ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
“There is not an article in our creed that is not an offence to somebody; there is scarcely an article that is not a stumbling block to some who still profess to be Christians. It seems but a small concession that we are asked to make when an article of our confession is represented as a stumbling block to many Christians which ought therefore in charity to be removed, but surrendering that article would only lead to the surrender of another on the same ground, and that is the beginning of the end; the authority of the inspired Word of our Lord is gradually undermined.
“The history of the Church confirms and illustrates the teachings of the Bible, that yielding little by little leads to yielding more and more, until all is in danger; and the tempter is never satisfied until all is lost. – Matthias Loy, The Story of My Life
Matthias Loy (1828-1915) is a theological giant of American Lutheranism. He served as president of the Joint Synod of Ohio, the Columbus Seminary and Capital University, and edited the Lutheran Standard and the Columbus Theological Magazine. In 1881 he withdrew the Joint Synod from the Synodical Conference as a result of Walther’s teaching about predestination. Many of Matthias Loy’s books are available in Lutheran Library editions.
“Salvation is the great end for which the Son of God came into the world. To restore fallen man to his original state of holiness and happiness, he must be delivered from the curse of sin that is upon him and the power of the devil that enslaves him.
“The mistake of those who direct all their efforts toward making men better and improving human society by teaching and enforcing the law… is of serious consequence to the souls of men… It can neither save their souls nor make them good… The only help for us is in Christ, without whom we can do nothing; and that help consists first of all in the forgiveness of our sins, which separate us from God and all that is good, and deprive us of all true peace and joy. Therefore the Christian life depends on faith in the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.
“‘Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.’ Rom. 5:1, 2.
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Matthias Loy (1828-1915) served as president of the Joint Synod of Ohio, the Columbus Seminary and Capital University, and edited the Lutheran Standard and the Columbus Theological Magazine. In 1881 he withdrew the Joint Synod from the Synodical Conference as a result of Walther’s teaching about predestination. Many of Matthias Loy’s books are available in Lutheran Library editions.
