Month: February 2016

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Feb

Doublespeak

“When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name…'” (Luke 11:2). The Lord’s Prayer is not the most words – just the right ones.  In explaining the Lord’s Prayer, Luther wrote: “The fewer the words, the better the prayer; the more the words, the poorer the prayer.” Matthew and Luke record the Lord’s Prayer.  The […]

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02
Feb

The Other Holy Trinity

“…faith, hope, and love” (1 Cor. 13:13). Christians who are baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit know also another holy trinity: faith, hope, and love. The two trinities live in much the same way.  We know from the Bible and theology that the Father “begets” […]

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