Daily Devotion for 24 April 2026 (Easter 3, Friday)
From Confident.Faith by Confident.Faith
April 24, 2026 · 19 min · Season 7 · Episode 146
About this episode
This episode features daily devotion readings and commemorates Johann Walter, a significant figure in hymn composition and Lutheran worship.
Readings Psalm 107 Psalm 115 Exodus 39:32—40:16 Luke 8:22–39 Formula of Concord: Solid Declaration VII:107–115 Commemoration Today we commemorate Johann Walter, Kantor . Having begun his service — as a composer and bass singer — in the court of Frederick the Wise at the age of twenty-one, Johann Walter would go on to publish a collection of hymns that would become the basis of many subsequent hymnals. Walter would serve for a total of thirty years as kantor in the cities of Torgau and Dresden. Additionally, he aided Martin Luther in the preparation of the German Mass.
Topics covered
- daily devotion
- Christianity
- hymn composition
- Lutheran tradition
- scripture readings
Keywords
- daily devotion
- Easter
- Johann Walter
- hymns
- Luther
- scripture
- Christian education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Frederick the Wise
Books & works: German Mass
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