Author: Rev. Bernie Seter

“All of Scripture everywhere deals only with Christ,” Luther affirms (WA 46:414). “Amen,” the Church responds, for “in many and various ways God spoke to His people of old by the prophets,” (Hebrews 1:1). These prophets “who...

Now you might ask how you can know that we have received this child in our heart through true faith as our own and how we can be sure that this birth is effective for us. Therefore we want to say a little about this token, which...

I am still ruminating on the idea from Professor Bornemann that I quoted before in the blog called “Mary, Elizabeth, and Mercy”.  Mary traveled a good distance to see her cousin for a lot of reasons.  She went to see...

I have a bit of “windshield” time on Sunday mornings as I travel between churches – I can listen to the radio from about 7:20 until almost 8; from a bit after 9 until about 9:30 and from 10;30 to 11.  There are a lot of...

The visit of Mary to Elizabeth is a great story and the eagerness of Mary holds some wonderful concepts about the nature of faith and mercy and promises fulfilled.  In the lead up to Christmas we see faith in action.  We see the...