We Had Rain Last Night - Barrels Filling Up a Tad

 

Slow to bloom - Veterans Honor is dazzling once more.

Every mention of rain here is accompanied by the Peanut Gallery (Howdy Doody) - who ask and laugh and wonder. The  sparse, short rain got the parched stubble wet, some dampness on the soil. Damp, dried up rose blooms are not impressive. Some new ones just started,  so there is hope.

All the roses above are wishes.

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Trinity 10 - "The Lord, however, saw deeper into the future than they when he said: O, Jerusalem! if thou hadst known what I know, thou wouldst seek thy peace. Peace in the Scriptures means, when all things go well with us. You now think you have pleasant days, but if you knew how your enemies will encamp round about you, compass you about and hedge you in on every side, crush you to the ground and demolish all your beautiful buildings, and leave not one stone upon another; you would eagerly accept the Word, which brings to you solid peace and every blessing."

 

Luther's Sermons - Luke 19:41-48.
Tenth Sunday after Trinity

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.

6. As though he would say: Oh, if you only knew what belongs to your peace, that you might not be destroyed, but be preserved with both temporal and eternal peace, you would yet this day consider, and redeem the time! And now it is high time for you to know what is for your highest welfare. But you are blind, and will neglect the opportunity, until there shall be neither help nor counsel. As though to say: Here you stand, firmly built, and within you are strong and mighty men, who, secure and happy, think there is no danger! Yet, about forty years more, and you shall be utterly destroyed. The Lord plainly says this in these words: “For the days shall come upon thee, when thy enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side and shall dash thee to the ground, d and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation.”

7. But the Jews were stubborn, and depended on God’s promises, which they thought meant nothing else than that they should continue forever.

They were secure, and vainly thought: God will not do such things to us.

We own the temple; here God himself dwells; besides we have mighty men, money and treasures enough to defy all our enemies! For even the Romans, and the emperor after he had conquered the city, confessed that the city was so well and firmly built, that it would have been impossible to take it, had God not especially willed it. Therefore they trusted in their own glory, and built their confidence on a false delusion, which finally deceived them.

8. The Lord, however, saw deeper into the future than they when he said:

O, Jerusalem! if thou hadst known what I know, thou wouldst seek thy peace. Peace in the Scriptures means, when all things go well with us. You now think you have pleasant days, but if you knew how your enemies will encamp round about you, compass you about and hedge you in on every side, crush you to the ground and demolish all your beautiful buildings, and leave not one stone upon another; you would eagerly accept the Word, which brings to you solid peace and every blessing. [The woeful history of the destruction of Jerusalem you can read in books, from which those who wish will easily understand this Gospel.] 9. God caused his threats to be executed even thus, that the city was besieged at the time of the Easter festival, when the Jews were assembled within the walls of Jerusalem from every land, and as the historian Josephus writes, there were together at that time about three million people. This was an enormous multitude. Only one hundred thousand people would have been enough to crowd the city. But all this great multitude God in his wrath intended to bake, melt and weld together into one mass of ruin. Yet, the Apostles and Christians were all out of the city, they had withdrawn into the land of Herod, Samaria, Galilee, and were scattered among the heathen. Thus God separated and saved the good grain and poured the chaff into one place. There was such an immense multitude of Jews present, that they were sufficient to devour a whole kingdom, to say nothing of only one city. They also fell into such distress and famine, that they devoured everything and had nothing left, until they were at last compelled to eat their leather bow-strings, shoe latchets and shoe leather; and finally mothers moved by their distress butchered their own children, which the soldiers snatched from them, for they smelt the odor of the boiling meat through the squares of the city. They used dove’s dung for salt, which commanded a high price. In short, there was distress and bloodshed enough to melt a rock to tears; so that no one could have believed that God’s wrath could be so horrible and that he would so unmercifully martyr a people. The buildings and the streets were piled full of the dead, who perished from starvation, and yet the Jews were so raging that they defied God and refused to yield, until the emperor was compelled to use force and capture the city, when they could no longer maintain their ground.

The Early Papacy Got This Going - Never Stopped. WELS-LCMS-ELS Are No Different.

 

For decades Catholics were told to think of clerical scandals as isolated “excesses.” A bad bishop here, a corrupt nuncio there, a predator priest unluckily assigned to their parish. But if the research of Dr. Frédéric Martel and the admissions of whistleblowers within the Curia have shown anything, it is this: the homosexual infiltration of the Vatican is not anecdote but architecture.

