Trinity Eighteen Divine Service – October 16, 2022

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “Sun of My Soul, O Savior Dear” LW 488, TLH 551
Readings:  Deut 10:12-21, 1 Cor 1:1-9, Matthew 22:34-46
Hymn “You Will I Love, My Strength” LW 375
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “Praise and Thanks and Adoration” LW 387
Hymn “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us” LW 402, TLH 442
“How Precious Is the Book Divine” LW 332, TLH 285

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

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Eighteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-10-16-2022.pdf


Picture: The Luther Bible 1534:   Genesis 19 – Sodom and Gomorrah, p. 37.  Biblia, das ist die gantze Heilige Schrift Deudsch Mart. Luth… Wittemberg: Hans Lufft, MDXXXIIII.

Against a Froward Heart.

WE sing of mercy and judgment unto Thee, 0 Lord, our Savior and Judge, help us with the one, warn us with the other; on that side is the light of pity, on this the rule of inquiry; grant us Thy humble servants, O Lord, that a froward heart may not cleave to us, and that evil things before our eyes may not allure us; but that walking in the simplicity of innocence, Thou mayest lead us on in Thy pity and love, and absolve us as a truthful Judge; Who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen  (Oremus, 1925, p.48-49).

Catechesis on Trinity 18 (St. Matthew 22:34-46) 2021

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 PM.

This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service. The dialog sermon explains “The Love of God and Neighbor” (St. Matthew 22:34-46), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Eighteen.

Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #387, stanza 1 of “Praise and Thanks and Adoration,” Small Catechism, Apostles’ Creed, 2nd Article and meaning, and 1 John 4:8 19.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-Trinity-18-9-29-2021-On-Line.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

 

Catechesis for Trinity 18 on October 12, 2022

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 PM.

This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service. The dialog sermon explains “The Love of God and Neighbor” (St. Matthew 22:34-46), which is the Holy Gospel for Trinity Eighteen.

Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #402 (TLH 442), stanza 4, “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us,” Small Catechism, Apostles’ Creed, 3rd Article and meaning, and 1 John 4:8 19.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-Trinity-18-10-12-2022-online.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

#59 A Time to be Born, and a Time to Die

He now cites examples to prove what he has said about human affairs and human efforts. Birth, he says, has its own time, and death has its own time. And as we do not have our birth in our own hand, so we do not have our death either. Yet there is nothing that is more our own than our life and the various parts of our body—but only in the sense of use, for we have not been granted dominion over them even for a moment, and therefore it is useless for us to try to define them with laws. An infant is in the hand of God and is not born until its hour of birth comes. Women labor and are concerned about the birth of an infant, and they predict its time, but there is nothing certain about it. Nor do we die, in spite of great danger and extreme desperation, except at our appointed hour. Why then do we fear death? You cannot live any longer than the Lord has prescribed, nor die any sooner. For this is also what Job says in chapter 14:5: “The days of man are determined, and the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.”

But you say: Many people die of their own initiative and rashness, and they would otherwise have lived longer; and others have hurled themselves into death alive. Could they not have saved their lives? I reply: No, God has set this hour and even this means and kind of death. Experience teaches this also. Some men receive mortal wounds and yet are easily cured and survive, while others who are lightly wounded die nevertheless. The astrologers ascribe this to the stars, others ascribe it to fortune. But Holy Scripture attributes this to God, with whom the moments of our life and of our death are fixed, to whom it does not matter whether you perish of a large wound or of a small one, so that He may confound all the wisdom and counsel of man. To Christians this is a great comfort, so that they know that death has not been placed into the power of tyrants nor into the hands of any creature and so that they are not extremely fearful about death but die like children when it pleases God. Therefore what has been said about the time of being born and of dying should be said about all the other works of man, as now follows:  (Luther’s Works, v.15 p.50-51)

Trinity Seventeen Divine Service – October 9, 2022

Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship
Hymn “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us” LW 402, TLH 442
Readings:  Proverbs 25:6-14, Ephesians 4:1-6, Luke 14:1-11
Hymn “Seek Where You May to Find a Way” LW 358, TLH 383
Sermon
Communion Hymns: “I Know My Faith Is Founded” LW 354, TLH 381
“In You, Lord, I Have Put My Trust” LW 406, TLH 524
“My Faith Looks Trustingly” LW 378, TLH 394
–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Seventeen-Divine-Service-for-Online-10-9-2022.pdf


Picture:  The Luther Bible 1534:   Genesis 9 – After the Flood, p. 26.  Biblia, das ist die gantze Heilige Schrift Deudsch Mart. Luth… Wittemberg: Hans Lufft, MDXXXIIII.

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #15 – October 9, 2022

Today we will look at the Scriptural doctrine of Election and The Predestinarian Controversy of the 1880’s within the Lutheran church bodies in North America.

Handout 1:  Unity-and-Realignment-1875-to-1988.pdf
Handout 2: Formula-of-Concord-Epitome-XI.-Eternal-Election-Oct-2022.pdf
Handout 3: Overheads-for-Aug-2-2020.pdf
Handout 4: Eternal-Election-.pdf
Handout 5: Lutheran-Cyclopedia-Intuitu-Fidei.pdf

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

Picture: On October 2, 2022, the member of Trinity Lutheran Church went on a “Hike with Pastor Mike.”  Here is the lookout at Inspiration Point at LaRue/Pine Hills.

To Rejoice in Other Men’s Success.

ALMIGHTY God, give me the power and grace to rejoice over other men’s brightness and strength and success; through Him Who laid down His life for His friends, our Master Jesus Christ who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.  (Oremus, 1925, p.48).

Catechesis for Trinity 17 (St. Luke 14:1-11) 2021

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 PM.

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.

Learn-by-Heart will include The Lutheran Hymnal #343, stanza 6 of “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star,” Small Catechism, Apostles’ Creed, 2nd Article and meaning, and Proverbs 25:14 and Ephesians 4:1.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-Trinity-17-9-22-2021-On-Line.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf

Catechesis on Trinity 17 on October 5, 2022

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 PM.

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.

Learn-by-Heart will include Lutheran Worship #402 (TLH 442), stanza 3, “Lord of Glory, You Have Bought Us,” Small Catechism, Apostles’ Creed, 3rd Article and meaning, and Proverbs 25:14 and Ephesians 4:1.

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

Service Bulletin:  Catechesis-Trinity-17-10-5-2022-online.pdf
Recite Word by Word:  Recite-Word-by-Word.pdf