Book Contents
Preface by Lutheran Librarian
1. It Is High Time To Awake Out Of Sleep. Rom. 13:11-14. The First Sunday In Advent.
2. The Blessings Of Our Saviour’s Advent. Rom. 15:4-13. The Second Sunday In Advent.
3. The Office Of The Gospel Minister. 1 Cor. 4:1-5. The Third Sunday In Advent.
4. When Do We Rightly Appreciate The Nearness Of Our Lord? Phil. 4:4-7. The Fourth Sunday In Advent.
5. The Grace Of God That Bringeth Salvation. Tit. 2:11-14. Christmas Day.
6. Our Adoption As God’s Children. Gal 4:1-7. The Sunday After Christmas.
7. Faith Is The Only Way Of The Sinner’s Justification. Gal. 3:23-29. New Year’s Day.
8. God Saves Us. Tit. 3:4-8. Sunday After New Year.
9. Shine, For The Light Has Come. Isaiah 60:1-6. Epiphany.
10. The Christian’s Reasonable Service. Rom. 12:1-6. First Sunday After Epiphany.
11. The Manifold Gifts Of God. Rom. 12:6-16. Second Sunday After Epiphany.
12. Overcome Evil With Good. Rom. 12:17—21. Third Sunday After Epiphany.
13. The Law of Love. Rom. 13:8-10. Fourth Sunday After Epiphany.
14. The New Life In Practice. Col. 3:12-17. Fifth Sunday After Epiphany.
15. The Sure Word Of God. 2 Pet. 1:16-21. Sixth Sunday After Epiphany.
16. The Race For The Crown of Glory. 1 Cor. 9:24-10:5. Sunday Septuagesima.
17. God’s Grace Is Sufficient In Every Trial. 2 Cor. 11:19-12:1—9. Sunday Sexagesima.
18. The Excellency Of Christian Love. 1 Cor. 13:1-13. The Sunday Quinquagesima, Or Estomihi.
19. How The Grace Of God Is Received In Vain. 2 Cor. 6:1-10. First Sunday In Lent, Or Invocavit.
20. Abounding More and More in Holiness. 1 Thess. 4:1-7. The Second Sunday In Lent, Or Reminiscere.
21. Walk As Children of Light. Eph. 5:1-9. Third Sunday In Lent, Or Oculi.
22. The Gospel Makes Believers Free. Gal 4:21-31. The Fourth Sunday In Lent, Or Laetare.
23. Christ As Our Great High Priest. Heb. 9:11-15. The Fifth Sunday In Lent, Or Judica.
24. Our Savior’s Humiliation. Phil. 2:5-11. The Sixth Sunday In Lent, Or Palmarum.
25. The Holy Supper. 1 Cor. 11:23—32. Maundy Thursday.
26. Only Christ And Him Crucified. 1 Cor. 2:2. Good Friday.
27. How Shall We Keep The Easter Feast? 1 Cor. 5:6-8. Easter Day.
28. The Record Which God Hath Given Of His Son. 1 John 5:4-10. The First Sunday After Easter.
29. Christ Our Example. Peter 2:21—25. The Second Sunday After Easter.
30. How To Live A Christian Life. 1 Pet. 2:11-20. The Third Sunday After Easter.
31. The Word Which Is Able To Save The Soul. James 1:16-21. The Fourth Sunday After Easter.
32. The Doers Of The Word. James 1:22-27. The Fifth Sunday After Easter.
33. The Significance Of Christ’s Ascension. Acts 1:1-11. Ascension Day.
34. The Essentials Of Right Living. 1 Pet. 4:7-11. Sixth Sunday After Easter.
35. The Coming Of The Holy Ghost. Acts 2:1-13. Whitsunday.
36. The Unsearchableness Of God. Rom. 11:33-36. Trinity Sunday.
37. The Christian’s Love To God. 1 John 4:16-21. First Sunday After Trinity.
38. The Christian’s Love To His Brethren. 1 John 3:13-18. Second Sunday After Trinity.
39. Christian Humility. 1 Pet. 5:6—11. Third Sunday After Trinity.
40. Waiting For The Completed Redemption. Rom. 8:18-23. Fourth Sunday After Trinity.
41. Be Followers Of That Which Is Good. 1 Peter 3:8-15. Fifth Sunday After Trinity.
42. The Meaning Of Holy Baptism. Rom. 6:3-11. Sixth Sunday After Trinity.
43. Why We Christians Should Strive After Holiness? Rom. 6:19-23. Seventh Sunday After Trinity.
44. The Spirit of Adoption. Rom. 8:12-17. Eighth Sunday After Trinity.
45. Take Heed Lest Ye Fall. 1 Cor. 10:6-13. Ninth Sunday After Trinity.
46. The Divers Gifts Of The Spirit For The Common Benefit. 1 Cor. 12:1-11. Tenth Sunday After Trinity.
47. The Gospel Of Our Salvation. 1 Cor. 15:1-10. Eleventh Sunday After Trinity.
48. The Twofold Ministration Of The Word. 2 Cor. 3:4-11. Twelfth Sunday After Trinity.
49. The Promise By Faith Of Jesus Christ. Gal. 3:15-22. Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity.
50. The Conflict Between The Spirit And The Flesh. Gal. 5:16-24. Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity.
51. Let Us Walk In The Spirit. Gal. 5:25 — 6:10. Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity.
52. Paul’s Prayer For Christians. Eph. 3:13-21. Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity.
53. Keep The Unity Of The Spirit. Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity. Eph. 4:1-6.
54. God Is Faithful. Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity. 1 Cor. 1:4-9.
55. Put Off The Old, Put On The New Man. Eph. 4:22-28. Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity.
56. How The Christian Walks Wisely. Eph. 5:15-21. Twentieth Sunday After Trinity.
57. The Christian Warfare. Eph. 6:10-17. Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity.
58. The Minister’s Joy In A Faithful People. Phil. 1:3-11. Twenty-second Sunday After Trinity.
59. The Earthly And The Heavenly Mind. Phil. 3:17—21. Twenty-third Sunday After Trinity.
60. Our Possessions In Christ. Col. 1:9-14. Twenty-fourth Sunday After Trinity.
61. Our Comfort In Death. 1 Thess. 4:13-18. Twenty-fifth Sunday After Trinity.
62. The End Of The World. 2 Pet. 3-14. Twenty-sixth Sunday After Trinity.
They did it again! Every time someone finds a diamond in Arkansas, the press tells us that they are very rare here. Just the other day, someone found "a piece of glass" at the park and put it in his pocket. He did not think it was a diamond, but he showed it to the park expert anyway. The glass was just the "second largest diamond" ever found in the Crater of Diamonds State Park.
