WELS Church and Change for Dummies

Once to Every Man And Nation

Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side;
Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight,
And the choice goes by forever, ’twixt that darkness and that light.

Then to side with truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and ’tis prosperous to be just;
Then it is the brave man chooses while the coward stands aside,
Till the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.

By the light of burning martyrs, Christ, Thy bleeding feet we track,
Toiling up new Calv’ries ever with the cross that turns not back;
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth,
They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.

Though the cause of evil prosper, yet the truth alone is strong;
Though her portion be the scaffold, and upon the throne be wrong;
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.

Johann Reu - Luther and the Scriptures

I scanned and uploaded Johann Reu's book Luther and the Scriptures, so feel free to download it.

Johann Reu - Luther and the Scriptures (low resolution - 23.3MB)

The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts

http://www.csntm.org/Home/About
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM), under the umbrella of The Center for the Research of Early Christian Documents (CRECD), exists for the following purposes:

To make digital photographs of extant Greek New Testament manuscripts so that such images can be preserved, duplicated without deterioration, and accessed by scholars doing textual research.

To utilize developing technologies (OCR, MSI, etc.) to read these manuscripts and create exhaustive collations.

To analyze individual scribal habits in order to better predict scribal tendencies in any given textual problem.

To publish on various facets of New Testament textual criticism

To develop electronic tools for the examination and analysis of New Testament manuscripts.

To cooperate with other institutes in the great and noble task of determining the wording of the autographa of the New Testament.

CSNTM is a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status
(incorporated in Texas on September 13, 2002). All
donations are tax-deductible.

Why Digital Photography?
Below are sample photographs of Greek New Testament manuscripts. Two are taken with microfilm, two with digital technology. The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts desires to take high-resolution digital photographs of Greek New Testament manuscripts, preserving the treasures of the ancient Church and making the images accessible for scholarly research.

Rorate caeli desuper

This beautiful song is based off of Isaiah 45:8.

Rorate, cæli, desuper,
et nubes pluant justum ;
aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem,
et justitia oriatur simul :
ego Dominus creavi eum.

Biblia Sacra juxta Vulgatam Clementinam. 2005 (Ed. electronica) (Is 45:8). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

Complete Hebrew O.T. and Complete Greek N.T. on Audio

I spent a great deal of time looking for a quality recording of the Hebrew Old Testament and Greek New Testament and I came across this website:
http://audiohebrewgreekbible.com/english
http://www.bibletorrent.com/product_info.php/products_id/89

The recordings are done by Dr. Louis Tyler.

"Dr. Louis Tyler is a Baptist minister and has taught Hebrew, Greek, English, Spanish, German, and Bible. He holds a BSE from the University of Texas at Austin (1970) with teaching certification in English, Spanish, and German; the M.Div. degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1974); an MA in Hebrew (Greek minor) from the University of Texas at Austin (1981); and a Ph.D. in Foreign-Language Education-Hebrew (second language: Aramaic), also at UT Austin (1988). He currently teaches at the Río Grande Bible Institute in Edinburg, Texas."

Church and Change Christmas in July

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De47fjH6RKY