Psalm 40:1-3 – “Singing the New Song”
Genesis 2:8-9 & 15-17 – “The Fruit of the Tree of Life”
Luke 2:22-39 – “Why Are You Here and What Do You Seek?”
Acts 2:38-39 – “Baptized for the Forgiveness of Sins”
sermons
by Pastor Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Galatians 1:1 – Introduction of Paul, an apostle by God
Galatians 1:2-3 – Addressed to the churches of Galatia
Galatians 1:4 – Grace and peace to hearers of the Epistle
Galatians 1:5-6 – Paul’s astonishment of going from Gospel to another gospel
Galatians 1:7-10 – Anathema on any man or angel who perverts the Gospel of Christ
Galatians 1:11-14 – Paul’s past deeds and present revelation of and by Christ
Galatians 1:15-24 – Paul’s activity in proclaiming Christ
Galatians 2:1-5 – Reception and rejection of the Gospel of Christ
Galatians 2:6-10 – The Gospel of the Gentiles and Paul’s relationship to other apostles
Galatians 2:11-13 – Paul confronts Peter’s Hypocrisy
Galatians 2:14-16 – No one is justified by works, but by faith in Christ Jesus
Galatians 2:17-18 – We seek to be justified by Christ.
Galatians 2:19 – Dead to the Law; alive unto God
Galatians 2:20 – Crucified with Christ and living by the faith of Christ
Galatians 2:21 – The righteousness of God comes by the grace of God.
Galatians 3:1 – Foolish Galatians! Obey the truth of Christ crucified for you!
Galatians 3:2 – Is the Holy Spirit received by works or by hearing the faith?
Galatians 3:3-6 – Abraham was justified by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
Galatians 3:7-9 – Those of faith are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:10 – The cursedness of being under the law.
Objections to Doctrine of Faith Disproved
Galatians 3:11-12 – The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 3:13 – Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by being cursed in our place.
Galatians 3:14-18 – Christ is the true Seed of Abraham.
Galatians 3:19 part 1 – The Law of God and the transgressions of man.
The Twofold Purpose of the Law
Galatians 3:19 part 2 The Promise of God
Galatians 3:20 – The promised Mediator
Galatians 3:21-22 – The proper distinction of Law and Gospel.
Galatians 3:23 – The Law came first and then the Gospel.
Galatians 3:24-26 – We are children of God through faith in Christ.
Galatians 3:27-29 – Baptized into Christ … We are all one.
Galatians 4:1-3 – The Law of God still applies to the child of God.
Galatians 4:4-5 – The two natures of Jesus the Christ: Divine and Human
Galatians 4:6 – Reason God sent His Son is so we could be sons of God
Galatians 4:7 – No longer servants, but now sons … and heirs of God!
Galatians 4:8-9a – Knowing other gods … being know by God.
Galatians 4:9b-11 – Do you desire to be in bondage again?
Galatians 4:12-14 – The Gospel has been proclaimed to you.
Galatians 4:15-19 – Paul’s anguish for their spiritual well-being.
Galatians 4:20-25 – Two covenants – one to bondage – the other to freedom.
Galatians 4:26-31 – The one under the Law is cast out; the one under the Gospel is free.
Galatians 5:1-2 – Stand fast in the freedom of Christ.
Galatians 5:3-4 – To rely on the Law for salvation is to fall from grace.
Galatians 5:5-8 – What hinders one from abiding in the Truth?
Galatians 5:9-11 – A little false doctrine affects the whole truth.
Galatians 5:12-13 – Use your liberty in the Gospel to love and serve one another.
Galatians 5:14-15 – Love your neighbor as yourself.
Galatians 5:16-18 – Walking in the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:19-20 – The manifest works of the flesh.
Galatians 5:21-24 – The fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 5:25-26 – Living and walking by the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 6:1-5 – The restoration of one who falls.
Galatians 6:6-12 – Doing good for all; but especially those in the congregation.
Galatians 6:13-18 – The closing words and the Benediction of Christ Jesus.
