Trinity's Pastor Writes

Today’s class will study the "Sacrifice of Isaac" (Genesis 22:1-19).

Handout 1:  Text-for-Genesis-22.pdf

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

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Picture:  Although Martin Luther was not the first to translate the Bible into German, he was the first to translate the text from the original biblical languages. First printed at Wittenberg in September 1522, Luther’s German New Testament was considered a philological and literary masterpiece that exerted enormous influence on the development of modern German. This second edition, known as the “Dezembertestament,” is the earliest publication in Bridwell Library’s extensive collection of Protestant Bibles printed in numerous vernacular languages.

Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas Texas https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/Special Collections andArchives/Exhibitions/Luther/Bibles/BRA0930

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Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73

Readings:  1 Kings 17:8-16, Galatians 5:25-6:10, Matthew 6:24-34

Hymn “What God Ordains Is Always Good” LW 422, TLH 521

Sermon

Communion Hymns: “O God, O Lord of Heaven and Earth” LW 319

“Love in Christ Is Strong and Living” LW 376

“I Leave All Things to God’s Direction” LW 429, TLH 529

“Sent Forth by God’s Blessing” LW 247

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Fifteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-9-12-2021.pdf

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Picture: “While I cannot claim to have got everything right, nevertheless I venture to say that this German Bible is couched in plainer and more correct language at many points than the Latin. So if the printers do not, as is their wont, spoil it with their carelessness, the German language has here a better Bible than the Latin. I ask my readers to decide.” — Martin Luther, from his preface to the first part of the Old Testament, 1523.

1522 Translation:  One of the more controversial translations was Luther's rendering of Romans 3:28, where he inserted the word "alone," [a person is justified by faith alone (alleyn, in the middle of the second line in the picture below)] that was present in neither the Greek or the Latin. In his Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen [Open Letter on Translating] in 1530, Luther defended the addition of "alone" as conforming to German idiom. https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1522.php

Today’s class will study "Abimelech's Covenant" (Genesis 21:22-34).

Handout 1:  Text-for-Genesis-21v1-34.pdf

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

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Picture: Portrait of Luther pasted in, verso of first flyleaf. The white dots in the photograph are worm holes.  The Gruber Rare Books Collection, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1522.php

“Das Neue Testament Deutzsch” 1522 - These efforts in broadening the Bible’s intended audience and providing vernacular Bibles to the literate public were remarkably successful. The 1522 New Testament appeared in at least forty-three editions in three years, resulting in over one hundred thousand copies of what was surely an expensive book. In addition to folio volumes illustrated with woodcuts, the texts also appeared in more compact and less expensive formats. These smaller Bibles often included copies of illustrations from the larger editions as well. The market for vernacular scripture also expanded beyond Luther’s immediate German-speaking compatriots. Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas Texas https://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/Special Collections andArchives/Exhibitions/Luther/Bibles/BRA0930

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Hymn “From God Can Nothing Move Me” LW 409, TLH 73

Readings:  Proverbs 4:10-23, Galatians  5:16-24, Luke 17:11-19

Hymn “I Will Sing My Maker’s Praises” LW 439, TLH 25

Sermon

Communion Hymns: “Blest the Children of Our God” LW 370

“How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73

“Oh, that I Had a Thousand Voices” LW 448, TLH 243

“Now Thank We All Our God” LW 443, TLH 36

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Fourteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-9-5-2021.pdf

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Picture: “Das Neue Testament Deutzsch: Wittenberg” - Title Page of Luther’s first edition of the New Testament in September 1522. (“Luther's Bible Translations – 1522,” The Gruber Rare Books Collection, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. https://gruber.lstc.edu/luthers_bible/1522.php

Luther’s Bible Translations - 1522  Das Neue Testament Deutzsch

The "September Testament" / "December Testament"

In September, 1522, Luther published the first edition of his translation of the New Testament. He had begun that during his stay at the Wartburg, in eleven weeks from December 1521 to February 1522, but it was revised in collaboration with Melanchthon and others after he had returned to Wittenberg. Some 3-5,000 copies were printed and by December, 1522, a second edition, called the December Testament had to be published. The price was one guilder, which corresponded to two months' salary for a schoolmaster. By the time Luther published the complete Bible in 1534, 87 editions of his New Testament had been published in High German and some 19 in Low German. More than 200,000 copies had been sold.

