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There Are Heavy Crosses the Church Should Be Prepared to Bear When Holding to the Scriptural Teaching on Homosexuality in a Culture that Preaches Tolerance of Immorality
(2013)
Homosexuality has gradually been coming more out in the open and more socially acceptable. What was once viewed as perverse and immoral is now defended as an acceptable alternative lifestyle. While many may now want to ...
A Case for Focused Marriage Preparation for Young People in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
(2014)
The world is not hospitable to lifelong marriage. With a national divorce rate
over 50%, divorce ends more marriages than death. Christian churches in America have
recognized the fact and is trying to address it. Couples ...
On Navigating the Narrow Lutheran Middle in Our Preaching Between Gospel Negligence and Gospel Obsession in Reference to the Temporal Promises of God's Providence
(2015)
In our preaching, there lies a narrow middle road between neglecting the gospel of forgiveness for other parts of God’s word and obsessing over it to the exclusion of other parts of God’s word. Specifically, this paper ...
Outreach in a Lutheran Grade School Can Succeed by Appropriately Applying Biblical Principles of Church Fellowship
(2013)
As an evangelical church body one of our chief goals is to follow the command of the Great Commission. Obviously this has implications for many facets of ministry but that which this paper addresses is how this relates to ...
Parenting with Law and Gospel
(2013)
This thesis examines how a Christian parent will carry out his or her God-given task of parenting. This world is full of different parenting books and styles. This paper aims to identify God’s method of parenting. By ...
Crafting an Effective Mentoring Program for Pastors Struggling with Internet Pornography in View of Psychology and Scripture
(2013)
This study lays the framework for a restoration program for WELS pastors who struggle with internet pornography use. Statistics demonstrate an annual rise in pornography usage among clergy. Because of the personal shame ...
Keeping Teenagers Connected to Christ and His Church
(2012)
Every year in the United States countless teenagers promise to remain faithful to Christ and his
Church on their confirmation day only to be never heard from again. The Wisconsin Synod is
not immune to these tendencies ...
The Biblical Use of Narrative and the Benefits of its Inclusion as the Primary Method of Instruction for Adult Converts to the Christian Faith
(2012)
The Bible is essentially one grand story focused on Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who lived a
perfect life and gave himself into death for the sins of the world. It is not incidental that as God told
salvation’s story ...
Fostering Cross-Cultural Growth at WELS Worker Training Schools
(2013)
Look into a classroom of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary classroom in the year 2013 and you will only see maybe one or two minorities amongst the class of around thirty Caucasian students. Ninety-six percent of the MLC student ...
The Impact of Regular Physical Exercise on the Pastor and His Ministry
(2015)
The ministry can bring a great amount of stress into the life of a pastor. A pastor is often pulled from many directions. He is expected to do a great number of tasks, and what is more, to do them very well. On a weekly ...