Martin Luther's Evening Prayer

Just in time for election season is Dr. Zeile's meditation on the call of Matthew and the moral ambiguity of his profession as a tax collector. We are to conduct ourselves as followers of Christ in a morally ambiguous society with its dangers of corruption. The meditation is accompanied by the introit, Communion rite, and the hymn, "By All Your Saints in Warfare for All Your Saints at Rest."

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Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the early 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.

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Excerpts from the All Saints' service accompany this message based on Genesis 15:6 "Abram believed God and God counted him as righteous." Dr. Zeile explains that faith is not a work of man but a gift of God, the precursor, not the reward of good works. The Ralph Van Williams classic "For All the  Saints," and the contemporary "Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God" are included in the program.

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Elements of the antecommunion (service of the Word that goes before the sacrament is celebrated) are offered, notably the Collect prayer, Exodus 20 reading, Psalm 19, Alleluia, and Matthew 5 Gospel. Then Luther's hymn on the Ten Commandments is sung  before and after Dr. Zeile's message about our addiction to behaviors and attitudes that are killing us, and the Law's role in driving us to the Great Physician who can free us.

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The program begins with the morning hymn "Christ Whose Glory fills the Sky," and continues with elements of the Service of Prayer and Preaching, including readings from Ephesians 2 and John 3, and the classic Luther hymn "Dear Christians One and All Rejoice." Dr. Zeile's message discusses the condition of the human will, that it is dead in sin and unable to contribute to our salvation until it is made alive in Christ. The illusion of choice is dispelled and role of Truth is enabling the will's freedom is clarified in this meditation.

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Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the early 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.

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This meditation on what our offerings mean is preceded by the Gloria in Excelsis, the Collect prayer. Following the message the hymn "The Temple Rang" based on Mark 13 is sung, then the familiar "We Give Thee but Thine Own"  from the presentation of gifts at the altar. The program concludes with the Collect, Blessing and classic hymn, "Lord of Glory You have bought us with Thy life-blood as the price."

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Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the early 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.

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This service held at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in rural Wellston, Michigan, begins with the Gospel of Luke, and then a message from Dr. Zeile based on the readings from that Sunday, unearthing how they illustrate the nature of Faith, that gift of God given by grace to His chosen like Abraham. The Nicene Creed and Navy Hymn round out this episode.

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Dr. Zeile reads the Psalm in the 16th Century Book of Common Prayer, the early 17th Century King James Version, and the 18th Century Challoner revision of the Douai-Rheims translation.

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