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 [...]
All posts in category Divine Service & liturgy
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/
How Lutherans Worship – 9: Excursus: Trinitarian Nature of the Lord’s Supper
When the church celebrates the Lord’s Supper, it confesses the doctrine of the Trinity. The community of believers gather to hear the Word of the Father, the Son incarnate in body and blood, and the Spirit’s faith-giving breath. The communion of saints mirrors the trinitarian fellowship (koinonia) of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God dwells with His people.
Posted by ScotK on July 22, 2009
http://scotkinnaman.com/2009/07/22/how-lutherans-worship-9/
The Divine Service
These are the parts of the Divine Service, that is the chief worship service by which we celebrate Holy Communion. They are basically the same in all orthodox Lutheran hymnals. This order of service is not unique to Lutherans. We did not invent it. It is the ancient form of worship that has been developed among Christians the world over from the very beginning of the New Testament era. It is based exclusively on scripture and is focused completely on Jesus Christ and His saving grace on the Cross of Calvary.
Posted by ScotK on March 19, 2009
http://scotkinnaman.com/2009/03/19/the-divine-service/
How Lutherans Worship – 8: Kyrie & Hymn of Praise
KYRIE As we move toward the reading of God’s Word we join with all the faithful through all the ages and ask the Lord for mercy. The Kyrie is a litany, or a prayer recited in parts. kyrie Latin Kyrie, eleison, Lord, have mercy. The Kyrie is the first prayer of the gathered congregation. Lord, [...]
Posted by ScotK on October 20, 2006
http://scotkinnaman.com/2006/10/20/how-lutherans-worship-8-2/
How Lutherans Worship – 7: The Service of The Word & Introit
The Divine Service continues with SERVICE OF THE WORD. The purpose of the Service of the Word is to present Christ to the assembled congregation as they prepare to meet him in his Supper. The Service of the Word begins with the song of entrance. During this song of entrance the pastor makes his entrance [...]
Posted by ScotK on October 6, 2006
http://scotkinnaman.com/2006/10/06/how-lutherans-worship-7-2/
How Lutherans Worship – 6: Excursus: More on Confession and Absolution
There are some who think about things like the historic liturgy who get stuck on the “historic” aspect. Some have been heard, from time-to-time posit that the Preparation (consisting of Confession and Absolution, How Lutherans Worship -3) has been grafted onto the historic liturgy, and thus can be omitted altogether from the celebration of the [...]
Posted by ScotK on October 3, 2006
http://scotkinnaman.com/2006/10/03/how-lutherans-worship-6-2/
How Lutherans Worship – 5: On Liturgy …. Some different perspectives
While we are on the subject of liturgy and worship, I am providing links to some interesting posts from different perspectives. Love & Blunder has this article on Liturgy and Catechesis in her archive. The power of the liturgy. It is worth a read. I don’t know any thing about Alden Swan and his blog [...]
Posted by ScotK on September 30, 2006
http://scotkinnaman.com/2006/09/30/on-liturgy-some-different-perspectives/
How Lutherans Worship – 4: The Liturgy: The Pattern for Our Worship
I would venture to say that many Lutherans use the terms Divine Service (or worship) and liturgy almost interchangeably. Yet this is not the most correct way to speak about the Divine Service or the liturgy. Truth be told, no great harm is done by this lack of discernment or care (while I am sure [...]
Posted by ScotK on September 29, 2006
http://scotkinnaman.com/2006/09/29/how-lutherans-worship-4/
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.
