On February 21, 1973, Richard Nixon, a month into his second term as 37th President of the United States of America, telephoned evangelist Billy Graham. I refer the reader to my earlier post, which includes a link to the recording of the conversation. To this blogger the most interesting aspect of the conversation between America's highest officeholder and her most famous evangelist isn't what was discussed, but what wasn't discussed, particularly the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision on January 22, 1973, which effectively legalized abortion throughout the United States--not a word about it in this conversation.
Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Easter Sunday 2 - "To this I reply: I have
often said before that feeling and faith are two different things. It is
the nature of faith not to feel, to lay aside reason and close the eyes, to
submit absolutely to the Word, and follow it in life and death. Feeling
however does not extend beyond that which may be apprehended by reason and
the senses, which may be heard, seen, felt and known by the outward senses.
For this cause feeling is opposed to faith and faith is opposed to feeling.
Therefore the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews writes of faith: “Now
faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.”
For if we would see Christ visibly in heaven, like the visible sun, we
would not need to believe it. But since Christ died for our sins and was
raised for our justification, we cannot see it nor feel it, neither can we
comprehend it with our reason. Therefore we must disregard our feeling and
accept only the Word, write it into our heart and cling to it, even though
it seems as if my sins were not taken from me, and even though I still feel
them within me."
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Luther's Sermons - Mark 16:1-8.
Easter Sunday. Second Sermon
10. Here we also refer to the passage in Hosea 13:14, which Paul quotes in
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