Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Romans 12:19
Leave it to God. It may sting your sense of honor if you do not avenge your dignity. But the honor belongs to the Lord anyway, and your own honor depends upon God.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Genesis 37:18
It is difficult to like some people. They may differ politically, religiously, culturally; they may be better off than you are and even flaunt it; they may be downright nasty.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: 1 John 3:13–16
Be careful that you do not imagine yourself exempt from bothering with the Fifth Commandment. You may say that you have never murdered anyone. Think again.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Genesis 9:6
Human life is precious to the Lord. It does not matter whether that life is another’s life or one’s own, whether that life is nascent or full-formed. It is life; and it is life in God’s image.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Genesis 4:5–8
It is an instinct that goes all the way back to Cain: we imagine that we may solve our personal problems with violence, and if necessary, the final violence of death.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Romans 13:1–7
God has placed additional people in authority over us. We are to honor our parents above all others, second only to God, but the Scripture and the Catechism teach us to honor other authorities too.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Luke 2:51–52
Of all people, Jesus might have insisted on being right when confronted with his parents’ demands upon him. Yet, he was obedient and submissive to them.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Leviticus 19:32
They took a photograph of the men at church yesterday, in honor of Fathers’ Day. It was a collection of hoary-headed fellows.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
This is an index or table of contents of the none lessons based on The Athanasian Creed — an Overview and "Whole and Inviolable,” "Trinity in Unity," "Compulsion" "Addressing Heresies," "Equal and Subordinate," "One Christ," "Likewise," and "Standing on Your Own Feet."
Longsuffering
Scripture Text: Galatians 5:22-23
He was sitting in line at the drive-through of a local hamburger restaurant, waiting three cars back. Suddenly, he backed up a few feet, almost hitting the car behind him...
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Hebrews 13:17
God has set others over you, besides your parents. They too, are in their positions for your benefit. Before we move on to civil authorities, let us consider a few others.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Luke 18:20
Honoring parents is not the privilege of young children alone. Children who still live at home with their parents are of course, expected to love them, be obedient, and esteem them as blessed gifts of God.
Lessons in the Lutheran Confessions
Scripture Text: Philippians 2:14–15
God expects us to behave for our parents the way we would act in his presence. Therefore, we are to obey our parents as we would obey God: without complaining or asking why.
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