“Every lesson that does not make sin more hateful and Christ more precious, is in so far, a failure.” — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“People are made to realize the uncertainty and unsatisfactoriness of the affairs of this life. By losses, diseases, bereavements, or bitter disappointments, God seeks… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“When we come to deal with an institution of His, we dare never expect to fathom or test it by our poor, short-sighted and… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“Truly it required a divine mind to originate a scheme by which God "could be just and yet justify the ungodly." All the wisdom… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“In our Lutheran Church, with her deep, significant and inspiring doctrine of this holy Sacrament, with her solemn and searching preparatory service, every such… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“And should any one be ashamed of this public profession and refuse to make it, Jesus clearly tells such an one that of him… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“Christian parents, if you desire your sons and your daughters to become steadfast and useful members of the Church of Christ, see to it… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“In justification, God imputes or counts over to the sinner the righteousness of Christ. In sanctification, God imparts the righteousness of the new life.… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“Nowhere in the whole Bible is it even intimated that it is God's desire or plan that children must remain outside of the covenant… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“It would indeed be blasphemy for any man to claim that he had power in himself to forgive sins. If he can have any… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“A true Lutheran pulpit cannot be a sensational pulpit, for discoursing wordly wisdom, philosophy, poetry, or politics. It must expound the Word, and never… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“We cannot separate the water from the Word. We would not dare to baptize with water without the Word. In the words of Luther,… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“Every lesson that does not make sin more hateful and Christ more precious, is in so far, a failure.” — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