For decades Catholics were told to think of clerical scandals as isolated “excesses.” A bad bishop here, a corrupt nuncio there, a predator priest unluckily assigned to their parish. But if the research of Dr. Frédéric Martel and the admissions of whistleblowers within the Curia have shown anything, it is this: the homosexual infiltration of the Vatican is not anecdote but architecture.

Martel spent years interviewing hundreds of clergy and came back with the unvarnished truth: Rome is not simply tolerant of homosexual behavior, it is constructed around it. Promotion follows the lavender path. Advancement depends not on orthodoxy or even on competence, but on being “in the parish.” A discreet double life means fraternity and protection. Exposure means exile.

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Even secular investigators see the obvious connection: the culture of secrecy required to protect homosexual clerics has bled seamlessly into the culture of secrecy that protected abusers. The omertà is the operating system of the Vatican.

The Lavender Mafia and the Collapse of Celibate Discipline

Janet Smith and others have pointed out that after Vatican II, when tens of thousands of heterosexual priests left, the vacuum was filled by those who remained, and they weren’t the chaste warriors of Christ. They were the men who saw in the new “social-worker” Church a perfect hiding place.

Richard Sipe calculated that nearly a third of bishops in America were active homosexuals. Pope Benedict himself admitted that entire seminaries in the 1960s and 70s became dominated by homosexual cliques. And Francis, Francis, the great friend of “who am I to judge,” let his guard down before the Italian bishops and spat out the word “frociaggine.” He apologized for the slur, but not for the fact it named something real: the seminaries have been pink for decades, and their product now staffs the episcopacy.

The result is a clergy incapable of outrage. A normal man would burn with fury at the sexual violation of children. A normal father would wage war against predators in his house. Instead, our bishops shuffle paperwork, bury reports, and sneer at those who demand justice. Why? Because they themselves live double lives, and the same system that protects their pleasures must protect their crimes.

The Benedict Dossier That Disappeared

Phil Lawler reminds us that Benedict XVI commissioned a secret report in 2012 on the rot inside the Curia. It was delivered in a “large white box,” the infamous dossier. According to reports, it documented not only corruption and financial scheming, but also the network of homosexual power at the Vatican’s highest levels.

Benedict resigned months later. When Francis took office, Benedict personally handed him the documents. Francis had twelve years to act. He did nothing. He never even acknowledged the report’s existence, except indirectly in his own autobiography when he admitted Benedict passed him a box of files filled with “the most difficult and painful situations.”

Instead of cleansing the temple, Francis strengthened the Lavender Mafia. Abusers and their protectors were promoted, shielded, and celebrated. A pontificate that could have wielded the sword of St. Michael preferred rainbow banners and “blessings” of sin.

From Closet to Catwalk

The revolution is no longer about hiding. The long-term project is to normalize. First, cultivate secrecy: “don’t ask, don’t tell.” Next, neutralize outrage: “who am I to judge?” Finally, canonize vice under the banner of “love is love.”

Fiducia Supplicans was the test balloon for open rainbow Catholicism, floated barely a year after Biden signed same-sex marriage into American law. The Vatican’s ambition is no longer just to be the largest secret gay community in the world, but the most celebrated queer sanctuary in the world.

A “queer theology” is already being sketched in Rome: Jesus as the archetypal outcast, the Apostles as chosen outsiders, marriage as fluid symbol rather than sacrament. The only sin left will be “homophobia,” which in practice means fidelity to Catholic moral teaching.

Why This Matters

Some conservatives still comfort themselves by saying, “Well, so long as the doctrine on paper remains sound.” But the system ensures that doctrine on paper is irrelevant. A bishop drowning in his own vices will not defend the truth that condemns him. He will prefer horizontal activism: social work, bureaucratic management, saccharine papal slogans; anything but the supernatural call to repentance.

Men living double lives are not merely weak administrators. They are anti-pastors. Their hypocrisy rots their preaching, empties their authority, and extinguishes their zeal for souls. Their system is a lavender theocracy masquerading in lace.

The Remnant Response

For the faithful, the lesson is clear: stop waiting for the hierarchy to fix itself. The next conclave will not be a conclave of Athanasiuses but of courtiers raised in this very system. Expecting a housekeeper pope to chase the sodomites out of Rome is a fantasy.

What remains is what has always remained: the remnant. The ordinary faithful, clinging to the sacraments where they are valid, the Mass where it is preserved, the catechism where it is remembered. Like Galadriel warned Gandalf, the shadows are growing, and it will not be the great power of cardinals in scarlet that holds it in check, but the small deeds of ordinary Catholics who refuse the charade.

