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Forward In Christ Vol. 96 No. 4
(Northwestern Publishing House, 2009-04-01)
The Church Grows Under the Cross: Mission Expansion in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, 1929-1983
(2019-04)
In 1929, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) was a small church body serving primarily German immigrants with congregations in twelve states, mostly in the Midwest; the only “foreign” work was a mission on the ...
The Trinity: Glory Be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit!
(Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, 2021-05)
Is There a Better Way to Confirm?
(Spring Conference for the Central Conference, 2002-04-08)
Though the title of the essay points toward the rite of confirmation, the catechetical instruction before the rite provides invaluable training to understand the core beliefs of the Christian faith. Such catechetical ...
The Genus Maiestaticum and Phil 2:5-11: Who’s the “Who” in Philippians 2?
(Northwestern Publishing House, 2018)
The “conventional approach” to Philippians 2:5-11 hinges on the understanding that ὅς at the beginning of verse 6 refers to the pre-incarnate Christ. Therefore, Jesus’s incarnation was the humiliation, and his resurrection ...
A Creative and Administrative Actuality: Historical and Theological Analysis of the Orders of Creation in the Ethics of Werner Elert
(Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, 2018-10)
Werner Elert (1885–1954) was widely influential in twentieth-century Lutheranism, a high point of the Erlangen school’s second period of prominence. He wrote extensively on the orders of creation (Schöpfungsordnungen) and ...
Issues in Ministry: With a Special View toward our Sister Synod, the ELS
(Nebraska District Convention, 2008-06-09)
The ELS has recently reconciled with a synodical separation by the Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches (ACLC) over the doctrinal statement, “The Public Ministry of the Word.” Pastors and congregations who left ...
Historical Highlights of the Southwestern Conference – Michigan District
(Southwestern Conference, Michigan District, 2001-06)
This document compiles the list of significant events in the formation of the Southwestern Conference, individual congregations, called workers who served for a long time, schools, and their respective dates.
St. Paul and Martin Luther: Paradigms of Shepherd-Leaders
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2018-09-17)
The work of setting objectives and preparing strategies to meet those goals sometimes seem in conflict with the quiet whisper of the Spirit’s working. A careful assessment of Paul’s missionary endeavors and Luther’s work ...
Disclosing the Hidden God: Confessional Lutheran Doctrine and Christian Apologetics
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2019-09-16)
Lutheran theology informs how Lutheran pastors do outreach. What Scripture has to say about God’s hiddenness, the natural knowledge of God, the total depravity of the unregenerate, and the evidentiary and epistemic status ...