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The Lutherans East of the Marsh: An Historical and Ministerial Evaluation of the Wisconsin Synod Lutherans in Northeastern Dodge County, Wisconsin
(2013)
The purpose of this paper two-fold: The first purpose is to understand the historical circumstances that led to a high concentration of Lutheran congregations being established in northeastern Dodge County, Wisconsin, and ...
The Role of the Pastoral Ministry in the Context of a Lutheran Elementary School
(2012)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role and function a pastor performs in the
context of a Lutheran elementary school ministry. Recent decades have have brought with them
severe challenges for the Lutheran ...
Doctrinal Brief: Part-Time Pastors
(2008)
Dr. Brug discusses part-time pastoral calls, specifically retirement calls and tent ministries. While recognizing that some congregations may have good reasons for being unable to support a full-time pastor, this should ...
Seminary Graduation Sermon, 2007: No Other Name Can Save
(2007)
No Other Name Can Save—
I. This Is Your Bold Confession
II. This Is Your Urgent Mission
Graduation Sermon 2008 - Brothers Stand Firm
(2008)
He Lives! So Brothers Stand Firm…
1. Unswerving in His Truth
2. Abounding in His Work
Scylla and Charybdis
(2006)
Prof. Brug discusses the dangerous yet necessary course traveled by Christians: navigating the narrow way between the “Scylla” of legalism and the “Charybdis” of antinomianism.
Recovering Walther
(2009)
John Brug introduces volume 106 of the Quarterly with this essay, in which he reminds us of the standards we must keep when we refocus on the teachings of our church fathers, most especially that we do not allow them to ...
The Meaning of Predigtamt in Augsburg Confession V
(2006)
In his examination of the historical use of the terms Predigtamt and Amt (and the Latin terms associated with them) in the Augsburg Confession, Prof. Brug determines that the Predigtamt is not the office of the pastoral ...