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The One Great Thought of God
(2014)
Goddess of the America: The Rise of the Virgin of Guadalupe
(2016)
The primary assumption of this paper is this: “Guadalupe still remains the most powerful religious and national symbol in Mexico today.” The purpose of this thesis paper is not to prove the assumption. Rather, it to answer ...
The Medium of Internet Vlogging Can Be a Useful Tool in Communicating the Faith to Teens and Young Adults
(2016)
Martin Luther translated the Bible into German in 1534. He did this to connect the Bible with his people in a way they could understand. Since then, the Lutheran church has placed a high priority on connecting with people ...
What Happens to the Other 50%? The Value of a Prep Education for Those Who Don't End up in the Ministry
(2016)
From time to time it’s good to count our blessings. As we look around us, one of the
blessings that we have in our Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a well-thought-out and
well-set-up ministerial education system. ...
Where Are They? An Investigation of the Shortage of Men in American Christianity
(2016)
Count the number of men and women in the pews or chairs on Sunday morning. If that congregation is like the majority of them in America, there are likely fewer men in church than women.
This has been a popular subject ...
Are Transgender People Sinning?
(2016)
While transgenderism in America may be confusing to Christians, they need not be afraid
of this important emerging social issue. Instead they need to do their best to understand it. The
first half of this paper will walk ...
Ordination in the Ante-Nicene Fathers
(2013)
Pastor Treptow takes a look at the historical circumstances that established the rite of Christian ordination. Although the concept of ordination doesn’t appear in so many words in Scripture, Treptow shows how the leaders ...