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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 ...
A Shepherd Among his Sheep: The Relationship Between a Pastor and His Members
(2023)
Love God’s Word. Love God’s people. Love connecting God’s Word to God’s people. Perhaps that would be a good way of summarizing pastoral ministry. Many pastors entered the ministry out of love for God’s people. Through ...
American Heresy: Christian Zionism and the Scriptural Response
(2023)
Christian Zionism is an increasingly pervasive heresy that has sprung up and flourished in the American Evangelical zeitgeist. While it is primarily an American Protestant issue, Lutherans in this country are not immune ...
Go and Make Disciples: How Discipleship in the Form of Small Groups Reaches and Cares for Single Adults in their Twenties and Thirties
(2023)
According to the 2020 U.S. census, nearly 50 percent of the population is single or never-married. Statistics show an increase in the single population, but has that resulted in increased single adults in Wisconsin Evangelical ...
The Seelsorger Cares for Survivors' Souls: Burden or Blessing?
(2023)
What can a pastor do? What can he say? When a person who comes to him and reveals the painful scars seared into the mind and body, they surely expect help. As the pastor listens to the details surrounding the trauma ...
Pastor Pomeranus: The Life of Johannes Bugenhagen and the Lessons We Can Learn from His Pastoral Relationship with Martin Luther
(2023)
The opportunity to study Lutheran history has revealed that there are many different aspects to the history of Lutheranism that a Lutheran needs to be enlightened on. It has also revealed that there are many more aspects ...
What is the Word of God? Understanding Divine Communication through a Relevance-Theoretic Model of Communication
(2023)
What is the word of God? The question is a provocative one, no doubt. Or perhaps it is one which a person may be tempted to shrug off for being so patently obvious. To be sure, a fruitful answer to this question is accessible ...
The Devil Is Dead: A Historical Survey and Study of the Decline of the Doctrine of Evil
(2023)
The doctrine of the Devil seems to be in decline in Western Christianity: A 2009 Barna study of American Christians found that less than forty percent of Christians believe that the Devil is a real being, not merely a ...
Building with Wisdom: Conceptual Metaphors for House Building in Proverbs 3
(2023)
How does Proverbs 3:19–20 function in the context of chapter 3? To answer this question, I utilize cognitive linguistics and conceptual metaphor theory to analyze both ANE sources and the Hebrew Bible. I conclude that in ...
Limits of the Burdens of Oaths and Vows upon Christian Consciences
(2023)
Christians, particularly those engaged in public service, at times may be pressured to take actions that do not appear to be God-pleasing, pursuant to the obligations of broadly written oaths required by governmental ...