sermons by
Pastor Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Introduction and Dedication
Advent 1 – Matthew 21:1-9
Advent 2 – Luke 21:25-36
Advent 3 – Matthew 11:2-10
Advent 4 – John 1:19-28
Christmas Day – Luke 2:1-14
2nd Christmas Day – Luke 2:15-20
3rd Christmas Day – John 1:1-14
St. Stephen’s Day – Matthew 23:34-39
St. John the Evangelist – John 21:19-24
Sunday after Christmas – Luke 2:33-40
New Year’s Day – Luke 2:21
Epiphany – Matthew 2:1-12 – Part 1
Epiphany – Matthew 2:1-12 – Part 2
Epiphany – Matthew 2:1-12 – Part 3
Epiphany 1 – Luke 2:41-52 – Sermon 1
Epiphany 1 – Luke 2:41-52 – Sermon 2
Epiphany 2 – John 2:1-11
Epiphany 3 – Matthew 8:1-13
Epiphany 4 – Matthew 8:23-27
Epiphany 5 – Matthew 13:24-30
Septuagesima – Matthew 20:1-16
Sexagesima – Luke 8:4-15
Quinquagesima – Luke 18:31-43
Lent 1 – Matthew 4:1-11
Lent 2 – Matthew 15:21-28
Lent 3 – Luke 11:14-23
Lent 4 – John 6:1-15
Lent 5 – John 8:46-59
Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-9
Good Friday – How to Contemplate Christ’s Holy Sufferings
Confession and the Lord’s Supper
Easter Day – Sermon 1 – Mark 16:1-8
On the Reception of the Holy Sacrament
Easter Day – Sermon 2 – Mark 16:1-8
Easter Day – Sermon 3 – Mark 16:1-8
Easter Monday – Sermon 1 – Luke 24:13-35
Easter Monday – Sermon 2 – Luke 24:13-35
Easter Tuesday – Sermon 1 – Luke 24:36-47
Easter Tuesday – Sermon 2 – Luke 24:36-47
Easter 1 – Sermon 1 – John 20:19-31
Easter 1 – Sermon 2 – John 20:19-31
Easter 1 – Sermon 3 – John 20:19-31
Easter 1 – Sermon 4 – John 20:19-31
Easter 2 – Sermon 1 – John 10:11-16
Easter 2 – Sermon 2 – John 10:11-16
Easter 2 – Sermon 3 – John 10:11-16
Easter 3 – Sermon 1 – John 16:16-23
Easter 3 – Sermon 2 – John 16:16-23
Easter 3 – Sermon 3 – John 16:16-23
Easter 4 – Sermon 1 – John 16:5-15
Easter 4 – Sermon 2 – John 16:5-15
Easter 4 – Sermon 3 – John 16:5-15
Easter 5 – Sermon 1 – John 16:23-30
Easter 5 – Sermon 2 – John 16:23-30
Ascension – Sermon 1 – Mark 16:14-20
Ascension – Sermon 2 – Mark 16:14-20
Ascension – Sermon 3 – Mark 16:14-20
Easter 6 – Sermon 1 – John 15:26 – 16 4
Easter 6 – Sermon 2 – John 15:26 – 16:4
Pentecost – Sermon 1 – John 14:23-31
Pentecost – Sermon 2 – John 14:23-31
Pentecost – Sermon 3 – John 14 23-31 – part 1
Pentecost – Sermon 3 – John 14 23-31 – part 2
Pentecost Monday – Sermon 1 – John 3 16-21
Pentecost Monday – Sermon 2 – John 3 16-21
Pentecost Tuesday – Sermon 1 – John 10 1-11
Pentecost Tuesday – Sermon 2 – John 10 1-11
Pentecost Wednesday – John 6 44-51
Holy Trinity – Sermon 1 – parts 1 and 2 – John 3 1-15
Holy Trinity – Sermon 2 – part 1 – John 3 1-15
Holy Trinity – Sermon 2 – part 2 – John 3 1-15
Trinity 1 – Luke 16 19-31
Trinity 2 – Sermon 1 – Luke 14 16-24
Trinity 2 – Sermon 2 – Luke 14 16-24
Trinity 3 – Sermon 1 – Luke 15 1-10
Trinity 3 – Sermon 2 – Luke 15 1-10
Trinity 4 – Sermon 1 – Luke 6 36-42
Trinity 4 – Sermon 2 – Luke 6 36-42
Trinity 5 – Sermon 1 – Luke 5 1-11
Trinity 5 – Sermon 2 – Luke 5 1-11
1519 – “On the Sacrament of the Altar and Brotherhoods”
1520 – “A Treatise Concerning the Ban”
1520 – “Treatise on Good Works – 1st Table”
1520 – “Treatise on Good Works – 2nd Table”
1520 – “On Christian Liberty”
1522 – “Eight Sermons Preached in Lent in Wittenberg”
1523 – “An Ordinance of a Common Chest”
1523 – “The Right and Power of a Congregation to Judge & Call Teachers (Pastors)”
1525 – “The Burning of Friar Henry”
1526 – “Whether Soldiers Too Can Be Saved”
1528 – “On the War Against the Turk”
1530 – “An Open Letter on Translating”
1539 – “Councils and Fathers” – Part 1
1539 – “Councils and Fathers” – Part 2
1539 – “Councils and Fathers” – Part 3 – Marks of Church
by Pastor C.F.W. Walther (1885)
Preface and Introduction by W.H.T. Dau and the Recitation of the 25 Theses
Lecture 1 – The 2 Doctrines of Scriptures and the Differences between Law and Gospel
Lecture 2 – The Differing Effects of the Law and the Gospel
Lecture 3 – The 2 Proclamations of Law and Gospel are to be in Each Sermon
