Benjamin Foxen

War is a nasty affair. The shedding of blood and loss of life in mass quantities shakes people to their core. They may question if God can really exist amid such destruction. They may ask, as Jesus' disciples did in John 9:2, what fault has prompted such destruction. Is war a punishment of God on those nations involved? August Pieper wrestles with this difficult question drawing from God's own Word.

This is a selected portion of Christoph Starke’s commentary on the familiar story of the resurrection of Lazarus. Here is an account of the true comfort to be found in the hour of death.

Normally one wouldn't expect John 3:16-21 to be a Pentecost sermon, since there is no direct mention of the Holy Spirit in the text. Dr. Stöckhardt freely admits this at the beginning of his sermon but goes on to show that really the entire work of our salvation pertains directly to the Holy Spirit.

The resurrection is the hope of all Christians. The apostle Paul preached the glorious truth of the resurrection of the dead in 1 Corinthians 15. This translation is from a commentary on the fifteenth chapter of Pauls' first letter to the Corinthians. Written by Christoph Starke, the style is accessible and scholarly.