I can imagine the additional traffic that discovery created. Meanwhile, people are picking up broken glass and telling us to gaze in wonder and to polish (!) their diamond called Objective Justification. The lame essays of Zarling (Diamond Covid Mark) and Bivens (Frosty for short) are an embarrassment to the English language and Lutheran theology.
I enjoy pointing people to the real diamonds of Lutheran teaching. The ones to search for at the Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry site - besides Luther, Melanchthon, Chemnitz - are:
Henry Eyster Jacobs
Krauth
Schmauk
Loy
Lenski
Hunnius
Reu
Oh yes - Lenker. He graduated from a disappeared Lutheran seminary (Hamma) and taught at another disappeared seminary (Dana). He did more than the combined, lazy-bones, OJ infected faculty of all the Lutheran church bodies, including the one waiting for students, any students, to balance their live bait business.
Doctrine for sale or rent, Worms to buy, 50 cents.
No phone, no heat, no beds. Ain't got no long beards yet.
Ah, but two hours of shoveling dirt,
Buys an ELDONA "Follow me" shirt.
I'm a Bishop for Life - that's right - maybe some day.
“Have you not, dear brethren, sometimes given way to doubts about the mercy of Jesus when sin oppressed you sorely and its guilt and its curse stood in appalling blackness before your eyes? Is it not needful that we should again and again set the precious truth before our eyes, that Jesus receiveth sinners with an eager and earnest desire to save them?
“When you feel your burden of sin weighing heavily upon you, only go to Him… Only those who will not acknowledge their sin and feel no need of a Savior — only these are rejected. And these are not rejected because the Lord has no pity on them and no desire to deliver them from their wretchedness, but only because they will not come to Him that they might have life. They reject Him, and therefore stand rejected. But those who come to Him, poor and needy and helpless, but trusting in His mercy, He will receive, to comfort and to save.” – Matthias Loy
“We should again and again set the precious truth before our eyes, that Jesus receiveth sinners with an eager and earnest desire to save them.”
“When you feel your burden of sin weighing heavily upon you, only go to Him… Only those who will not acknowledge their sin and feel no need of a Savior — only these are rejected. And these are not rejected because the Lord has no pity on them and no desire to deliver them from their wretchedness, but only because they will not come to Him that they might have life. They reject Him, and therefore stand rejected. But those who come to Him, poor and needy and helpless, but trusting in His mercy, He will receive, to comfort and to save.” – Matthias Loy
Matthias Loy (1828-1915) is a theological giant of American Lutheranism. He served as president of the Joint Synod of Ohio, the Columbus Seminary and Capital University, and edited the Lutheran Standard and the Columbus Theological Magazine. In 1881 he withdrew the Joint Synod from the Synodical Conference as a result of Walther’s teaching about predestination. Many of Matthias Loy’s books are available in Lutheran Library editions.
“For years the want of a collection of sermons in the English language, similar to the Postils in extensive use for edification in our German churches, has been deeply felt, and the writer has been repeatedly requested to contribute something towards supplying that want. Believing that in a matter of this kind the judgment of others should not be disregarded, he has at last yielded to these solicitations and furnished the manuscript of the sermons forming this volume. For offering them to the public the Board of Publication of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ohio and other States is responsible.
Some History of the Copy Of This Book Restored By LutheranLibrary.org
“One of the items taped into the back of the book is a 1936 postcard addressed to Mrs. Yost and Mattie. Mattie Yost is also the name written in the front of the book. I did a Google search on “Mattie Yost” and found a newspaper article from the early 1970s. It gave some biographical information and stated that she was in a nursing home at around 90 years old. Somehow, I think she’d be pleased that her old book had found its way to people who could use it.” – J. A.
