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The Korean Problem: Improving the Spiritual Care of Korean International Students
(2016)
Roughly one hundred Korean international students are enrolled in Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod high schools this 2015-2016 school year. This blessing from the Lord gives domestic students a taste of Korean culture, ...
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 ...
Righteous Deceit: An Implicit Doctrine of Scripture
(2016)
The Bible explicitly prescribes deceit as being sinful, and yet there are a variety of descriptive accounts in which deceit seems to be presented implicitly in a positive and even commendable light. This presents the reader ...
Training a Congregation to Support Those Grieving a Loss Cause by Death
(2016)
Death is a reality that every human has to experience even before his or her own death. One of the hardest events anyone could experience is the loss of a loved one through death. A pastor and the congregation will be ...
Music as a Tool for Outreach: A Look at Its Historical and Modern Use for Reaching Non-Christians with the Gospel
(2016)
The Word of God is all that is needed to convert people from unbelievers to
believers. But throughout the history of the Christian Church, music has been used as a tool to
aid the proclamation of the Gospel. This thesis ...
Speaking Bold Words Carefully to a Society Sensitive to Words
(2016)
Freedom of speech is the subject of intense discussion in our society and the world in general. There are many who may come to similar conclusions to where we will be led by Scripture, but we must recognize where they are ...