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Concordia Theological Monthly

Publication Date

3-1-1967

Document Type

Article

Keywords

worship, spiritual life, fellowship, lutheran, prayers, service, grace, liturgy, worshiper

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

In medieval lore, scientists sought to use the process of alchemy to transmute base metals into gold. Alchemy proved to be a pseudoscience, for men have devised no method to create the precious metal out of elements that are common and coarse. But in a higher sense, and in the spiritual realm, God achieves that which to man is impossible: He takes these base, ignoble elements, these earthen vessels - our stumbling words, our faltering prayers, our paltry gifts, our flawed works, our frail and sin-scarred lives - and transmutes them into gold, into offerings fit for the King.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Romans 12:1; Isaiah 40:31; Colossians 3:3; John 6:33;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

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