Wrestling with Theology

After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32)

Liturgical Date: Trinity Sunday Calendar Date: June 12, 2022 Order of Service: Service of Prayer & Preaching Hymns: #802, "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise" #498, "Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest" #578, "Thy Strong Word" #798, "The God of Abraham Praise" Sermon Theme: Our Majestic Triune God Sermon Text: Psalm 8 Other Lectionary Readings:  Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Acts 2:14, 22-36 John 8:4...

"In Christians, this repentance continues until death. For through one's entire life, repentance contends with the sin remaining in the flesh. Paul testifies that he wars with the law in his members (Romans 7:14-25) not by his own powers, but by the gift of the Holy Spirit that follows the forgiveness of sins [Romans 8:1-17]. This gift daily cleanses and sweeps out the remaining sins and works to...

After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32)

“When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son and called his name Noah, saying, ‘Out of the ground that the LORD has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands’” (Genesis 5:28-29).

Unreliable Spies (Psalm 106:24-27) Moses sent twelve spies into Canaan. Two sought to hold to God's promises to take the Promised Land. The other ten terrified the people into forty years of wandering around in the Wilderness (Numbers 13-14). Subscribe on Stitcher (https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/wrestling-with-theology-2) or your favorite podcast app.

The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah. (Genesis 4:22)

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Zillah also bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. (Genesis 4:22)

His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. (Genesis 4:21)

"Whenever the Law alone exercises its office, without the Gospel being added, there is nothing but death and Hell, and one must despair, as Saul and Judas did [1 Samuel 31; Matthew 27:5]. St. Paul says, through sin the Law kills. [See Romans 7:10.] On the other hand, the GOspel brings consolation and forgiveness. It does so not just in one way, but through the Word and the Sacraments and the like,...

Liturgical Date: Pentecost Calendar Date: June 5, 2022 Order of Service: Divine Service 1 Hymns: #497, "Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord" #569, "In Adam We Have All Been One" #659, "Lord of Our Life" #637, "Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord" #621, "Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence" #503, "O Day Full of Grace" Sermon Theme: Man's Potential Sermon Text: Genesis 11:1-9 Other Lectionary Readings:...

Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. (Genesis 4:20)

"This hereditary sin is such a deep corruption of nature that no reacon can understand it. Rather, it must be believed from the revelation of Scripture. (See Psalm 51:5; Romans 6:12-13; Exodus 33:3; Genesis 3:7-19.) Therefore, it is nothing but error and blindness [what] the scholastic doctors have taught in regard to this article" (SA III I 3). "But the chief office or force of the Law is to reve...

Why would Aaron build a golden calf like those in Egypt (Exodus 32)? Subscribe on Anchor (https://anchor.fm/rev-doug-minton) or your favorite podcast app.

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"Therefore, just as little as we can worship the devil himself as Lord and God, we can endure his apostle, the Pope, or Antichrist, in his rule as head or lord" (SA II IV 14). Subscribe on Anchor (https://anchor.fm/rev-doug-minton) or your favorite podcast app.

Liturgical Date: Sixth Sunday of Easter Calendar Date: May 22, 2022 Order of Service: Matins Hymns: #770, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" #476, "Who Are You Who Walk in Sorrow" #556, "Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice" Sermon Theme: Ask in My Name Sermon Text: John 16:23-33 Other Lectionary Readings:  Psalm 148 Acts 16:9-15 Revelation 21:9-14, 21-27

Korah, Dathan and Abiram rebel against Moses and Aaron. God causes the earth to open up and swallow them and all their possession (Numbers 16). Subscribe on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/27tIOK9gdKZ0HrEgIJ4DiJ) or your favorite podcast app.

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“When Methusaleh had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech” (Genesis 5:25).

“When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methusaleh” (Genesis 5:21).

The papistic Mass conflicts with the chief article of the Christian faith on the most basic level.  Monasteries were originally established as places for advanced theological education. Subscribe on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/27tIOK9gdKZ0HrEgIJ4DiJ) or your favorite podcast app.

“When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch” (Genesis 5:18).

“When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared” (Genesis 5:15).