Month: February 2018

This article by David Zersen and Eric Mellenbruch first appeared in Serbska Protyka in the Fall 2017. Click on the following link to see more pictures of Jan Krygar. The Life and Ministry of Jan Krygar The most prolific Lutheran composer of chorale tunes following Martin Luther’s Reformation is generally remembered as the German, Johann Crüger. …

Surprise! The Greatest German Hymnist of the Post-Reformation Era Was a Wend. Read More »

This article by David Zersen first appeared in the Fall 2017 issue of Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly. It is printed here by permission of the author. -0- People checking the back pages of denominational publications or church newspapers this year may find numerous invitations to join a study/travel-group to Luther-land. They are being encouraged to …

Did Luther Really Say? Contexts for Luther’s Comments on the Wends Read More »

This article by David Zersen was originally published in Pomhaj Bóh, the Wendish language church newspaper in Lusatia. Statues of and memorials to Martin Luther are well-known in Germany and in the United States, but none of them were erected before the mid-nineteenth century. The first statue of Luther was erected in Wittenberg in 1821, …

Austin’s Luther Statue Talks to Students – by Dr David Zersen Read More »