Ps 143: 3 “For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead. 4 Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled”… 12 “And in your steadfast love you will cut off my enemies, and … Continue reading He Will Destroy All the Adversaries
While in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany, visiting Lula, who is holding down the fort at the Old Latin School bookstore, while OLS managing director Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Weber is on vacation, we made this little video giving you a short tour of this amazing place next to the “Mother Church of the Reformation”: Continue reading Lutheran Outreach Center in Wittenberg
“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life…” (2 Corinthians 2:15-16). I recently reviewed the basic teachings of Christianity with a young Iranian Lutheran about … Continue reading The Aroma of Christ
“For God so loved the world, that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Last Sunday, I was invited to preach at a Farsi service at St. Peter’s, Hannover, a SELK congregation with a sizable Persian congregation. My original plan was to take … Continue reading What is the Christian Faith – In One Sentence?
As you know, I recently returned from ten days in Nairobi, Kenya, where we held our annual Riga Luther Academy intensive and I co-taught a course (Didactics and Catechesis). While in Africa, I also interviewed some candidates who are applying to our seminary for the upcoming academic year. I am amazed by the way the … Continue reading Dear friends and supporters of our ministry to Germany and across Eurasia!
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10). I know a lady here in Germany who, in the past several years, has rejected her faith in Jesus Christ no less than ten times. Not surprisingly, … Continue reading Jesus Carries Us
“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” … Continue reading Baptism – A Rite of Initiation?
“…upon Him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with His wounds we are healed” (taken from Isaiah 53). I am currently in Nairobi, teaching Riga Luther Academy students from Europe and Africa at our summer intensive. I flew here from Hamburg via Amsterdam. On my way here, I had several hours to kill … Continue reading Dramatic Career Changes
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). Some Christians are in favor of screens in a church service, while some are not. I do not aim to wade into that discussion here. But this image caught my eye in a recent Persian Lutheran worship service, with praise songs … Continue reading Free Indeed!
I am currently preparing to teach Riga Luther Academy seminarians at our annual in-person summer intensive. These summer courses are normally conducted in Europe, but this year will be held in Nairobi, Kenya. There are two reasons for this location: Some of our seminarians are wrapping up their 4 1/2 years of studies, but have still not … Continue reading Dear Friends and Supporters of our Ministry to Germany and across Eurasia!
