Martin Luther's Evening Prayer
"An Unchanging Faith for Changing Lives" describes the message of God for us in the turmoil of the 21st Century. This faith is taught at St. John's Lutheran Church of Taylor, Michigan, and other congregations of the Lutheran church-Missouri Synod. Rev. Dr. Richard Zeile, Pastor at St. John's, applies the Word of God to our everyday experiences. God's LAW always accuses, but God's GOSPEL shows where grace can be found, through Jesus Christ who died for our sin, but rose that we may have eternal life.
Episodes
424 episodes
I Corinthians 1: The Foolishness of God
This message on the Foolishness of God being wiser than man's wisdom is accompanied by Matthew 15, the Nicene Creed, and a choir singing "Dona Nobis Pacem" ("give us peace").
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Loving the Lost
This A Capella service begins with the contemporary hymn, "Only a Holy God," then Continues with readings from 1 Corinthians, Psalm 27, and Matthew. Dr. Zeile's meditation concerns the painful truth that family members, particularly adult child...
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29:06
Romans 13: Put On Christ
After the beginning of Evening Prayer (Vespers), this message, suitable for the New Year, explains the new life Christians are called to live, not by their own power but by Christ. The classic hymn, "The Advent of our King," and a choir anthem ...
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Luke 2 The Name of Jesus
This service for New Year's Eve begins with prayers entitled "Devotion to the Holy Infancy," Psalm 8, and the homily on the meaning of the name Jesus, meaning "Savior" and its two aspects, that of rescue and the other of healing. Hymns, "Infant...
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Psalm 126: Too Good to be True
This Christmas episode includes reading of the Christmas Gospel, Luke 2, interspersed with hymn or choir selections. Dr. Zeile's meditation on Psalm 126 brings out the Gospel quality of being so much better than we could imagine.
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AVARICE (Greed): a Deadly Sin
In the 6th of the series on Seven Deadly Sins Dr. Zeile discusses the psychological need to hoard things and to put our trust into material possessions which will pass away. This was preached on Holy Thursday and parts of the service are includ...
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LUST: a Deadly Sin
In this 4th in a series on Seven Deadly Sins, Dr. Zeile speaks frankly of the social, psychological, and spiritual damage this temptation has wreaked upon modern society where people have been exploited and rejected by those who have know...
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Psalm 15 in 3 Classic English Translations
Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.
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WRATH (Anger): a Deadly Sin
This is the third message in Dr. Zeile's Lenten series on the Seven Deadly Sins. In addition to elements of Evening Prayer (Vespers) are included the classis hymn, "Thousand, Thousand Thanks Shall Be," and Dr. Zeile's own hymn on the Dead...
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GLUTTONY: a Deadly Sin
This is 2nd in Dr. Zeile's series on the Seven Deadly Sins, often called "Capital" sins, not because they are worse than other sins but because they are the sources or motivations for sinful acts. Dr. Zeile explains the deadly aspect, in natura...
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SLOTH: a Deadly Sin
This begins a series on the 7 Deadly Sins: Sloth, Gluttony, Wrath, Lust, Avarice, Envy, and Pride. Dr. Zeile's meditation on this, the "deadest" of the deadly sins includes elements of Evening Prayer (Vespers), and the Passion reading from Lent...
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Psalm 143: Let Your Good Spirit Lead Me
This message is based on the Psalmist's prayer which was fulfilled for all believers at Pentecost. Dr. Zeile's sermon is accompanied by the Confessional rite, Introit, Gloria in Excelsis, a reading from Acts 2 and the classic medieval hymn, Com...
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Psalm 17 in 3 Classic English Translations
Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.
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7:33
Psalm 16 in 3 Classic English Translations
Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.
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5:16
Psalm 14 in 3 Classic English translations
Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation
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5:25
Genesis 15 A New Name
Abram was promised a son, and waited for God to provide. When Abram fretted about this God gave him a new name, "Abraham" meaning "Father of Many." That this childless old man should take on this name was a testimony before the world that Abrah...
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Psalm 13 in 3 Classic English Translations
Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.
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Micah 7:18-19 Comparative Religion
"Who is a God Like Ours?" asks the prophet Micah. This prompts a meditation on how the revealed faith of Christ differs from some of the major religions in the world and popular in the secular West. Dr. Zeile shows that the common belief that a...
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Psalm 12 in 3 Classic English Translations
Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.
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Matthew 16:17-19 Office of the Keys
This message, delivered for the Festival of Saints Peter & Paul, addresses the Office of the Keys, the authority of the Pastoral Office (or Office of the Holy Ministry). Many Protestants believe that pastors' only authority is human-bestowe...
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Psalm 22 in 3 Classic English Translations
Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.
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14:27
SLOTH
A Lenten midweek service begins a series on the Seven Deadly Sins. The first, Sloth or Laziness, is the deadest of the deadly sins, as Dr. Zeile explains in his meditation.
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28:33
John 12 The Palm
This meditation was from a series entitled "Objects of the Passion" for Wednesday evening services in Lent. The palm, often associated with oriental royalty (picture the slave waving the palm branch to create a breeze for the sitting king), rec...
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