Book Contents
◊ Ephemera
About The Lutheran Library
Dedication
Preface by Lutheran Librarian
“The Gospel Shows the Father’s Grace” by Matthias Loy, 1863
Preface
1. Thy King Cometh to Thee. Matt. 21:1-9. Advent Sunday.
2. Christ’s Second Advent. Luke 21:25-36. Second Sunday in Advent.
3. Testimony That Jesus is the Christ. Matt. 11:2-10. Third Sunday in Advent.
4. The Preacher in the Wilderness. John 1:19-28. Fourth Sunday in Advent.
5. The Savior is Born. Luke 2:1-14. Christmas
6. Jesus is Set for the Fall and Rising of Many. Luke 2:33-40. Sunday After Christmas
7. The Sacrament of Circumcision. Luke 2:21. New Year’s Day
8. Hell Rages In Vain Against The Holy Child Jesus. Matt. 2:13-23. Sunday After New Year’s Day
9. The Heathen Come To Worship Christ. Matt. 2:1-11. Ephiphany
10. Lessons From The Youth Of Jesus. Luke 2:41-52. First Sunday After Epiphany
11. What Jesus Does At The Marriage In Cana. John 2:1-11. Second Sunday After Epiphany
12. Faith In The Redeemer. Matt. 8:1-13. Third Sunday After Epiphany
13. The Christian In The Storm. Matt. 8:23-27. Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
14. The Tares Among The Wheat. Matt. 13:24-30. Fifth Sunday After Epiphany.
15. What The Transfiguration Of Jesus Teaches. Matt. 17:1-9. Sixth Sunday After Epiphany
16. The Laborers In The Lord’s Vineyard. Matt. 20:1-16. Septuagesima
17. The Different Hearers Of God’s Word. Luke 8:4-15. Sexagesima.
18. Christ’s Last Journey To Jerusalem. Luke 18:31-43. Quinquagesima
19. The Temptation Of Christ. Matt. 4:1-11. First Sunday In Lent (Invocavit).
20. The Trial Of Faith. Matt 15:2-28. Second Sunday In Lent (Reminiscere).
21. Human Conduct In Reference To Divine Testimony. Luke 11:14-28. Third Sunday In Lent (Oculi).
22. The Believer Trusts Jesus Also In Temporal Things. John 6:1-14. Fourth Sunday In Lent (Laetere).
23. Our Savior’s Treatment Of Satan’s Children. John 8:46-59. Fifth Sunday In Lent (Judica).
24. How Shall We Honor Christ? Matt. 21:1-9. Palm Sunday
25. The Death Of Christ. 1 Cor 15:3. Good Friday
26. Christ’s Resurrection. Mark 16:1-8. Easter
27. Jesus Gives His Disciples Peace. John 20:19-31. First Sunday After Easter
28. The Good Shepherd. John 10:11-16. Second Sunday After Easter (Misericordias Domini).
29. The Sorrow And Joy Of The Christian And Of The World. John 16:16-23. Third Sunday After Easter (Jubilate).
30. The Object Of The Holy Ghost’s Mission. John 16:5-15. Fourth Sunday After Easter (Cantate).
31. Christian Prayer. John 16:23-30. Fifth Sunday After Easter (Rogate).
32. The Ascension Of Jesus. Mark 16:14-20. Ascension
33. Witnessing For Jesus. John 15:26-16:4. Sixth Sunday After Easter (Exaudi).
34. The Blessedness Of Those That Love The Lord. John 14:23-31. Pentecost
35. The New Birth. John 3:1-15. Trinity Sunday
36. The Place Of Torment. Luke 16:19-31. First Sunday After Trinity.
37. The Call To The Great Supper. Luke 14:16-24. Second Sunday After Trinity.
38. Jesus Receiveth Sinners. Luke 15:1-10. Third Sunday After Trinity.
39. Be Ye Merciful As Your Father Is Merciful. Luke 6:36-42. Fourth Sunday After Trinity
40. Labor In Obedience To God’s Word. Luke 5:1-11. Fifth Sunday After Trinity.
41. The Righteousness That Avails Before God. Matt. 5:20-26. Sixth Sunday After Trinity.
42. The Lord Will Provide. Mark 8:1-9. Seventh Sunday After Trinity
43. Warning Against False Prophets. Matt. 7:15-23. Eighth Sunday After Trinity
44. The Unjust Steward. Luke 16:1-9. Ninth Sunday After Trinity
45. The Neglect Of The Things Which Belong To Our Peace. Luke 19:41-48. Tenth Sunday After Trinity
46. The Way Of Justification. Luke 18:9-14. Eleventh Sunday After Trinity.
47. Christ’s Healing Of Spiritual Deaf Mutes. Mark 7:31-37. Twelfth Sunday After Trinity.
48. What Shall I Do To Inherit Eternal Life? Luke 10:23-37. Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity.
49. The Lepers Cleansed. Luke 17:11-19. Fourteenth Sunday After Trinity.
50. Man’s Only Proper Care. Matt. 6:24-34. Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity
51. Jesus Wakes The Dead. Luke 7:11-17. Sixteenth Sunday After Trinity
