Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Hymns and The Hymn of the Day God’s people have been encouraged to sing their prayers, praise, and thanksgiving to God. Why [...]
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How Lutherans Worship -13: The Hymns & The Sermon
Posted by ScotK on January 23, 2012
http://scotkinnaman.com/2012/01/23/how-lutherans-worship-13-the-hymns-and-the-sermon/
How Lutherans Worship -12: Hearing God’s Word
The Service of the Word makes a transition from prayer and praise to the hearing of God’s Word. The bestowal of God’s grace, which was announced in the Introit and prayed for in the Collect, will now take place in the reading and preaching of God’s Word. The reading of Scripture in the Divine Service [...]
Posted by ScotK on January 20, 2012
http://scotkinnaman.com/2012/01/20/how-lutherans-worship-12-hearing-gods-word/
How Lutherans Worship – 11: Prayer and the Collect of the Day
Salutation The Lord be with you. And also with you. The Salutation is a special greeting between the congregation and its pastor. Originally the pastor would have spoken “Peace be with you,” purposefully repeating our Lord’s post-resurrection greeting to His fearful disciples gathered together in the upper room on that first Easter evening. The present [...]
Posted by ScotK on January 19, 2012
http://scotkinnaman.com/2012/01/19/how-lutherans-worship-11/
Matthew 11:12-19 Festival of the Reformation
Neither Dance Nor Dirge Matthew 11:12-19 Go to any farmer’s market, open-air craft fair, or urban street bazaar, and you can get a reasonable idea of the market Jesus is speaking about in our Gospel. The merchants arrive and set out their wares for the day, and soon the customers come looking for the best [...]
Posted by ScotK on October 31, 2011
http://scotkinnaman.com/2011/10/31/sermon-for-reformation/
Unexpected
A neighborhood cat adopted our yard last week. We have a small garden fountain and he joined the squirrels and birds who drink from it on a regular basis throughout the season. He didn’t look too healthy, he was skinny and . . .reliant. I had my thoughts, which I did not share with the [...]
Posted by ScotK on October 7, 2011
http://scotkinnaman.com/2011/10/07/unexpected/
A Prayer for the Resurrection of Our Lord—Easter 2011
Hell took a body, and discovered God. It took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see. O death, where is thy sting? O Hell, where is thy victory? Christ is Risen, and you, O death, are annihilated! Christ is Risen, and the evil ones [...]
Posted by ScotK on April 24, 2011
http://scotkinnaman.com/2011/04/24/a-prayer-for-the-resurrection-of-our-lord-easter-2011/
A Prayer for Holy Saturday 2011
Heavenly Father, I am silenced at the grave of Your Son. In justice You called for Him, who knew no sin, to be made sin for us. Yet You permitted Your Son to die in innocence. In love He came to us but He was rejected by hate. He taught us obedience but men rebelled [...]
Posted by ScotK on April 23, 2011
http://scotkinnaman.com/2011/04/23/a-prayer-for-holy-saturday-201/
A Prayer for Good Friday 2011
O Christ, Lamb of God, slain for the sin of the whole world, with penitent heart I come to Your Cross, pleading for mercy and forgiveness. My sins—and they are many—have added to the burden of Your suffering and have nailed You to the accursed tree. For me You tasted the agony of the utter [...]
Posted by ScotK on April 22, 2011
http://scotkinnaman.com/2011/04/22/a-prayer-for-good-friday-2011/
A Prayer for Holy Thursday 2011
Eternal Savior, how can my heart show its appreciation of Your love? How can I serve You best, who has loved me and given Your life for me? You has sealed to me the forgiveness of all my sins and offered me reconciliation and peace in the blessed Sacrament which You institute on this day. [...]
Posted by ScotK on April 21, 2011
http://scotkinnaman.com/2011/04/21/a-prayer-for-holy-thursday-2011/
Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday?
As the Senior Editor working with church resources at Concordia Publishing House, I have decisions to make about what appears in those resources. I am used to explaining the reasons for those decision. Sometimes I’m asked to explain things that appear in CPH products but are actually determined by our use of the Church Year, [...]
Posted by ScotK on April 21, 2011
http://scotkinnaman.com/2011/04/21/holy-thursday-or-maundy-thursday/
Daily Prayer
The Concordia Theological Seminary community invites you to listen to the Morning Office held daily at 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. The audio from the Chapel service is posted daily, and is typically available by 1:00 p.m. (Eastern).
Follow this link to get to the Kramer Chapel audio files.