Luther's translation was based on the second edition of the Greek text edited by Erasmus in 1519. He put Hebrews and James at the end of the testament, with Jude and Revelation, to underline what he considered as the secondary character of these books. A marginal note at Matt 5:19 refers to those who break the commandments rather than following them as "Papisten hauff" (a heap of papists). 21 illustrations from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder show that the language of the book of Revelation is to be taken metaphorically. The whore of Babylon (the anti-Christ) is equated with the Pope.

Today’s class will study "Isaac is Born" (Geneses 21:1-7) and "Hagar and Ishmael" (Genesis 21:8-21)

Handout 1:  Text-for-Genesis-21v1-34.pdf

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

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Picture:  “Das Neue Testament Deutzsch” 1522 - Luther considered the translation of the Bible into German his greatest achievement and his only publication that should outlive him. Recognizing that the Bible’s authority was to be found in the original texts–Hebrew for the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament–Luther became proficient in both languages. The final publications, however, were not the work of Luther alone but the collaborative achievement of a gathering of scholars in Wittenberg. Their efforts, focused on creating a new German Bible translated from the original languages, rather than from St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate, proceeded in stages between 1520 and 1534. (Southern Methodist University, Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas Texas https://www.smu.edu/ Bridwell/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/Exhibitions/Luther/Bibles )

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Commentary Service

Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73

Readings:  Hosea 6:1-6, Gal 3:15-22, Lk 10:23-37

Hymn “Jesus, Your Boundless Love So True” LW 280, TLH 349

Sermon

Communion Hymns: “Chief of Sinners Though I Be” LW 285, TLH 417

“Jesus, Priceless Treasure” LW 270, TLH 347

“O Holy, Blessed Trinity” LW 479

“O Living Bread From Heaven” LW 244, TLH 316

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Thirteen-Divine-Service-for-Online-8-29-2021.pdf

Picture: Pr. Henson and Bp. Heiser processing in.  Bp. Heiser's Annual Visitation was August 14-15, 2021.

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Today’s class will continue to study Abraham and Abimelech in Genesis 20.

Handout 1:  Text-for-Genesis-20.pdf

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Picture: Ms. Sadie Henson playing the organ for the Eldona Summer Camp in Kerrville, TX July 19-23, 2021.

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Hymn “Wondrous King, All-Glorious” TLH 41

Readings:  Isa 29:18-24, 2 Cor. 3:4-11, Mark 7:31-37

Hymn “My Soul, Now Praise Your Maker” LW 453, TLH 34

Sermon

Communion Hymns: “By Grace I’m Saved” LW 351, TLH 373

“Praise the Almighty” LW 445, TLH 494, TLH 26

“The Lord, My God, Be Praised” LW 174, TLH 38

Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Twelve-Divine-Service-for-Online-8-22-2021.pdf

Picture: Dcn. Anthony Oncken preaching at the Eldona Summer Camp in Kerrville, TX July 19-23, 2021.

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Today’s class will finish up chapter 19 and start to study King Abimelech and Abraham in Genesis 19:30-38 and Genesis 20:1ff.

Handout 1:  Text-for-Genesis-19v30.pdf

Handout 2:  Text-for-Genesis-20v1-18.pdf

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Picture: Pr. Jerry Dulas teaching at the Eldona Summer Camp in Kerrville, TX July 19-23, 2021.

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Order of Divine Service I, p.136  Lutheran Worship

Hymn “How Lovely Shines the Morning Star” TLH 343, LW 73

Readings:  Gen 4:1-15, Eph 2:1-10, Luke 18:9-14

Hymn “As Surely as I Live God Said” LW 235

Sermon

Communion Hymns: “All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall” LW 363, TLH 369

“The Savior Calls; Let Every Ear” LW 315, TLH 281

“Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Savior” LW 326, TLH 311

“On What Has Now Been Sown” LW 217, TLH 46

--Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin:  Trinity-Eleven-Divine-Service-for-Online-8-15-2021.pdf

Picture: Holy Cross Lutheran Church (Kerrville, TX) the host of the Eldona Summer Camp July 19-23, 2021.

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