tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:47:58 +0000The Word is the Fountain of LifeGod‘s Ten CommandmentsThe Apostles’ CreedGodThe Sacraments and ConfessionThe Second TableSanctificationThe Third ArticleThe First TableThe Lord’s PrayerRedemptionThe Second ArticleJesus Christ and His work of RedemptionThe Sacrament of Holy BaptismThe Office of the Keys and ConfessionThe Sacrament of the Lord’s SupperThe Seven PetitionsThe ChurchThe First ArticleThe Sixth CommandmentCreaationThe Fourth CommandmentThe Fifth CommandmentThe First CommandmentThe Third CommandmentThe Second CommandmentManOf Prayer in GeneralThe Close of the CommandmentsThe Gifts of GraceConfessionThe Proper Use of the Lord’s SupperHoly SpiritSinThe Proper Use of BaptismThe Significance of BaptismThe Nature of the Lord’s SupperEverlasting LifeThe Forgiveness of sins and JustificationThe Office of the Public MinistryThe Seventh CommandmentThe Benefit of BaptismThe Lord’s BlessingThe Nature of Holy BaptismThe Ninth and Tenth CommandmentsHomiletical AidThe BibleThe Christmas CycleThe Eighth CommandmentThe Historic LectionaryThe Office of the KeysThe Sixth PetitionChristmasThe Fifth PetitionThe Purpose and Use of God’s LawThe Resurrection of the BodyGod the FatherIntroductionOn EasterOn MinistryThe AngelsThe First PetitionThe Fourth PetitionThe Power of BaptismThe SalutationAdventCreationInfant BaptismOf The Sacraments in GeneralThe Benefits of the Lord’s SupperThe ConclusionThe Second PetitionThe Seventh PetitionThe Third PetitionA Midsummer DayAll Saints DayDuring LentGood FridayJohn 1:19-28Luke 21:25-36Luke 2:1-14Matthew 11:2-10Matthew 21:1-9On New Year's DayOn PentecostOn Trinity SundaySt. Stephen's DayThe First Sunday In AdventThe Fourth Sunday In AdventThe Power of the Lord’s SupperThe Second Sunday In AdventThe Third Sunday in AdventThe difference between Law and GospelinformationGod’s Word and Luther’s doctrine endure now and foreverhttp://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger531125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-4219144536335684628Tue, 23 Feb 2016 22:00:00 +00002016-02-24T00:00:02.693+02:00On MinistryChapters 12-14 of I Corinthians are to be understood in the light of their context and according to the analogy of faith. These chapters deal with the gifts of grace (χαρίσματα) and the Ministerial Office. There were gifts of grace which God gave to both men and women, but He committed the public ministry only to men who were qualified and fit for the office. Through the apostles God gave http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2016/02/how-we-are-to-understand-chapters-12-14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-2266320855209874638Tue, 29 Dec 2015 04:30:00 +00002015-12-29T06:30:04.831+02:00On MinistryThe Christian church must clearly refute the papal antichrist as well as other false teachers, and not follow their heresies or their example. The Biblical teaching concerning the antichrist also belongs to doctrine of the Ministerial Office, namely the refutation of false teachers and refutation of those, who misuse the correct Pastoral Office. The devil is always striving by all means to http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/12/the-antichrist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-5588104619046893592Sat, 28 Nov 2015 22:00:00 +00002015-11-29T00:00:01.744+02:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeGod directs our earthly life by assigning to each of us our own tasks and our own station. Giving birth to children, caring for them and rearing them, is a noble task. God has given children a precious gift, in giving them a loving mother. In order to accomplish important and demanding tasks we have to deny ourselves and be willing to make sacrifices. This may cause pain and sorrow, but it http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/11/a-mothers-calling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-2344309440343862236Sat, 14 Nov 2015 22:00:00 +00002015-11-15T00:00:00.716+02:00On MinistryGod entrusted the Office of the Ministry to Adam, not to Eve. God sent His Son into the world and permitted Him to be born as the new Adam (Rom. 5:14), not as the new Eve, to correct the first Adam’s offense and that which was remiss in his care of the Ministerial Office (Rom. 5:14; Adam’s “offense”: Rom. 5:15,17: “one man’s offense”: Rom. 5:19: “one man’s disobedience”: but in such a way that “http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/11/god-calls-only-men-into-public-ministry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-3412578441603364065Sun, 01 Nov 2015 10:00:00 +00002015-11-01T12:00:01.234+02:00All Saints DayThe Word is the Fountain of LifeLutheran Christians observe All Saints Day for the purpose of remembering those saints who have departed from this life and joined the Church triumphant. Heaven and earth, strife and victory, are in our thoughts as we sing: "For all the saints who from their labors rest, Who Thee by faith before the world confest, Thy name, o Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia! O blest communion, http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/11/who-is-saint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-5167093289033651326Sat, 24 Oct 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-10-25T00:00:01.961+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeThe Apostle Paul beautifully describes a mother's calling: "Women shall be saved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint" (1 Tim. 2:15). Giving birth to a child does not merit eternal salvation. It is a mother's role in life, like a path she has to walk through. A Christian mother accepts it as her calling from God. She joins the http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/10/love-your-wife.