Large Catechism
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Serious Prayer (LC III 24-34)
But where there is to be a true prayer, there must be seriousness. People must feel their distress, and such distress presses them and compels them to call and cry […]
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Command and Promise (LC III 12-23)
Let this be the first and most important point, that all our prayers must be based and rest upon obedience to God, regardless of who we are, whether we are […]
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Prayerful Duty (LC III 1-11)
The first thing to know is that it is our duty to pray because of God’s commandment. For that’s what we heard in the Second Commandment, “You shall not take […]
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The Spirit’s Continuing Work (LC II 57-70)
Now this is the article of the Creed that must always be and remain in use. For we have already received creation. Redemption, too, is finished. But the Holy Spirit […]
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The Church as the Communion of Saints (LC II 47-56)
Everything, therefore, in the Christian Church is ordered toward this goal: we shall daily receive in the Church nothing but the forgiveness of sin through the Word and signs, to […]
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The Holy Spirit (LC II 34-46)
Where the Spirit does not cause the Word to be preached and roused in the heart so that it is understood, it is lost [Matthew 13:19]. This was the case […]
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Redeemer (LC II 25-33)
Let this, then, be the sum of this article: the little word Lord means simply the same as redeemer. It means the One who has brought us from Satan to […]
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Provider and Defender (LC II 17-24)
Further, we also confess that God the Father has not only given us all that we have and see before our eyes, but He daily preserves and defends us against […]
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Creator of Heaven and Earth (LC II 9-16 & Psalm 104)
https://open.spotify.com/episode/47bZrotFFI4tFwYApUrkH5 Psalm 104 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, 2 covering yourself with light […]
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Everything We Expect from God (LC II 1-8)
So far we have heard the first part of Christian doctrine. We have seen all that God wants us to do or not to do. Now there properly follows the […]