Martin Luther's Christmas BookAugsburg Books - 72 pages This collection contains thirty excerpts from Martin Luther's Christmas sermons. In his unique and powerful voice, Luther portrays the human reality of God's birth on earth - Mary's distress at giving birth with no midwife or water, Joseph's misgivings, the Wise Men's perplexity, Herod's cunning. And throughout these sermon-meditations, Martin Luther reminds us that keeping Christmas is a year-round mission of caring for those in need. Nine illustrations by Luther's contemporaries - including four by noted engraver Albrecht Durer - capture timeless scenes from the Christmas story. And two of Luther's beautiful Christmas carols are included on the final pages of the book. |
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Martin Luther Roland Herbert Bainton. CONTENTS Introduction 1 Annunciation 11 Visitation 19 Nativity 27 Shepherds 35 Herod 47 Wise Men 55 Presentation 63 From Heaven High 71 THE HOLY FAMILY Martin Schongauer ( 1430-1491 ) The stable.
Martin Luther Roland Herbert Bainton. CONTENTS Introduction 1 Annunciation 11 Visitation 19 Nativity 27 Shepherds 35 Herod 47 Wise Men 55 Presentation 63 From Heaven High 71 THE HOLY FAMILY Martin Schongauer ( 1430-1491 ) The stable.
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... Wise Men . But one can smile or chuckle at his debonair embellishments without rejecting the essential message of the man . He was not himself primarily interested in miracles . " The Gospel , " he once said , " is not so much a miracle ...
... Wise Men . But one can smile or chuckle at his debonair embellishments without rejecting the essential message of the man . He was not himself primarily interested in miracles . " The Gospel , " he once said , " is not so much a miracle ...
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... Wise Men might have been three , but the number was merely an inference from the three gifts . There might equally have been half a dozen . Nor do we know that they arrived on the twelfth night . As for the legendary names of Melchior ...
... Wise Men might have been three , but the number was merely an inference from the three gifts . There might equally have been half a dozen . Nor do we know that they arrived on the twelfth night . As for the legendary names of Melchior ...
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... Wise Men grew more stocky and the Babe more plump . Halos sometimes were dropped . The simple pathos of a poor maid bringing forth her first - born in a cow stall was feelingly portrayed by Schongauer and Dürer in the woodcuts ...
... Wise Men grew more stocky and the Babe more plump . Halos sometimes were dropped . The simple pathos of a poor maid bringing forth her first - born in a cow stall was feelingly portrayed by Schongauer and Dürer in the woodcuts ...
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... Wise Men because these were precisely the doubts with which he was wrestling . The Virgin birth appeared to him a trivial miracle compared with the Virgin's faith . Some may feel , however , that our difficulties are greater than his ...
... Wise Men because these were precisely the doubts with which he was wrestling . The Virgin birth appeared to him a trivial miracle compared with the Virgin's faith . Some may feel , however , that our difficulties are greater than his ...
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Page 40 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Page 22 - But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Page 19 - And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost...
Page 64 - And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Page 14 - Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 30 - And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger ; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Page 58 - And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him : and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts ; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
Page 47 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.