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"Hi Robert   Thanks, but I'm not a pastor, just a curious lay person who likes to do research.  It wasn't until after I had posted the anwer that I realized it was posted in the gorup "Ask the Pastor" and then I wanted…"
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Dave Gosse replied to Norm Fisher's discussion Lord's Prayer - Trespasses v.s. Debts in the group Ask the Pastor
"Hi Norm   Good question!  I had to do a little digging to find out.  But my friends at Wikipedia seem to have a pretty good explanation.     Other English translations are also used. Though Matthew 6:12 uses the term debts,…"
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This was passed on to me by private message from a member of the WT:My question is, in the Lord's prayer, why do we use the term "trespasses" instead of "debts" as used in the Gospel of Matthew? This usage goes way back, but at some time the translaters must have determined that trespass was more acurate than debt. But these two words are not the same and the use of trespass seems to diminish the idea of redemption. Debts are redeemed, trespasses are forgiven.See More
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Norm Fisher
Tell us about yourself ( e.g. hobbies, education, projects you are working on, etc.). What brings you to the Wittenberg Trail?
Web developer; use the web to bring good lutheran writings to people.

Interested in meeting others that share my faith.

Supporter of http://pericope.org , http://lcmssermons.com , and many others.
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Lutheran convert
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LCMS
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St John Lutheran Church, Champaign, IL

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Posted on May 14, 2011 at 11:32am

Funding the future of the Wittenberg Trail

The Wittenberg Trail is built on the NING system of networks (see the top bar). They announced a bit ago that they are going to cut support of free networks (supposedly supported by ads you see to the right on every page) in favor of paying networks.


They have set the rate for networks at $20/month or $200/year.


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Posted on May 20, 2010 at 5:00am — 24 Comments

Bible Linking now Automatic on the Trail

You may not have noticed it, but I recently added the automatic linking of bible verses on all pages on the Wittenberg Trail.


If you refer to a bible verse in "standard" format, e.g. John 3:16, you will notice that it underlines and links it.


If you hold your mouse over the link, a popup will appear showing the version. You an click "more" to see more of the verse or context, or you can click directly on the link to go to the same…
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Posted on March 27, 2010 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

Issues / Comments regarding creating a separate website for "community" aspects of the WittenbergTrail

There's quite a discussion going on as to why people left the original trail.



Things that I've heard:



The comments to discussions are hard to follow and confusing.



* I've changed the discussion reply format to "flat" rather than "threaded" and have lots of good comments about how it is much clearer now.



It is hard to find new things on the Trail



The Trail lost its original focus and there is a lot of non-lutheran… Continue

Posted on March 15, 2010 at 9:30am — 18 Comments

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At 11:03pm on March 12, 2009, Rev. Alan J. Wollenburg said…
Thanks for adding me, Norm. Please digitize me. lol. May the Lord use this and other technologies for the extending of His Kingdom of Grace. Peace, new friend!
At 9:28am on September 10, 2009, Tom Shepherd said…
God's richest blessings on your birthday, Norm.
At 11:56am on February 4, 2010, Rik Eischen said…
Welcome, Norm! Thanks for joining Illinois Lutherans! We appreciate your coming on board
At 7:02pm on March 9, 2010, Gloria Walters said…
Thanks for all the effort in bringing back the Wittenberg Trail!
At 10:56am on March 19, 2010, Rik Eischen said…
Norm, out of curiosity, Is Tappert still covered by Copyright (© 1959 Fortress Press)? When will it / did it become public domain? I'm not sure how it works with renewal of copyrights, etc. I would be interested in seeing Article IV [Justification] of the AC in Kolb/Wenggert, but can't afford it yet. (Does KW include both the translation from the German AND the Latin, as is found in Tappert?)
-Rik.
At 10:08pm on April 3, 2010, Rik Eischen said…
Have a Blessed Easter, Norm!

Yours in Christ,
-Rik & Tami Eischen
At 5:01am on April 8, 2010, Rev. David R. Emmons said…
Norm, thank for getting this back up and going. One question? Is there anyway to have the notes and messages in our profiles to be the newest first rather than the oldest?

Thanks for restoring all our data too.
At 5:20am on September 9, 2010, James Robertson said…

At 6:25am on September 10, 2010, Rev. Matthew Gunia said…
Happy Birthday, Norm. And thanks again for all you do keeping up the Wittenberg Trail.
At 12:42pm on April 3, 2011, Pr. Rob Jarvis said…

Hey Norm,

I've contemplated the idea of getting something like our district faithful lists on a network like this.  I'm not sure of the future of e-mail, but "district limited" discussions seem like they would be good for districts?  What do you think?  I noticed Joel Garbisch just joined your "Ask the Pastor."  There's a hunger for these networks.  MNNFaithful hasn't been doing too much lately, and I haven't been in the mood--not to mention the district--to do anything about it.  Anything happening with that ELCA/LCMS DVD?  I was so pleased when I got it into Ken Ring's hands for Lutheran Visuals, but I don't think he has a mention of it in his site.  At least, he didn't a couple months ago.  Thanks.

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