Lecture 4 – Only a Faithful Pastor is Rightly Able to Distinguish the Law and the Gospel
Lecture 5 – Commingling Law and Gospel Produces No Comfort to the Terrified Conscience
Lecture 6 — Distinguishing Law & Gospel: An Art Taught by God in the School of Experience
Lecture 7 – The Difficulties Encountered in Dealing with the Hearers of a Sermon
Lecture 8 – Without the Distinguishing of Law and Gospel, the Scriptures are a Closed Book
Lecture 9 – 1st Confounding of L&G – Making Christ a New Moses – Pope is Anti-christ
Lecture 10 – Law Preached in all Fierceness – the Gospel in Full Sweetness
Lecture 11 – Law is to be Preached 1st and Gospel 2nd – Not Vice Versa
Lecture 12 – Law is Not for the Terrified Soul – Gospel is Not for Secure Sinner
Lecture 13 – Antinomians – Wrongly Demanding Faith Via the Law
Lecture 14 – The True Christian Church versus the Sects
Lecture 15 – Salvation is by Faith Alone and Not by the Law
Lecture 16 – Luther versus Zwingli and the Anabaptists
Lecture 17 – 7 Scriptural Bases for the Lutheran Practice of Absolution
Lecture 18 – 5 Ways and Places Where God Tells Us We Are Forgiven
Lecture 19 – There is no Intermediate State Between a Christian and a non-Christian
Lecture 20 – Good Works are a Fruit of Repentance (Confession and Absolution)
Lecture 21 – Justification of the Sinner apart from Works of the Law, Good Deeds, etc.
Lecture 22 – The Law Leads to a Knowledge of One’s Sinfulness and Sins
Lecture 23 – Sorrow Over Sin is Not a Cause of Forgiveness
Lecture 24 – Mankind Has No Ability to Believe and Can Not Produce Faith
Lecture 25 – Man is Saved Solely and Only by the Dying and Resurrection of Jesus the Christ
Lecture 26 – Repentance: Confession of Sin (Law) and Confession of Christ (Gospel)
Lecture 27 – There are 5 Marks of the Gospel of the LORD God
Lecture 28 – Grossest Confusion of L&G: Converted When You Avoid Sin & Do Certain Works
Lecture 29 – The True Reality of Who a Christian is: Sinner and Saint
Lecture 30 – There Are Two Outcomes to Life: Heaven or Hell
Lecture 31 – All Sins are Mortal. None are Venial.
Lecture 32 – The Lutheran Church Has Pure Doctrine, But is Not the Alone-Saving Church
Lecture 33 – The Sacraments Are Gifts of Christ to His Church
Lecture 34 – The False Doctrines and Practices of the Pietists
Lecture 35 – Repentance is All God’s Work, Doing and Gift
Lecture 36 – What is Missing in All Other Churches
Lecture 37 – The Gospel, Not the Law, is the Basis and Motivation for Good Works
Lecture 38 – Truths and Falsehoods About the Sin Against the Holy Spirit
Lecture 39 – The Gospel is to Have Predominance in All Preaching and Teaching
1519 – “On the Sacrament of the Altar and Brotherhoods”
1520 – “Treatise on Good Works – 1st Table”
1520 – “Treatise on Good Works – 2nd Table”
1520 – “On Christian Liberty”
1522 – “Eight Sermons Preached in Lent in Wittenberg”
1523 – “An Ordinance of a Common Chest”
1523 – “The Right and Power of a Congregation to Judge & Call Teachers (Pastors)”
1525 – “The Burning of Friar Henry”
1526 – “Whether Soldiers Too Can Be Saved”
1528 – “On the War Against the Turk”
1539 – “Councils and Fathers” – Part 1
1539 – “Councils and Fathers” – Part 2
1539 – “Councils and Fathers” – Part 3 – Marks of Church
Introduction and Preface – 3 min
Chapter 1 – “Our Mortality and Our Uncertainty When God Will Call Us” – 12 min
Chapter 2 – “All Ought to Learn the Blessed Art of Dying” – 33 min
Chapter 3 – “Word, Sacrament and Seven Rules of the Cross” – 54 min
Chapter 4 – “How I Ought to Conduct Myself When Sick” – 27 min
Chapter 5 – “The Daily Pondering of One’s Hour of Death” – 29 min
Chapter 6 – “Quieting the Fear of Death and Remaining Steadfast in Faith” – 22 min
Chapter 7 – “Comforted with the Beneficial Medicine of God” – 19 min
Chapter 8a – “Scriptures and Prayers for the Dying” – 47 min
Chapter 8b – “Hymns and Prayers for the Dying” – 39 min
Chapter 9 – “Departure of the Soul and Resurrection of the Body” – 42 min
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