Download Audio The Fifth Commandment You shall not murder. What does this mean? We should fear and love God that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and befriend him in every bodily need. LIFE Protect God’s Gift of Life Life certainly is important to each of us. Our […]
Download Audio THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT Honor your father and mother, that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth. What does this mean? We should fear and love God that we do not dishonor or anger our parents and others in authority, but honor, serve, and obey […]
Download Audio THE THIRD COMMANDMENT Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. What does this mean? We should fear and love God that we do not despise preaching and his Word, but regard it as holy and gladly hear and learn it. WORSHIP Hear and learn God’s Word Are you tired? The body can […]
Download Audio THE SECOND COMMANDMENT You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. What does this mean? We should fear and love God that we do not use his name to curse, swear, lie, or deceive, or use witchcraft, but call upon God’s name in every trouble, pray, praise, and give thanks. […]
Download Audio THE FIRST COMMANDMENT You shall have no other gods. What does this mean? We should fear, love, and trust in God above all things. NO OTHER GODS Honor God Above All Else With the First Commandment, God plainly teaches us that we should have no gods other than him, the only true God. […]
Download Audio Divider page for the Exposition Luther’s Small Catechism: The Ten Commandments, with a picture of the commandments on tablets of stone from a church window, and the caption, “God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on two stone tablets at Mount Sinai.” COMMANDMENTS The Ten Commandments are a summary of God’s will for us […]
Download Audio GOD’S LAW In Need of a Savior The message that God loved the world so that he gave his Son to die for us is good news—extremely good news. Unfortunately, many people refuse to believe that they need a savior. They compare their lives to those of murderers, terrorists, drug dealers, and others […]
Download Audio The Bible The Truth About God and Us Like most Christians of his day, Luther had grown up with a serious misunderstanding regarding the answer to a very important question: How can we be confident that anyone is good enough to go to heaven after death? For a long time that question tormented […]
Download Audio Martin Luther The Author of the Small Catechism Luther’s Early Life Eisleben sits in the beautiful, green, hilly region of western Germany. Over five hundred years ago, Hans and Margarethe Luther moved to this small mining town because it offered excellent opportunities to make a good living. While they were there, the Luthers […]
Download Audio TABLE OF DUTIES Pastors A pastor must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to much wine, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him […]