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-954049691656906083Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-09-23T00:00:01.008+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeWe live in an age of rapid development in the fields of industry and technology. The term "old-fashioned" is often applied where it doesn't belong: to the order of creation, to Christian doctrine and to morality. It is easily forgotten that we are building on the work of hundreds of generations, without which the development taking place today would not be possible. We are also responsible for http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/09/responsibility.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-5973285609721613038Mon, 14 Sep 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-09-15T00:00:00.185+03:00The Word is the Fountain of Life"1But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy" (2 Tim. 3:1,2). This prediction of the Apostle has come true in the present restlessness of our age. The Fourth Commandment gives parents the authority and responsibility to demand obedience from their http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/09/the-fourth-commandment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-7422735069329198624Sun, 06 Sep 2015 20:59:00 +00002015-09-06T23:59:00.367+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeThere are certain goals associated with the restlessness of our day that are by nature idealistic, such as promoting the cause of the needy and demanding equality and tolerance for everyone. But the same people who speak of these matters have a desire to rise up against all divine basic values. According to the Bible the devil puts on the armor of light so that his activity will seem to be http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/09/what-is-behind-restlessness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-704219735691784103Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-08-16T00:00:01.296+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeCertain radicals have adopted pacifism as part of their program. They oppose military service, thinking that by doing so, they can oppose war. According to the Bible God has given the sword to the civil government and at the same time has given it the authority to command its citizens to use it. The Christian faith does not include the idea that arms and military service are in themselves evil. http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/08/the-restless-and-pacifism.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-3778343393495147315Sun, 09 Aug 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-08-10T00:07:35.318+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeIn our day the Christian Church is viewed as a sector of society and even as a group for pressuring society. This can be explained by the fact that the methods of operation used by the unbelieving world are being brought into the churches. The Apostles knew how to separate the spiritual from the earthly. The Apostolic Church was not a pressure group or a sector of society. This is apparent, for http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/08/the-church-and-faults-of-society.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-6410378631513315157Mon, 03 Aug 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-08-04T00:00:03.963+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeFrom that perspective accusations against society are made. It is accused of practicing bureaucracy and government by police force, of being slow to act and promoting class distinction and racial segregation. Something of this nature can indeed occur at times in certain areas among certain people. But it does not occur because everything old is bad, and the matter cannot be corrected by rejectinghttp://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/08/accusations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-7516587231395210368Sun, 26 Jul 2015 20:59:00 +00002015-07-26T23:59:00.609+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeThe agitators among the restless see modern day society as the root of all evil. For this reason they believe that society must be renewed by corrupting and destroying the old or opposing it in some other way. What sort of society they want is often unclear to them. By destroying the old they envisualize a better society, the nature of which cannot as yet be determined. There is even one school http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/07/what-are-goals-of-restless.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-2072116376807063292Sat, 18 Jul 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-07-19T00:00:02.450+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeTo the Christian, who knows the Bible, it is apparent that by-passing the Law and rebelling against it, is against God's will and His Word. "Therefore he who resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves... Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience sake" (Rom. 13:2,5).http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/07/the-by-passing-of-law.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-6978222167920433284Mon, 13 Jul 2015 03:00:00 +00002015-07-13T06:00:03.700+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeYouth seeks ideals. It has a proclivity for idealism, and often at the same time is full of enthusiasm, eager for action and seeking a way to put its ideals into practice. In such an attitude there is not yet anything moral, either good or bad. Whether we approve or disapprove of youth's attitude depends on the deals and the way in which they are pursued and carried out. Are the ideals right or http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/07/the-lack-of-experience-and-knowledge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-8900109859012197747Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-07-05T00:00:03.351+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeAmong the youth of our day there is an effort to bring about changes in our society through certain means of pressure and coercion, by attacking matters straight on and by-passing the methods presupposed by our nation's laws, decrees