This collection of Festival Sermons of C.F.W. Walther (1811-1887), first president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, was compiled posthumously in 1892 under the title Festklaenge [in 473 pages]... More > and is now available in English. The high feasts of the church year are represented with multiple sermons. This collection serves to reveal the depth of the meaning of these commemorations of Christ's saving works.
Walther reminds us of the core meaning of Christ's works of salvation and shows us both the chief and secondary themes available his homiletic use as he stood on the shoulders of great preachers like Luther and others who are still not yet completely available to us in English. Themes such as theosis of mankind through the incarnation of God's Son and our gaining more in Christ than Adam and Eve lost by falling into sin are well beyond what many have heard in modern English preaching and are available to you now!
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5 of the US's top female writers remix 5 classical plays by women. No Holds Barred in this volume from the 2011 Alcyone Festival in Chicago.
Botoxed hipsters, invented savages, missing nuns,... More > love’s treason and Harriet Tubman—the 2011 Alcyone Festival puts a new spin on overlooked classics. Featuring new works by: J. Nicole Brooks, Jennifer Fawcett, EM Lewis, Coya Paz and Caridad Svich< Less
Yes, they make us groan and roll our eyes and plead “Stop!”, but corny Christmas cracker jokes still make us laugh!
Here are 101 of the best, the worst and the cheesiest jokes for the... More > festive season, guaranteed to make Christmas go with a bang!< Less
Human: 2010 Abington Heights New Playwrights Festival Anthology features the collected works of thirteen student writers and two student artists...all of whom frequent the halls and classrooms of... More > Abington Heights High School in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
The sixteen monologues and one-act plays collected in this volume were chosen from over fifty submissions as the best dramatic literature Abington Heights has to offer. Each piece is unique in and of itself...one is about the joy and heartache of a first love, another addresses the apprehension of school pictures, while yet another presents a man, a woman, a deer, and some simple organ trafficking...but no matter what the content, they all do what only the best dramatic literature can do...teach us something about ourselves. Each selection in this anthology says something about what it is like to be human and what it is like to live in this world. Some are ridiculously silly, while others are heartbreakingly real, but all of them are honest.< Less
Human: 2010 Abington Heights New Playwrights Festival Anthology features the collected works of thirteen student writers and two student artists...all of whom frequent the halls and classrooms of... More > Abington Heights High School in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
The sixteen monologues and one-act plays collected in this volume were chosen from over fifty submissions as the best dramatic literature Abington Heights has to offer. Each piece is unique in and of itself...one is about the joy and heartache of a first love, another addresses the apprehension of school pictures, while yet another presents a man, a woman, a deer, and some simple organ trafficking...but no matter what the content, they all do what only the best dramatic literature can do...teach us something about ourselves. Each selection in this anthology says something about what it is like to be human and what it is like to live in this world. Some are ridiculously silly, while others are heartbreakingly real, but all of them are honest.< Less
Humanity has been deprived of the keys that unlock a comprehensive understanding of God's plan and purpose for humankind. God reveals His splendid plan in the prophecies and teachings of the... More > Scriptures. In this lesson you will see how God has provided us with the keys to unlock His plan through His sacred festivals.< Less
In Exegesis and Explanation of Sunday and Main Festival Gospels, Dr. Johann Gerhard (1582-1637) continues his Postille works, delving into the Gospel
texts of the Apostles and other Festival Days... More > (Vol. III) as well as passages for Midweek Sermons (Vol. IV).
A translation by Dr. Elmer Hohle faithfully transmits Gerhard’s insightful and engaging 17th century text. His Law and Gospel themed writing is both convicting and comforting as he points the reader to Christ, often very powerfully. Gerhard says, “Since Christ thus is the true Way, He will not lead us upon false ways. Since He is the Truth, He will not deceive us. Because He is the Life, He will not leave us in death. His Word is the Truth—we should believe it. His holy life is the true Way—we should walk upon it. Thus we shall find eternal life in Him.” (p. 61)< Less
Let Us Pray: A Lutheran Prayerbook is a book for daily prayer and worship in the corporate or individual fashion. LUP was designed to help members of the Societas Spiritu Sancti keep a daily rhythm... More > of prayer with focus on the Holy Scriptures and traditonal offices of prayer. LUP contains the traditional Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline in modern English as well as three original Little Offices for individual prayer or when one is short on time to pray the full offices. Newly added is a penitential prayer office. There are propers for the seasons, feasts, and festivals, including collects for every Sunday, hymns, and responsories. LUP contains all 150 Psalms from the NASB version of the Bible along with the Old Testament, Apocraphyl, and New Testament Canticles. All the musical tone included are based on Gregorian chant but written in modern notation. All procedes of LUP go towards the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, a charity that helps distribute Lutheran books around the world.< Less
Come along as the author brings us on a fantastic tale about one of our favorite reindeer--Rudolph! It seems he has decided to take a trial run before Christmas Eve and has gotten himself stuck in... More > the top of a tree. See if Gram and Grandpa can save Rudolph...and save Christmas too!< Less
