Gregorian Chant - Venite Exultemus Domino, Psalm 94 (Psalm 95)

This Gregorian chant corresponds to "Oh, Come, Let Us Sing To The Lord" Christian Worship.

Reformation Theology: Martin Luther on the Bondage of the Will

A good collection of Luther quotations from The Bondage of the Will.

Reformation Theology: Martin Luther on the Bondage of the Will

Decided to Stay in WELS

"I swear my loyalty to Holy Mother Synod, for She cannot err. She is infallible in all her pronouncements on faith and morals."

I have decided to stay in WELS.

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    Gregory L. Jackson ‎"Each time I think I'm out, they pull me back in!" The Godfather.

    October 5 at 6:30am · 

Yes, Dr. Jackson, they made me an offer I couldn't refuse... just kidding.

I Am Leaving The Wisconsin Synod

After much thought and consideration I have decided to leave the WELS due to the direction Church and Change is going. This group has repeatedly sought direction and instruction from false teachers such as Bill Hybels (http://www.willowcreek.com), Craig Groeschel (www.lifechurch.tv), Andy Stanley (http://www.northpoint.org) , and Leonard Sweet (http://www.leonardsweet.com) to name a few. I have little confidence that WELS will enact any kind of church discipline to bring Church and Change into line with genuine Lutheran doctrine and practice, but I pray God's Word will do its work and lead those teaching, inculcating, and promoting false doctrine to repentance.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are two of the world's poorest men

Warren Buffett “Agnostic,” Bill Gates Rejects Sermon On The Mount, Not “Huge Believer” In “Specific Elements” Of Christianity

In his interview with Charlie Rose on Public TV, Bill Gates has said he is “doubly blessed” to have worked at Microsoft and now at his Foundation. But, “doubly blessed” by whom? By what? What is the religion of Bill Gates? What is the religion of Warren Buffett?

Well, in a succinct email to me, Debbie Bosanek, Assistant to Warren Buffett, says: “Mr. Buffett is agnostic.”

And Bill Gates? In a November 1995 interview of Gates by David Frost, this exchange took place:

Frost: Do you believe in the Sermon on the Mount?

Gates: I don’t. I’m not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis. The specific elements of Christianity are not something I’m a huge believer in. There’s a lot of merit in the moral aspects of religion. I think it can have a very, very positive impact.

Frost: I sometimes say to people, do you believe there is a god, or do you know there is a god? And, you’d say you don’t know?

Gates: In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don’t know if there’s a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid.

On January 13, 1996, in a “Time” magazine profile of Gates by Walter Isaacson, there was this exchange:

Isaacson: Isn’t there something special, perhaps even divine, about the human soul?

Gates: I don’t have any evidence on that.

Isaacson wrote: “Gates face suddenly becomes expressionless, his squeaky voice turns toneless, and he folds his arms across his belly and vigorously rocks back and forth in a mannerism that has become so mimicked at Microsoft that a meeting there can resemble a round table of ecstatic rabbis.”

Isaacson also quotes Gates as saying: “Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There’s a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.” – J.L.

http://www.theamericanview.com/index.php?id=649

Rome Just Ain't What It Used To Be

This video is a good example of liberal Roman Catholicism.

Johann Heermann - If Thy Beloved Son, O God

Wikipedia article on the Lutheran hymn writer and poet Johann Heermann.

1) If Thy belovèd Son, O God,

Had not to earth descended,

And in our mortal flesh and blood

Had not sin’s power ended,

Then this poor, wretched soul of mine

In hell eternally would pine

Because of its transgression.

2) But now I find sweet peace and rest,

Despair no more reigns o’er me;

No more am I by sin oppressed,

For Christ has borne sin for me.

Upon the cross for me He died

That, reconciled, I might abide

With Thee, my God, forever.

3) I trust in Him with all my heart;

Now all my sorrow ceases;

His words abiding peace impart,

His blood from guilt releases.

Free grace through Him I now obtain;

He washes me from every stain,

And pure I stand before Him.

4) All righteousness by works is vain,

The Law brings condemnation;

True righteousness by faith I gain,

Christ’s work is my salvation.

His death, that perfect sacrifice,

Has paid the all-sufficient price;

In Him my hope is anchored.

5) My guilt, O Father, Thou hast laid

On Christ, Thy Son, my Savior.

Lord Jesus, Thou my debt hast paid

And gained for me God’s favor.

O Holy Ghost, Thou Fount of grace,

The good in me to Thee I trace;

In faith do Thou preserve me.

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Hymn #375 The Lutheran Hymnal

Text: Gal. 2:16 

St. 1-4, Johann Heermann, 1630

St. 5, author unknown, 1661
Translated by: composite
Titled: Wenn dein herzliebster Sohn, o Gott
Composer: Martin Luther
Tune: Nun freut euch