and good proven customs. Those involved in this effort do not represent all of our youth - perhaps only a small minority. They are influential largely because of thehttp://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/07/the-bible-and-restless-youth-of-our-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-8914560595701573272Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-06-28T00:00:03.817+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeThe Bible gives Jesus the name, Chief Shepherd, and those who believe in Him are called His sheep. This is a beautiful illustration. The Good Shepherd takes care of His sheep and loves them. The sheep follow the Shepherd, need Him, and recognize their own Shepherd's voice from among the voices of strangers. Instruction in God's Word that is based on this illustration should be emphasized in our http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/06/the-hirelings-and-ear-of-sheep.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-9147872240552074994Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-06-14T00:00:03.736+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeNature, bursting into its summer dress, is refreshing and pleasant to observe. It has the spirit of life and hope. The Bible compares Christian faith to this type of aroma of life (2 Cor. 2:14) that Jesus sent His disciples to spread. Sin brought a deathly smell into the world, into our body and soul. But the Savior bore our sins and reconciled us to God. Now everyone who believes in Him has http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/06/the-gospel-has-aroma-of-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-6032588022865288439Mon, 08 Jun 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-06-09T00:00:01.479+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeThe Bible compares the acceptance of salvation to tasting. The writer of the epistle to the Hebrews speaks of those who "have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the age to come" (Heb. 6:4,5). The taste of food can be experienced only by those who actually taste it. Jesushttp://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/06/taste.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-1028496647426646018Sun, 31 May 2015 20:30:00 +00002015-05-31T23:30:00.657+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeGod has given us ears so that we, among other things, would gladly and diligently listen to the preaching of His Word. Contrary to God's will many people listen to evil talk and close their ears to God's Word. Jesus says: "He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God" (John 8:47). Many refuse to go hear the preaching of God's Word. But http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/05/hearing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-8335492355254960247Sat, 23 May 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-05-24T00:00:01.258+03:00The Word is the Fountain of Life"I believe that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ear, and all my members." This is how Lutheran Christians confess their faith. Healthy sense organs are wonderful gifts that God has given us. But how often do we remember to thank Him for them? If a blind person were to be given the gift of sight, he would be very thankful. Spiritually we are all http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/05/sight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-686446843646539297Sat, 16 May 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-05-17T00:00:00.683+03:00The Word is the Fountain of Life"I'm at my wits' end, I can't go on", someone may cry out when life's skein seems to be hopelessly entangled. That which brought pleasure before has now led to despair and wretchedness. Others do not understand. They only say: "He has only himself to blame." But this causes further agony because it's true. He who has fallen is condemned by the people around him as well as by his own heart. At thehttp://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/05/behold-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-7898772053626082543Sat, 09 May 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-05-10T00:00:01.971+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeThere are many different religions in the world, but it is easy to divide them all into two groups. The German-British scientist, Max Mueller, once said: "In the discharge of my duties for forty years as professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford I have devoted as much time as any man living to the study of the sacred books of the East, and I found the one key-note - the one diapason, sohttp://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/05/the-unique-character-of-christian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-7298937608037667491Sat, 02 May 2015 21:00:00 +00002015-05-03T00:00:02.556+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeChristians are soldiers. The Bible says: "Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but... against the spiritual forces of wickedness" (Eph. 6:11,12). The Christian's fight is spiritual and for that reason he needs spiritual weapons and spiritual armor. The Christian fights "having girded (http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/05/the-christians-panoply.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875560611007547256.post-220660251979082686Sun, 26 Apr 2015 03:00:00 +00002015-04-26T06:00:01.183+03:00The Word is the Fountain of LifeThe Bible speaks of angels in three different senses. In the first and most common sense angels are invisible beings that God has created. There are both good and evil angels of this type. The evil angels are those who fell into sin. The good angels praise God. God has sent them especially to protect His children. Angels are present when members of Christian congregations assemble together, and http://www.christiandoctrine.ebaznica.lv/2015/04/angels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)