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, highlighting his contributions to hymnody and service in the church.
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
- hymns
- scripture readings
- commemoration
Keywords
- devotion
- scripture
- Johann Walter
- Easter
- hymns
- Christian faith
- Luther
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Frederick the Wise
Books & works: German Mass
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