For Holy Saturday 2019 Jake is joined by Rev. Joshua Pfeiffer from the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Adelaide of the Lutheran Church of Australia to discuss the importance of Holy Saturday and the Easter Vigil liturgical service

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Sermon by Rev. Jake Zabel of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dalby, Queensland, Australia on Psalm 34

Lecture by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig on the Liturgy given at the Australian Lutheran College in 2009

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On this 2019 Good Friday episode Jake discusses an in-depth study into the so called "Thief on the Cross"

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Sermon by Rev. Jake Zabel of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dalby, Queensland, Australia on John 8:31-41a

Lecture by Rev. Dr. John Kleinig on the Liturgy given at the Australian Lutheran College in 2009

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1

Jesus, I will ponder now

On Thy holy passion;

With Thy Spirit me endow

For such meditation.

Grant that I in love and faith

May the image cherish

Of Thy suffering, pain, and death

That I may not perish.

2

Make me see Thy great distress,

Anguish, and affliction,

Bonds, and stripes, and wretchedness,

And Thy crucifixion;

Make me see how scourge and rod,

Spear and nails, did wound Thee,

How Thou diedst for man, O God,

Who with thorns had crowned Thee.

3

Show me not alone Thy pain,

Torment, and affliction;

Let me see the cause and gain

Of Thy crucifixion.

Ah, my sin caused all the woe

That Thou, Lord, hast suffered,

Pard6ning grace dost Thou bestow,

Gained when Thou wast offered.

4

Grant that I Thy passion view

With repentant grieving,

Nor Thee crucify anew

By unholy living.

How could I refuse to shun

Every sinful pleasure,

Since for me God’s only Son

Suffered without measure.

5

If my sins give me alarm

And my conscience grieve me,

Let Thy cross my fear disarm,

Peace of conscience give me.

Grant that I may trust in Thee

And Thy holy passion;

If His Son so loveth me,

God must have compassion.

6

Grant that I may willingly

Bear with Thee my crosses,

Learning humbleness of Thee,

Peace mid pain and losses.

May I give Thee love for love;

Hear me, O my Saviour,

That I may in heaven above

Sing Thy praise for ever.

Sermon by Rev. Jake Zabel of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Dalby, Queensland, Australia on Matthew 6:25-27

On this episode Jake is joined by Deacon Alan McIntyre of Redeemer Christian Fellowship in Melbourne to discuss his journey to Lutheranism

Part I

1

O world, see thy Life languish

Upon the tree in anguish;

Thy Lord and Saviour dies.

The prince of power with meekness

Submits in mortal weakness

To blows, and jeers, and railing cries.

2

My Saviour, who hath wrought Thee

Such pain, and who hath brought Thee

Such sad and dire disgrace?

By sin Thou art not tainted,

Nor is Thy soul acquainted

With evil like our fallen race.

3

I caused Thy grief and trembling

With sins in sum resembling

The sand-grains by the sea;

They sore Thy soul have cumbered,

And raised those woes unnumbered

Which press in dark array on Thee.

4

The pangs that rend Thy spirit,

I, for my deep demerit,

Should suffer in Thy stead;

The fetters and the scourging,

The tide of sorrow surging

Round Thee, should break upon my head.

5

Thyself, Lord, Thou dost offer,

And in my stead dost suffer

The bitter cross for me;

The crown of thorns Thou wearest,

The shame and scorn Thou bearest

For guilt of mine thus patiently.

6

Each hour of life is showing

How all my good is owing

To this great love of Thine.

Each hour I would endeavour

My soul and body ever

To Thy blest service to resign.

Part II

7

Lord, little can I offer

For all that Thou didst suffer;

This one thing will I do:

Till death my soul releases,

Thy dying, Thy distresses,

My heart will cherish deep and true.

8

Thy cross will stand before me,

Its sacred power be o’er me,

Wherever I may be:

A mirror whose reflection

Shows me all pure perfection-

A seal of love and constancy.

9

My flesh now crucifying,

Its evil lust denying,

I unto sin will die.

Lord, I will never leave Thee,

But shun whate’er may grieve Thee,

Strong in the strength Thou dost supply.

10

Thy sighing and Thy groaning,

The tears and blood atoning,

Which Thou hast freely poured,

Through life will comfort lend me,

And after death attend me

Into Thy endless rest, O Lord.