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And in Jesus Christ His Only Son
by Stephen Chambers When Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”, several answers came to the fore. “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” (Matt 16:14) The disciples’ answer to Jesus’s next…
The Name of Jesus
by Thomas M. Winger The story is told of a wrestling match in the ancient Olympics between a wrestler from Ephesus and one from nearby Miletus. The little Ephesian was absolutely unbeatable, and so his Milesian opponent cried foul. On close examination the judges discovered…
Back to the Catechism: The Creed
This article reflects on the section of Luther’s Small Catechism dealing with the Creed. Read the relevant portion online in contemporary English here. We All Believe in One True God by Edward G. Kettner When Luther outlined the order of the catechism, he noted that…
Pictures of the Resurrection
by Paul Zabel So the other disciples told him (Thomas), “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand…
Faith, Hope, and Joy in the Promise of Resurrection
by Thomas Prachar With the celebration of another Easter morning, we boldly confess in the Apostles’ Creed: “I believe…in the resurrection of the body.” In the Nicene Creed we confess: “And the third day He [Jesus] rose again according to the Scriptures…and I look for…
Missing Jesus
by Mathew Block If anyone should have understood Jesus, it was Judas. A disciple of the Lord, He had heard the teachings and seen the miracles. But on the night he betrays Jesus, we see how little he truly knew Him. We read that Judas…
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