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Storytime with Professor Brug
(2015)
Professor Brug reflects on his ministry: “The stories are not intended to be about one particular minister or about ministers in general but about the holy ministry of the Word. More specifically, how do people inside the ...
Crossing the Line: Where Baptism Divides Us
(Cottenbelt Pastors Conference, 2019-10-15)
Baptism is the line in the sand that separates the various Christian denominations. Christians use this one word as a litmus test to determine the doctrinal differences among denominations. It reveals the framework of the ...
Take Every Thought Captive - Make It Obedient to Christ: On Being a Lutheran at “Reformation 500”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2017-10)
Since the Reformation, the Lutheran Church has been answering the question of what the Lutheran identity means. The Lutheran Church has endured The Thirty Years War, its identity challenged by Roman Catholics and the ...
Avoiding The Hornet's Nest: Woman Suffrage and Synodical Conference Lutherans
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2020-03)
The 19 Amendment of the United States Constitution granted women the right to vote. The movement for “Woman Suffrage” must be seen in its cultural context, in order to understand the arguments used for and against the ...
The Protes’tant Controversy: Long-Lasting Reverberations of the Beitz Paper in the Dakota-Montana District
(Dakota-Montana District Pastors' Conference, 2014-04-29)
This work explores how the Beitz conference paper—delivered in Schofield, Wisconsin in 1926— ultimately affected the Dakota-Montana District of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod decades later. The first half of the ...
Habitus Practicus: Luther Submits Theology and Practice to Scripture
(Central Pastors' Conference, 2011-05-02)
Habitus practicus, the irony is in the Latin name itself. It is the study of scriptural theology that is practical and down to earth. This is a concept that Luther embodied throughout his ministry, understanding that the ...
Digital Theologische Quartalschrift
(2009)
In this church history project, Timothy Nass explains the process involved in digitizing the Theologische Quartalschrift between the years 1904-1929. Not only is the article itself is fascinating, but you are able to benefit ...
Help My Unbelief: Where to Turn When the Human Experience Does Not Match the Divine Truth
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)
At the heart of biblical and Lutheran doctrine, we see justification by faith. Through the work of his son, God has taken away the sins of the world (John 1:29 NIV). Through faith, the benefits of that work are received ...
Curse or Cross? How do I, A Lutheran Pastor, Minister to the Cancer Patient?
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)
Cancer. It is the elephant in the room no one ever wants to mention. It is considered taboo in today’s culture and often referred to as “the big C” or another nickname. Though it may be difficult, it is the Lutheran pastor’s ...
A Proper Lutheran Response to the Pitfalls of the Social Gospel and Quietism Concerning the Roles of the Church and the Christian in Society
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)
This thesis explains the pitfalls of the Social Gospel and Quietism concerning the roles of the church and the Christian in society. While it responds to these pitfalls in a Lutheran way, it answers the question: “What is ...