Spies into Canaan (Deuteronomy 1:19-33)Spies into Canaan (Deuteronomy 1:19-33)
And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. “Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that [...]
And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. “Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrifying wilderness that [...]
These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. It [...]
Deuteronomy is a series of sermons preached by Moses on the eastern side of the Jordan River, as he prepares the people of Israel to cross over and conquer the [...]
Background The Nunc Dimittis is the most widely sung of the four canticles of Advent. It has served as the primary Post-Communion Canticle in the Divine Service liturgies and in [...]
Background The Gloria in Excelsis is the song of the angels to the shepherds in the fields outside Bethlehem. For centuries, it has been used as the canticle that follows [...]
Background Zechariah’s Benedictus is the least well-known of the four canticles of Advent. It has come down to us in our hymnal as the primary canticle for Morning Prayer and [...]
Background Mary’s Magnificat is one of the canticles that the Church has sung throughout her history. In Lutheran liturgies, it is used as the primary canticle for the afternoon and [...]
The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as [...]
The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that [...]
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know [...]