod enjoys a solid biblical and confessional basis. A lack of due process in the Synod, however, stands in direct contradiction of the Church’s confession, and adversely affects her mission.
BFP 082: Friday after Third Sunday after Epiphany
82. Friday after Third Sunday after Epiphany. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house;they will be still praising thee! Amen Isaiah 25, 6-9. And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow,…
BFP 081: Thursday after Third Sunday after Epiphany
81. Thursday after Third Sunday after Epiphany. Purge me with hyssop,and I shall be clean;wash me, and I shall bewhiter than snow. Leviticus 14, 2-8. This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the…
BFP 080: Wednesday after Third Sunday after Epiphany
80. Wednesday after Third Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, increase our faith!Lord, make our faith strong. Amen. Hebrews 11, 8-12. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in…
BFP 079: Tuesday after Third Sunday after Epiphany
79. Tuesday after Third Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, do not relax thy hold on me;but make me humble and save me. Amen. John 4, 15-26. The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.…
BFP 078: Monday after Third Sunday after Epiphany
78. Monday after Third Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, thy river is full of water;we pray thee, give us to drink. John 4, 6-14. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw…
BFP 076/077: Third Sunday after Epiphany
76. Third Sunday after Epiphany. I. Lord Jesus, let the cleansingand healing power of thy bloodcome upon us. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Matthew 8, 1-13. When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.…
BFP 075: Saturday after Second Sunday after Epiphany
75. Saturday after Second Sunday after Epiphany. Psalm 143. A psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. For the enemy hath persecuted…
BFP 074: Friday after Second Sunday after Epiphany
74. Friday after Second Sunday after Epiphany. God, thou hast done all things well;teach us to know thy love. Amen. Genesis 2, 18. 21-24. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And the Lord God caused a deep…
BFP 073: Thursday after Second Sunday after Epiphany
73. Thursday after Second Sunday after Epiphany. The way of the righteous is made plain.Lord, let me be found among them. John 1, 47-51. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said…
BFP 072: Wednesday after Second Sunday after Epiphany
72. Wednesday after Second Sunday after Epiphany. The God of patience and consolationgrant us to be likemindedaccording to Christ Jesus. Amen. James 1, 2-12. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye…
BFP 071: Tuesday after Second Sunday after Epiphany
71. Tuesday after Second Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, unite our hearts to theein the fellowship of love. Amen. Ephesians 5, 22-33. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior…
BFP 070: Monday after Second Sunday after Epiphany
70. Monday after Second Sunday after Epiphany. As for me and my house,we will serve the Lord. Genesis 24, 1-7. And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had,…
BFP 068/069: Second Sunday after Epiphany
68. Second Sunday after Epiphany. I. Lord Jesus, come to us, and abide with us;unite our hearts in thee,and sanctify our homes. Amen. Gospel Lesson, John 2, 1-11. And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples,…
BFP 067: Saturday after First Sunday after Epiphany
67. Saturday after First Sunday after Epiphany. Teach me, O Lord, the wayof thy statutes;and I shall keep itunto the end. Amen. Ecclesiastes 11, 9. 10; 12, 1. 2. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine…
BFP 066: Friday after First Sunday after Epiphany
66. Friday after First Sunday after Epiphany. Lord Jesus, give usthy love and obedience. Amen. John 4, 30-34. Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.…
BFP 065: Thursday after First Sunday after Epiphany
65. Thursday after First Sunday after Epiphany. Psalm 119, 9-20. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin…
BFP 064: Wednesday after First Sunday after Epiphany
64. Wednesday after First Sunday after Epiphany. Lord our God, from theehave we received our children,and we return them to thee;let them be thinein time and eternity. Amen. 1 Samuel 1, 20. 24-28. Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called…
BFP 063: Tuesday after First Sunday after Epiphany
63. Tuesday after First Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, let our young peopletake heed according to thy word,that they cleanse their way. 2 Timothy 3, 14-17. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known…
BFP 062: Monday after First Sunday after Epiphany
62. Monday after First Sunday after Epiphany. Lord, thou knowest us;give us grace to hear thy wordand keep thy ways. Amen. Genesis 18, 17-19. And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the…
BFP 060/061: First Sunday after Epiphany
Teach your children the Catechism; do not leave this to the school; let the home be the temple of the Lord, and let this instruction in the word of God be the mother’s sacred privilege. Alas, what is to become of the unfortunate children who do not learn the word of God in their homes?