The Lavender Mafia cannot be reformed by Lavender bishops. The closet cannot be cleansed by its inhabitants. But truth, once exposed, cannot be buried again. Rome’s rainbow will not be the final word.

Reformation Seminar - The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Chapter 1

 

KJV 1

Heading or Caption

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

God gave the Revelation of Jesus Christ. b. God gave the revelation to Jesus, c. from Jesus to His servants soon to come. The lid...

2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

martyr, witness, record, John 1. - witnessed twice

3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

The Address verses 4-8

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were R a flame of fire;

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Lucky

 

Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Trinity 10 - Jerusalem - “Hosanna to the Son of David? and spread their garments in the way and cut branches from the trees and strewed them in the way; the whole scene was most glorious. But in the midst of all this joy he begins to weep. He permits all the world to be joyful, while he himself was bowed with grief, when he beheld the city and said: “If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things that belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”

 

Josephus left a vivid account of Jerusalem's destruction,

which Jesus foresaw and described in this lesson.

Luther's Sermons - Luke 19:41-48.
Tenth Sunday after Trinity

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.


Text. Luke 19:41-48. 41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; 46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.



PART 1. THE PROPHECY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM.

1. This Gospel presents that which took place on Palm Sunday, when Christ rode into Jerusalem. On this occasion, he preached two or three days in the temple, which was more than he ever did before at one time.

The sum and substance of this Gospel is, that Christ grieves and laments over the afflictions of those who despise God’s Word.

2. Now you have often heard what the Word of God is, what it brings us, and what kind of scholars it has. Of all this nothing is said here. Only the punishment and distress which shall come upon the Jews because they would not recognize the time of their visitation, are here described. And let us well consider this, because the time of their visitation also deeply concerns us. If they are punished who do not know the time of their visitation, what will be done to those who maliciously persecute, blaspheme and disgrace the Gospel and the Word of God? However, here he only speaks of those who do not know it.

3. There are two methods of preaching against the despisers of God’s Word. The first is by threats, as Christ threatens them in Matthew 11:21-24: “Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long’ ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it shal be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum (which was his own city, where he performed most of his mighty works), shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt go down unto hell; for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. But I sos’ unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.” With these threatening words he would frighten them to their senses, and not to cast to the winds the Word which God sends them.

4. The other method the Lord gives here when he weeps, and shows his sympathy for the poor blinded people, and rebukes and threatens them, not as the hardened and stubbornly blind; but when he melts in love and compassion over his enemies, and with great heart-rending pity and cries, he tells them what shall befall them, which he would gladly prevent, but all is in vain. In the passage just quoted, Matthew 11:21-24, where he rebukes them, he does not treat them in love, but in the severity of faith.

However here, it is all sincere love and mercy. This is worthy of our consideration.

5. First, as he approached the city they went before and followed him with songs of great joy, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David? and spread their garments in the way and cut branches from the trees and strewed them in the way; the whole scene was most glorious. But in the midst of all this joy he begins to weep. He permits all the world to be joyful, while he himself was bowed with grief, when he beheld the city and said: “If thou hadst known in this day, even thou, the things that belong unto peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.”

Trinity 9 -2025. Warning Against.

  

The crown symbolizes Stephan's cross to bear.

The Hymn #613           Jerusalem the Golden       

The Confession of Sins
The Absolution
The Introit p. 16

Introit

Behold, God is mine Helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in Thy truth, O Lord.

Psalm. Save me, O God, by Thy name: and judge me by Thy strength.

The Gloria Patri
The Kyrie p. 17
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Salutation and Collect p. 19

Collect

Let Thy merciful ears, O Lord, be open to the prayers of Thy humble servants; and that they may obtain their petitions, make them to ask such things as shall please Thee; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth, etc.

The Epistle and Gradual       

Gradual

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth: 

who hast set Thy glory above the heavens. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

V. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord: 

that delighteth greatly in His commandments. Hallelujah!

The Gospel              

Glory be to Thee, O Lord!
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed             p. 22

The Sermon Hymn #426         The Lord My Shepherd Is - Watts

        

                     Warning Against

The Communion Hymn #339        All Hail the Power

The Preface p. 24
The Sanctus p. 26
The Lord's Prayer p. 27
The Words of Institution
The Agnus Dei p. 28
The Nunc Dimittis p. 29
The Benediction p. 31
The Hymn #46              On What Has Now Been Sown

Prayers and Announcements

• Sarah Buck; Pastor Jim Shrader and Chris Shrader; Kermit Way.
• Grand Canyon University is adjusting its faculty.

