Browsing Senior Theses by Issue Date
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Meeting a Growing Need: The Pastoral Candidate's Preparation for Spiritual Care to Alzheimer's Patients
(2016)1 in 10 people in the United States over the age of sixty-five currently suffers with Alzheimer’s disease. Over 5 million people have been diagnosed, but thousands more may have the symptoms and not know it. The demographics ... -
An Examination of Jesus Christ's Resurrection as a Historically Verifiable Event
(2016)History is arguably the most important area of study. It not only contains every other field of inquiry, but it defines and demonstrates what and who people are. In A.D. 30, historians find a single event which alone is ... -
The History and Development of Worship in the Lutheran Church of Central Africa Compared to an Ethnodoxological Template
(2016)Prior to this paper, a documented history of worship in the Lutheran Church of Central Africa did not exist. It is a wonderful history richly detailed with God’s continued blessings. Its worship is continuing to develop ... -
The Counseling Process: The Relationship between Pastor and Adolescent Males with No Father Figure
(2016)The objective of this paper is to inform the reader about challenges that may face the pastor in his counseling relationships with young male adolescents, specifically those who have no father figure. The goal of this paper ... -
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 ... -
Islamic Hermeneutics in Action
(2016)In our Lutheran circles, Islam remains largely a misunderstood religion. That hermeneutics and exegesis are practiced consciously among Muslims with the sacred text of the Qur’an (also spelled Koran) does not seem logical, ... -
Fatherly Concern: A Study of the Ante-Nicene Church Fathers with Emphasis on Christology, the Trinity, and the Authority of Scripture
(2016)There is a common thread found in writings of the earliest Christian theologians. In the years leading up the Council of Nicaea in 325 a substantial amount of Christian literature was produced. This paper will look at ... -
Effectively Using the Multiple Roles of the Missionary
(2016)This thesis investigates the proper use of the various roles of the missionary. These roles are the missionary as pastor and the missionary as mentor. Used appropriately, the missionary can proceed with his goal of ... -
Evaluative Continuing Education
(2016)Continuing Education (CE) is an effective means by which pastors can grow spiritually, professionally, and personally. Survey results find that 100% of Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) pastors have participated ... -
Overcoming Obstacles to Member Visitation in the 21st Century
(2016)“The home-going pastor makes a church-going people.” This advice has been given to pastors for more than 150 years, but is it true, relevant, or even practical for a 21st century pastor to conduct regular personal visits ... -
Hearing the Helpers: An Examination of How WELS Women Understand the Teaching of the Roles of Men and Women in an Age of Feminism
(2016)The feminist movement’s influence reaches across today’s culture and into the church. There is a stark contrast between modern society and the Bible’s teaching of the roles of men and women. This can be tremendously difficult ...