BFP 059: Saturday after Epiphany
59. Saturday after Epiphany. Lord, lay bare to our soulthe glorious mysteries of thy word. Amen. Romans 10, 4-10. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.…
BFP 058: Friday after Epiphany
58. Friday after Epiphany. God, teach us to know our nakedness;and do thou clothe us withthe garment of righteousness. Amen. Romans 10, 4-10. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things…
BFP 057: Thursday after Epiphany
57. Thursday after Epiphany. Blessed be the Lord God,the God of Israel;and let the whole earthbe filled with his glory. Isaiah 45, 22-25. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out…
BFP 056: Wednesday after Epiphany
56. Wednesday after Epiphany. God hath concluded all in unbelief,that he might have mercy upon all.Lord, help us to believe thy word. Jeremiah 31, 1-4. At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith the Lord, The people…
BFP 055: Tuesday after Epiphany
55. Tuesday after Epiphany. Verily, God is good to Israel,even to such as are pure in heart;Lord, let me be of them. Isaiah 45, 4-8. For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. I am the…
BFP 052/053: Epiphany (January 6)
52. Epiphany (January 6). I. O, praise the Lord, all ye nations,praise him, all ye people!For his merciful kindnessis great toward us;and the truth of the Lordendureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord. Gospel Lesson, Matthew 2, 1-12. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa, in the days of Herod the king, behold,…
BFP 054: Monday after Epiphany
54. Monday after Epiphany. Blessed are the undefiled in the way,who walk in the law of the Lord. Genesis 17, 1-6. And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make…
BFP 049: Epiphany Eve
49. Epiphany Eve. Lord God, let thy tender mercybe known in all the earth,and let it become mightyin our hearts. Amen. Isaiah 12. And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. Behold, God is my…
BFP 050/051: Sunday after New Year
50. Sunday after New Year. I. Lord, remember thy congregationwhich thou hast purchased of old,which thou hast redeemed to bethe tribe of thine inheritance. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Matthew 2, 19-23. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young…
BFP 048: January 4
48. January 4. The Lord is my strength and my song;he also is become my salvation.Teach me to believe in thee. Amen. Isaiah 40, 26-31. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of…
BFP 047: January 3
47. January 3. Create in us clean hearts, O God,and knit us together by thy holy love. Amen. 1 Peter 2, 1-6. Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so…
BFP 046: January 2
46. January 2. Lord Jesus, lead usinto the sanctuaries of thy word. Amen. Luke 4, 16-21. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book…
BFP 044/045: New Year’s Day (Circumcision and Name of Jesus)
44. New Year’s Day. I. In the name of Jesus.Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion;and unto thee shall the vow be performed. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Luke 2, 21. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before…
BFP 043: New Year’s Eve
43. New Year’s Eve. Psalm 90. A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest,…
BFP 040: December 30
40. December 30. Lord Jesus, Word of life, draw usto thee and to the Father. Amen. 1 John 1, 1-7. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled of the Word of life; (for the life…
BFP 039: December 29
39. December 29. My God, let thy grace sanctify mewholly and entirely. Amen. Titus 2, 11-14. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the…
BFP 041/042: Sunday after Christmas
41. Sunday after Christmas. I. Lord, remember usin our youth and in our old age,and give us a blessed end. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Luke 2, 33-40. And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set…
BFP 038: December 28
38. December 28. Lord, let thy grace and truthshine into our soul. Amen. John 1, 14-18. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This…
BFP 031: Friday after Fourth Sunday in Advent
31. Friday after Fourth Sunday in Advent. Lord, let thy wordenlighten us and lead uson the right path. Matthew 1, 20-23. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife;…
BFP 037: Third Christmas Day
37. Third Christmas Day. Lord Jesus, thou eternal Word;speak to us, that we may believe in thee. Amen. John 1, 1-13. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him…
BFP 030: Thursday after Fourth Sunday in Advent
30. Thursday after Fourth Sunday in Advent. Lord, let our faith have its foundationin thy word. Amen. Micah 5, 2-5. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been…
BFP 035/036: Second Christmas Day
35. Second Christmas Day. I. Lord Jesus, gather us by thy wordunder the wings of thy grace. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Matthew 23, 34-39. Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and…
BFP 029: Wednesday after Fourth Sunday in Advent
29. Wednesday after Fourth Sunday in Advent. Let thy word, O God, lighten our eyesand shine upon our path. Amen. Daniel 9, 15-19. And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we…
BFP 033/034: Christmas Day
33. Christmas Day. I. Lord, let thy tidings of joypermeate our heart. Amen. Gospel Lesson, Luke 2, 1-14. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And…
BFP 028: Tuesday after Fourth Sunday in Advent
28. Tuesday after Fourth Sunday in Advent. Lord, let thy workwake us and enlighten us,that we may believe on theein spirit and in truth. Amen. John 3, 27-36. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not…
BFP 032: Christmas Eve
32. Christmas Eve. O dearest Jesus, holy Child, make theea bed, soft, undefiled, within my heart! Isaiah 9, 6. 7. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father,…
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