            

 

KJV 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; 2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

KJV Luke 16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. 3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? 6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. 7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. 8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. 9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Ninth Sunday After Trinity

Lord God, heavenly Father, who hast bountifully given us Thy blessing and our daily bread: We beseech Thee, preserve us from covetousness, and so quicken our hearts that we willingly share Thy blessed gifts with our needy brethren; that we may be found faithful stewards of Thy gifts, and abide in Thy grace when we shall be removed from our stewardship, and shall come before Thy judgment, through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one true God, world without end, Amen.

Warning Against

Ninth Sunday After Trinity.— Warning to Christians Against Carnal Security and Its Evils. 1 Corinthians 10:6-13

KJV 1 Corinthians 10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

At first people are going to wonder about - or even ignore - what was happening in Corinth. We just finished the Acts of the Apostles, featuring Luke and Paul and other great saints.  But the Corinth of those days is very much like today. There is a parallel today, with thinking America is above discipline and God's established Commandments. This balance goes back to the 10 Commandments, which are Gospel mixed in with the Law. (Torah means Teaching, which is central to the Old Testament.)

KJV Exodus 20:6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

KJV Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

Sometimes Paul is difficult to understand. These suggests complete - three-fold like the Holy Trinity. Every single one was baptized into Moses on the great Exodus - (with a feast that would foretell the Innocent Lamb and miracles as well). Every single event is part of God's plan and impossible to refute. However, in the midst of great miracles in the Exodus and the giving of the Ten Commandments, everything fell apart.

3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 

Luther - At night a beautiful pillar of fire, an intense lightning-like brilliance, protected them. In addition, their bread came daily from heaven and they drank water from the rock. These providences were their Sacrament, and their sign that God was with them to protect. They believed on the promised Christ, the Son of God, their guide in the wilderness. Thus they were a noble, highly-favored and holy people. But with the great mass of the people, how long did faith last? No longer than until they came into the wilderness. There they began to despise God’s Word, to murmur against Moses and against God and to fall into idolatry. 

That is the same issue today. Those people seeking freedom risked their lives just to cross the ocean. Upon arrival, they had to find food, clothing, and shelter. They were often ravaged with disease as well. They looked back 100 years and saw how great that battle was. I learned that one of my forefathers in America was part of the battle for freedom.

America seems to be more involved with hedonism than anything else, reminding us of the idol fashioned when the 10 Commandments were established in stone. It only took a little time away from Moses before they went crazy. The tablets were smashed!

4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

This is an extraordinary statement, which teaches us that everything belongs to God and that the Son of God was not only in that great Exodus but already there at the Passover Meal, before they left, and moving ahead of them and behind them, protecting and guiding them.

Many catch the meaning of this because the Rock was Christ. Jesus said to Peter (the small rock) On this Rock(ledge) I will build My Church.

KJV Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter(rock), and upon this rock(ledge) I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

The two Corinthians letters were written to discuss the problems they were having in many areas. They were not personal - for just a few people - but for the early Christian Church as a whole. On the positive side, the clashes were good for people to be wise about the many troubles they were having and addressing.

But we do not have to look far today to see how well known leaders have lusted after their own evil desires.

Gerberding - - Lutheran Library Publishing Ministry - Alec Satin - Lutheran Librarian

 

The Priesthood of Believers by George H. Gerberding

16 Jul 2025·

George Henry Gerberding

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“Luther taught that every true believer is a spiritual priest, is as near to the great Head of the Church as any official priest can be, and is equally entitled to the promise and gift of the Holy Ghost. He may exercise priestly functions among his fellow men and ought to do what he can to promote their wellbeing. This teaching of Luther was calculated to awaken a joyous consciousness and energy in the common Christian calling.” — George Gerberding

 

George Henry Gerberding (1847-1927) studied under Charles Krauth and C. F. Schaeffer and assisted the Rev. Passavant. An indefatigable worker, he established and restored churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Fargo, ND. His Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church was one of the most successful books ever published by the English Lutheran Church.

Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed.

Contents

• 1 The Doctrine
• 2 Some Implications of This Doctrine
• 3 The Sad Neglect of This Doctrine
• 4 New Opportunities are Open
• 5 The Spiritual Priesthood Actualized In The Church
• 6 The Brotherhood

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2017
• Updated: v6.2021-04-13
• Copyright: CC BY 4.0
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• George Henry Gerberding
  (1847-1927)
  Studied under Charles Krauth and C. F. Schaeffer and assisted the Rev. Passavant. An indefatigable worker, he established and restored churches in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Fargo, ND. His Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church was one of the most successful books ever published by the English Lutheran Church.