This article comes from The Center of Apologetics and Worldviews at Bethany Lutheran College. It is from a series entitled “Q&A Leading to Christ.” People talk about sex a lot. TV sitcoms joke about it. Politicians debate rights for “sexual minorities.” Progressives “modernize” God’s plan for sex. Terminology across the so-called “gender spectrum” seems to […]
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Dying Well
Second Bible Study on Ars Moriendi – “The Art of Dying Well” “Ars Moriendi – The Art of Dying Well” Writing to those concerned about the plague in his day, Martin Luther said, “Everyone should prepare in time and get ready for death.” From the moment we are born we are dying. We are brought into newness […]
What is Death?
Second Bible Study on Ars Moriendi – “The Art of Dying Well” “Ars Moriendi – The Art of Dying Well” Writing to those concerned about the plague in his day, Martin Luther said, “Everyone should prepare in time and get ready for death.” From the moment we are born we are dying. We are brought into newness […]
What Does a Good Death Look Like?
First Bible Study on Ars Moriendi – “The Art of Dying Well” “Ars Moriendi – The Art of Dying Well” Writing to those concerned about the plague in his day, Martin Luther said, “Everyone should prepare in time and get ready for death.” From the moment we are born we are dying. We are brought into newness […]
Great the War Fought by the Angels
I am always a fan of J. S. Bach’s cantatas for each Sunday of the church year. He also has cantatas for Feast Days, including St. Michael and All Angels, which we in the ELS observe on the final Sunday in September, a tradition we have inherited from our Scandinavian forbearers. Bach’s Cantata outlines four […]
Did Moses Really Write the Pentateuch?
This article comes from The Center of Apologetics and Worldviews at Bethany Lutheran College. It is from a series entitled “Q&A Leading to Christ.” Liberal theologians and secular professors foster doubts that Moses (or any singular person) wrote the first five books of the Bible. But, consider: 1. The word “Pentateuch” describes a singular work. […]
![A great morning to prepare for death, as Luther would say.
I'm doing research on The Art of Dying Well. [Come to our Bible study series on this topic all of October at Faith]
Preparing to die is as simple as eating, which we do simply to live.
Johann Gerhard has this awesome picture:
"Indeed, in the Holy Supper, you are offered salutary provision for your journey, which is called a viaticum. You are presented a creedal symbol of the future resurrection in which the right of friendship and hospitality in that heavenly homeland is confirmed for you. Christ says, "Whoever fees on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day (John 6:54)."](https://faithlutheranoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