52. Beware Of The Leaven Of The Pharisees. Luke 14:1-11. Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity.
53. What Think Ye Of Christ? Matt. 22:34-46. Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity
54. Jesus Forgives Sins. Matt. 9:1-8. Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity
55. Who Are The Elect? Matt. 22:1-14. Twentieth Sunday After Trinity.
56. Christian Faith. John 4:46-54. Twenty-first Sunday After Trinity
57. The Wicked Servant. Matt. 18:23-35. Twenty-Second Sunday After Trinity
58. The Christian Citizen. Matt. 22:15-22. Twenty-Third Sunday After Trinity
59. The Great Physician. Matt. 9:18-26. Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity
60. The Judgment Upon Jerusalem As A Call To Prepare For The Last Judgment. Matt. 24:15-28. Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Trinity
61. The Final Judgment. Matt. 25:31-46. Twenty-Sixth Sunday After Trinity.
Copyright Notice
How Can You Find Peace With God?
Special Dedication
A Grateful Thanks To Jonathan Anderson Whose Gift Of This Rare And Wonderful Volume Allows The Wisdom of Our Dear Brother Matthias Loy To Be Made Available to New Generations Of Believers in Jesus Christ. From the Lutheran Library Editor.
GJ - A reader said, "I decided to read all of Lenski's commentaries before I died. I saw a reference to Kings and Priests. Is that around?" I asked Alec Satin about it. He had to look all over, but he found Kings and Priests and made a PDF, then the print copy...
“The more we meditate on the titles thus bestowed upon us, the more we find that we must think more highly of ourselves in our connection with the Savior. We are spiritually of royal descent. Actually we are nothing less than kings. It is true, in one sense we are slaves, “bondmen” as the Greek has it, owned in soul and body by our Lord, so that we belong wholly to him as our King, his word and will supreme for us, to be obeyed in all things without question. Yet in another sense we are kings. There is no one above us save Christ and God. Joined to our Lord and made one with him, we do indeed rule and reign with him. And while as yet we are uncrowned, there are heavenly crowns laid up for us and for all that love his appearing. 2 Tim. 4:8.” — Richard Lenski
Richard C. H. Lenski (1864-1936) best known for his insightful and still invaluable series of New Testament Commentaries. Professor of theology at Capital University and President of Western District of Joint Synod of Ohio, Dr. Lenski also served as editor of Die Lutherische Kirchenzeitung.
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All Christian Believers Are Kings And Priests
“A good many Christian believers may be surprised when first they find themselves graced with the lofty titles Kings and Priests on the sacred pages of the Bible. It may seem to them that such titles can only be figures of speech, like roses placed in our hands, or wreaths upon our heads, neither of which are part of our being, both of which soon wither and must be thrown away. Yet a little investigation shows that this view is wrong — these titles are meant literally.” — R.C.H. Lenski
Book Contents
Dedication
Preface by Lutheran Librarian
A Note about Typos [Typographical Errors]
A Glance at the Titles
Kings and Priests
A Royal Priesthood
Una Sancta
The Title Bearers
True Believers
The Church Universal
Christian Baptism
The Royal Reign and Priestly Sacrifice
King And High Priest In One Person.
Our Royal Reign With Christ.
Our Priestly Sacrifice Through Christ.
Priests and Pastors
Private — Public.
The Call
Christian Congregations,
Confessional Differences.
The Christian Ministry.
The Right To Call
What The Call Entrusts To The Pastor.
The Responsibility Of Priests And Pastors
Priests and the Book
Our Sacred And Priestly Right To The Bible.
Every Person Is Responsible To God For His Own Soul.
Our Mutual Responsibility.
The Effort To Shift The Responsibility
Only One Way To Meet Your Responsibility.
Right Of Private Judgment,
What It Does Not And Dare Not Mean.
