George Friedrich Handel…another Confessional Lutheran! Worthy is the Lamb and Amen

The Holy Scriptures and The Writings Of The Early Church Fathers by Martin Chemnitz

The apostles propagated the doctrine of the Gospel, received from Christ and explained by the Holy Ghost, during the first few years without writing, solely by oral tradition; soon, however, by the will of God, as Irenaeus says, they began to commit to letters and to comprehend in writings, not a contrary, not a different, not another doctrine, but that very same doctrine which they preached orally. … We shall place as it were in the very forefront the beautiful statement of Irenaeus which is found in the preface and chapter 1 of Book III, where he says: “That alone is the true and living faith which the church has received from the apostles and communicated to her children. For the Lord of all gave His apostles the power of the Gospel, and through them we also have come to know the truth, that is, the doctrine of the Son of God; to whom also the Lord said: ‘He who hears you hears Me, and he who rejects you rejects Me and Him who sent Me.’ For through no others do we know the plan of salvation except through those by whom the Gospel has come to us. That, indeed, which they then preached, they afterward delivered to us in the Scriptures by the will of God, that it should be the foundation and pillar of our faith.” This statement of Irenaeus speaks of the whole Scripture of the New Testament in general, whose authority, perfection, and (as we now say) sufficiency, he shows by the firmest of demonstrations. For that is beyond all controversy the only true and living faith which the primitive church received from the apostles and delivered to her children. But this faith was first conceived through the preaching of the apostles, which they themselves had received from the teaching of the Son of God. This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures. What do we conclude? That this is the same doctrine which they had received from the Son of God, which they had preached orally, from which the primitive church had received the only true and lifegiving faith from the apostles and delivered it to her children. (Examination of the Council of Trent, Part I [Saint Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1971], pp. 79-81)

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Chaplain Henry Gerecke: Confessional Lutheran Pastor to Nazi War Criminals

Following is an audio of the partial testimony of Confessional Lutheran Pastor, Chaplain Henry Gerecke who preached and taught the work of Christ for all sinners including Nazi war criminals.  The audio is degraded in quality and somewhat hard to hear, but is well worth the listen!  This is a longer Confessional Lutheran “extract” in that it is 58 minutes in duration, but I have never the been the same since I have heard and read the testimony of Pastor Gerecke.  I pray it will be of help to you!

Theology of the Cross…Yes!

Johann Sebastian Bach… Strong Confessional Lutheran!