Yearly Archives: 2021

Catechesis on Trinity 17 (St. Luke 14:1-11) 2020

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On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church(Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00.

In this video from September 30, 2020, we learned stanza 3 of “Sun of My Soul, O Savior Dear” (Lutheran Worship, #488, The Lutheran Hymnal #551), the first article of the Apostles’ Creed and the meaning from Luther’s Small Catechism, and Proverbs 25:14 and Ephesians 4:1.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains the true worship of God (St. Luke 14:1-11), which is taught in the Holy Gospel for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.

The service concludes with “Recite Word by Word” (pdf link below).

Bulletins: Catechesis-Trinity-17-9-30-2020-On-Line.pdf
Responsive Prayer:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

Ember Wednesday Matins Sep 22, 2021

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Order of Matins, p.208  Lutheran Worship
Pre-Service Hymn:  “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73
Office Hymn “As Surely As I Live, God Said”  LW 235
Psalmody:  Psalm 1, 33, 16
Readings:  Amos 9:13-15, Nehemiah 8:1-10, Mark 9:16-28
Catechism;  Lord’s Prayer
Sermon

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  2021-September-Embers-Matins-Sep-22-24-and-25-2021-Online.pdf

In Suffering.

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O THOU, Who chastenest whom Thou lovest, grant us grace, we pray Thee, to discern Thy love in whatever suffering Thou sendest us; support us in patient thankfulness under pain, anxiety, or loss, and move us with pity and tenderness for our afflicted neighbors; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen  (Oremus, 1925, p.56).

Divine Service for Trinity Sixteen, September 19, 2021

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “If God Had Not Been on Our Side” TLH 267
Readings:  1 Kings 17:17-24, Ephesians 3:13-21, Luke 7:11-17
Hymn “For Me to Live Is Jesus” LW 267, TLH 597
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “Jesus, Your Blood and Righteousness” LW 362, TLH 371
“In Peace and Joy I Now Depart” LW 185, TLH 137
“How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Sixteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-9-19-2021.pdf

Picture: In addition to aggressively promoting the reading of biblical texts in the vernacular, the Protestant Reformation also introduced one of the most creative and controversial periods of printed Bible illustration. Martin Luther made effective use of translations enriched with woodcuts, beginning with his first translation of the German New Testament. For that edition he employed Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), one of the leading artists of the German Renaissance, to supply a rich program of woodcuts, including twenty-one full-page illustrations of the Apocalypse.

Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas Texas https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/Special Collections andArchives/Exhibitions/Luther/Bibles/BRA0930

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Miriam’s Sunday School, Class #46 on September 19, 2021

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Today’s class will study the “Sacrifice of Isaac” (Genesis 22:1-19).
Handout 1:  Text-for-Genesis-22.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Picture:  Although Martin Luther was not the first to translate the Bible into German, he was the first to translate the text from the original biblical languages. First printed at Wittenberg in September 1522, Luther’s German New Testament was considered a philological and literary masterpiece that exerted enormous influence on the development of modern German. This second edition, known as the “Dezembertestament,” is the earliest publication in Bridwell Library’s extensive collection of Protestant Bibles printed in numerous vernacular languages.

Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas Texas https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/Special Collections andArchives/Exhibitions/Luther/Bibles/BRA0930

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#56 Why Suffering? 3. Lest We Become Sleepy and Secure Apart From the Word

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Thirdly, it is also highly necessary that we suffer not only that God may prove his honor, power, and strength against the devil, but also in order that when we are not in trouble and suffering this excellent treasure which we have may not merely make us sleepy and secure. We see so many people, unfortunately it is all too common, so misusing the gospel that it is a sin and a shame, as if now of course they have been so liberated by the gospel that there is no further need to do anything, give anything, or suffer anything.

This kind of wickedness our God cannot check except through suffering. Hence he must keep disciplining and driving us, that our faith may increase and grow stronger and thus bring the Savior more deeply into our hearts. For just as we cannot get along without eating and drinking so we cannot get along without affliction and suffering. Therefore we must necessarily be afflicted of the devil by persecution or else by a secret thorn which thrusts into the heart, as also St. Paul laments [cf. II Cor. 12:7]. Therefore, since it is better to have a cross than to be without one, nobody should dread or be afraid of it. After all, you have a good strong promise with which to comfort yourself. Besides, the gospel cannot come to the fore except through and in suffering and cross. (Luther’s Works, v.51, p.207)

Picture: Fall of Babylon from Das Newe Testament Deuotzsch.

The image is from Martin Luther’s (1483-1546) September Testament. The image is based on Revelation chapter 18. Two angels drop a giant millstone as Babylon (Rome) burns in the background. Woodcut designed by Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), a close friend of Martin Luther.  http://pitts.emory.edu/

Catechesis on Trinity Sixteen (St. Luke 7:11-17) 2020

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On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00.

In this video from September 23, 2020, we learned stanza 2 of “Sun of My Soul, O Savior Dear” (Lutheran worship #488,The Lutheran Hymnal #551), the second article and its meaning, and Ephesians 2:4-5.  This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service.  The dialog sermon explains “The Raising of Widow’s Son from Nain” (St. Luke 7:11-17), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Sixteen.

The service concludes with “Recite Word by Word.”

Bulletins:  Catechesis-Trinity-16-9-23-2020-On-line.pdf
Prayers:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

In Adversity.

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REDEEM, O Lord, the souls of Thy servants, who put their trust in Thee; grant of Thy clemency that we may find Thy blessing in adversity as well as in prosperity; and, because Thou art nigh to them that are of a contrite heart, open Thine ears to the spirit of our sorrow and need, and let Thy peace, which passeth all understanding, keep our souls and bodies; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen  (Oremus, 1925, p.54).

Divine Service for Trinity Fifteen, September 12, 2021

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship

Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73
Readings:  1 Kings 17:8-16, Galatians 5:25-6:10, Matthew 6:24-34
Hymn “What God Ordains Is Always Good” LW 422, TLH 521
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth” LW 319
“Love in Christ Is Strong and Living” LW 376
“I Leave All Things to God’s Direction” LW 429, TLH 529
“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing” LW 247

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Fifteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-9-12-2021.pdf

Picture: “While I cannot claim to have got everything right, nevertheless I venture to say that this German Bible is couched in plainer and more correct language at many points than the Latin. So if the printers do not, as is their wont, spoil it with their carelessness, the German language has here a better Bible than the Latin. I ask my readers to decide.” — Martin Luther, from his preface to the first part of the Old Testament, 1523.

1522 Translation:  One of the more controversial translations was Luther’s rendering of Romans 3:28, where he inserted the word “alone,” [a person is justified by faith alone (alleyn, in the middle of the second line in the picture below)] that was present in neither the Greek or the Latin. In his Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen [Open Letter on Translating] in 1530, Luther defended the addition of “alone” as conforming to German idiom. https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1522.php

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