What Does The Right Of Private Judgment Mean?
Your Part In Using The Right Of Private Judgment.
Priest and School
The Supreme Reason For Education Is Spiritual.
The Spiritual Interests For Education Involve All Other Interests.
The Secular Reasons For Education,
Education Completely Secularized
The Results Of Secular Education.
Secular Education Judged
The Final Decisive Comparison.
Priest and Citizen
Earthly Government Is Ordained By God.
The Best Possible Citizens.
God’s Priests And God’s Government
God’s Priests And Evil Government?
Church And State.
Complete Separation Between Church And State
Kings and Priests — Tears and Blood
The Attraction Of Tears And Blood.
The Fountain Of Tears And Blood.
The Coercion Of Conscience.
Liberty Of Conscience
The Blessing Of Free Consciences.
The Twig and the Tree
On Education:
“Indifference to the Bible and, in fact, to all religious appeal is widespread. Many may think, it is due to the atmosphere. It is — to the atmosphere of a non-religious education. Incline the twig, and the tree is bent. As the trickling fountain, so the rolling stream.” — Richard Lenski
I have most of my books in one Dropbox folder - as PDFs. I am making that a linked folder so people can have access to many PDFs at the same time. They are all public domain, so feel free to copy, save, and distribute them.
If others have complete back-ups of these and Lutheran Library books, many can be freely distributed in the future.
Hard drives and companies fail without notice, so it is good to have multiple backups.
In the unlikely event of a botched link, or locked book within the folder, please send a compassionate and cheerful email to greg.jackson.edlp@gmail.com
One of my overseas Facebook friends wrote, "I am so glad to be in this group!"
I pointed out that when we started to gather "a few" old Lutheran classics, we wanted to make sure people knew how to get them.
The most important American Lutheran authors are -
Lenski
Loy
Jacobs
Krauth
Schmauk, etc.
These authors were usually only found at seminary auctions, when pastors died and the library already had those volumes.
I enjoy promoting something worthwhile, so I did some reviews on Amazon and on my blogs. I thought Facebook would reach some new people.
The surprise was the number of PDFs Alec Satin created. After we printed Luther's Postils, where he was the major worker, Alec caught the print book fever and began converting prepared PDFs into low cost print books.
Some people have reprinted public domain books, but they often charge a large sum for a substantial profit. The books we provide are non-profit and designed to be used in future generations, not locked up in an estate trust.
These print books are sold non-profit, and many have been supplied at the author's or editor's price, which is very low indeed.
I have uploaded the new, improved PDFs of Lenski's New Testament commentaries. These are clearer, easier to read, and work better on the computer. They are public domain.
I have also added Lenski books published by the Lutheran Librarian - aka Spindletop - for his astonishing production volume.
King and Priests
New Gospel Sermons
Etc
Several people helped with this, including Zach Engleman and Alec Satin. There are probably more to add to the list.
Spindletop is the legendary gusher that staggered everyone in its production of oil.
“Christ our Savior and all his apostles preached justification by faith, even as did the prophets of the Old Testament. Justification is the central doctrine of all the Scriptures, the heart and soul of the entire Christian religion. All believers are justified, all the saints in heaven now have been made what they are by justification, and at the last day the righteous at Christ’s right hand will be there because they have continued in justification to the end.”
“Thank God, the Bible is in men’s hands today! Whoever will can have it in our whole land, and can read and study it as much as he desires. But what do we find in this free land of ours? The most deplorable ignorance of the Bible. And alongside of it the most dangerous misuse of the Bible… Here is God’s own Word, the great treasure house of heaven, and here is the key to unlock all its treasures for us… O the sadness of this lack of use, and of this misuse of the Holy Scriptures!” — R.C.H. Lenski
Richard C. H. Lenski (1864-1936) best known for his insightful and still invaluable series of New Testament Commentaries. Professor of theology at Capital University and President of Western District of Joint Synod of Ohio. He served as editor Die Lutherische Kirchenzeitung.
The Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry finds, restores and republishes good, readable books from Lutheran authors and those of other sound Christian traditions. All titles are available at little to no cost in proofread and freshly typeset editions. Many free e-books are available at our website LutheranLibrary.org. Please enjoy this book and let others know about this completely volunteer service to God’s people. May the Lord bless you and bring you peace.
