Looking Forward to Sunday Morning (One Year Lectionary): Ninth Sunday after Trinity – Pr. Ben Ball, 8/13/25 (2253)

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Pr. Ben Ball of St. Paul Lutheran-Hamel, IL

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0:00.0	The Lutheran Confessions witness to the justification of the sinner apart from works of the law through faith alone in Christ alone.
0:09.0	Dr. John Bruss, president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, speaking at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.
0:18.0	All of the other questions that come up, and there are many, are entailments of the doctrine
0:24.8	of the justification of the sinner by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.
0:33.1	That's the heartbeat of the Lutheran confessions, the core of it.
0:37.2	You can listen to Dr. John Bruss's presentation, making the case of the Lutheran confessions, the core of it. You can listen to Dr. John Bruss's presentation,
0:39.9	making the case for the Lutheran Confessions from this year's Making the Case Conference.
0:44.3	We'll send you a link to watch an on-demand video stream
0:47.2	and download audio recordings for a donation of $300 by Holy Cross Day, September 14th.
0:53.9	Find out more at issuezc.org, or call 618223-8385.
1:01.2	What is the world to me with all its haunted pleasure?
1:28.3	When you and you alone Lord Jesus are my treasure you only dearest Lord, My soul's delight shall be.
1:34.3	You are my peace, my rest,
1:40.3	What is the world to me?
1:48.0	The Concordia Seminary Lutheranour chorus with the hymn,
1:51.0	What is the world to me?
1:53.0	In the gospel reading for this coming Sunday, according to the one year
1:58.0	lecture, Luke chapter 16, Jesus tells a parable that's kind of from
2:02.5	the world's perspective. A dishonest manager somehow gets himself out of trouble by being even
2:08.9	more dishonest with his manager's debtors. It's a difficult one to figure out. Welcome back to
2:16.3	issues, et cetera, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran
2:19.0	Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. Joining us to look
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