What does the Church do? How does the Church proclaim Christ and confess truth at the same time? What is the derivation of the Church’s public ministry? Are there primary and secondary tasks in the Church’s ministry? How ...

From the creation of man and woman, God established roles for each gender. This essay looks at the Hebrew text of this account in Genesis 2. The authors also discuss some of the questions about the issue and include ...

The ELS has recently reconciled with a synodical separation by the Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches (ACLC) over the doctrinal statement, “The Public Ministry of the Word.” Pastors and congregations who left ...

In this Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly article, Professor Nass reviews the events of the 2001 convention of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. At this convention a new synod president was elected, Rev. Gerald Kieschnick. ...

In response to the 40th Anniversary of the Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC), Professor Thomas Nass writes this article to provide an update about where the CLC stands in 2001. Besides giving a statistical update on ...

A Primer on the History Behind the CLC With Some Personal Observations by Thomas P Nass

In this paper Thomas Professor Nass from Martin Luther College in New Ulm, MN explains the background of the ESV and gives his critique, with a view toward whether or not this translation is a wise choice for the publications ...