Self-presentation (1962) By Karl Barth In the fall of 1964, it will be 60 years since I turned to the … Mehr
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Which species of rose corresponds to the Luther rose: „That the dog rose can also produce white flowers is evident in our parish garden. Since the dog rose is by far the most common wild-growing species of the genus Rosa in Central Europe and its fruits are red—in contrast to the black to purple-black rose hips of the burnet rose—I assume that, botanically speaking, the Luther rose is a dog rose or hedge rose.“
In his letter to Lazarus Spengler dated July 8, 1530, Martin Luther writes the following about the Luther rose, after … Mehr
Reinhold Krause’s antisemitic Sports Palace speech of November 13, 1933: „If we National Socialists are ashamed to buy a tie from a Jew, then we ought to be even more ashamed to accept anything that speaks to our soul, the innermost religious, from a Jew. (Sustained applause.) To this belongs also that our church may no longer admit into its ranks any people of Jewish blood. We have not only fought against Jewish mission, but we have always emphasized: people of Jewish blood do not belong in the German People’s Church (strong applause)—neither in the pulpit nor under the pulpit. And where they stand in the pulpit, they must disappear as quickly as possible. (Cheers, applause.) It will also be necessary for our regional church to concern itself with removing all obviously distorted and superstitious reports from the New Testament, and to declare a fundamental renunciation of the whole scapegoat and inferiority theology of the rabbi Paul.“
Speech by the District Leader of the „German Christians“ Faith Movement in Greater BerlinDr. [Reinhold] KrauseDelivered in the Sports Palace … Mehr
Hellmut Traub about the Antichrist in the Bible (1954): „He is the Adversary par excellence. All sin, perdition, and wickedness find their concentration in him, and they find their expression in his denial that Jesus is the Christ and God the Father (2 Thessalonians 2:2; 1 John 2:22). Thereby he becomes the deceiver, by pointing people to themselves for their salvation, through self-help or self-redemption. Coercion and power, whose form can be total state control and economic boycott (Revelation 13), fabricated religion (Matthew 24:15; Revelation 13:4, 12), uniformization of people (13:16) and opinion (17:14), military and war (19:19; 17:14), are his means.“
As if Hellmut Traub had written about the Antichrist in the Bible for today: Antichrist in the Bible (1954) By … Mehr
George Bell, The Church’s Function in War-Time (November 1939): „The Church stands for the Cross, the gospel of redemption. It cannot, therefore, speak of any earthly war as a ‘crusade,’ for the one thing for which it is impossible to fight with earthly weapons is the Cross. Its supreme concern is not the victory of the national cause. It is a hard thing to say, but it is vital. Its supreme concern is the doing of the Will of God, whoever wins, and the declaring of the Mercy of God to all men and nations. The ministers, especially the leaders of the Church, have a great responsibility for making this plain. It is not only that the Church, if its clergy preach the gospel, offers a counter-balancing force of undoubted authority to the waves of national emotion, and so helps to preserve spiritual integrity. That is important. But what is still more important is the fact that the Church is the trustee of the gospel of redemption; and unless the gospel is preached, the Church is not the Church.“
The Church’s Function in War-Time[1] By George Bell, Bishop of Chichester What is the Church to do and say in … Mehr
Jochen Kleppers Lied ‚Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen‘ auf Englisch ‚The Night Will Soon Be Ending‘: „The night will soon be ending / The dawn cannot be far. / Let songs of praise ascending / Now greet the Morning Star! / All you whom darkness frightens / With guilt or grief or pain, / God’s radiant Star now brightens / And bids you sing again.“
Im Lutheran Service Book (LCMS, 2006) findet sich unter Nummer 327 die englischsprachige Fassung des Klepper-Lieds „Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen“ … Mehr
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letter to Mahatma Gandhi (1934): „It is no use to foretell the future which is in God’s hands, but if not all signs deceive us, everything seems to work for war in the near future, and the next war will certainly bring the spiritual death of Europe. What we need therefore in our countries is a truly spiritual living Christian peace movement. Western Christianity must be reborn on the Sermon on the Mount and here is the crucial point why I am writing to you. From all I know about you and your work after having studied your books and your movement for a few years, I feel we western Christians should try to learn from you, what realisation of faith means, what a life devoted to political and racial peace can attain. If there is anywhere a visible outline towards such attainments, than I see it in your movement. I know, of course, you are not a baptised Christian, but the people whose faith Jesus praised mostly did not belong to the official Church at that time either.“
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letter to Mahatma Gandhi Pastor Lic. Dietrich Bonhoeffer23, Manor Mount, S.E. 23. London October 17th, 1934 Revered … Mehr
Ruth Benedict on Guilt Cultures versus Shame Cultures (1946, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword): „True shame cultures rely on external sanctions for good behavior, not, as true guilt cultures do, on an internalized conviction of sin. Shame is a reaction to other people’s criticism. A man is shamed either by being openly ridiculed and rejected or by fantasying to himself that he has been made ridiculous. In either case it is a potent sanction.“
On Guilt Cultures versus Shame Cultures By Ruth Benedict In anthropological studies of different cultures the distinction between those which … Mehr
Im Memoriam of Shermain Lai: „Shermain was a lecturer in Christian Education at LTS – and she put her heart and soul into it. Often, students don’t consider Christian Education the most important field of study, but she persistently endeavoured to show the importance and relevance of Christian Education. Her teaching was focussed on the students, on helping them to grow. She was a dedicated teacher, creative, always looking for new and better ways to teach. She not only loved teaching, but also her students. In her role as the dorm warden, she carried strong compassion on them.“
IN MEMORIAM OF SHERMAIN LAI On 6 March, LTS received the news that Ms. Shermain Lai had died of cancer. … Mehr
