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Identifying Good and Bad Stumbling Blocks in Ministry
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-02-18)What does it mean to be a stumbling block in the church? There is both a good and bad way of being a stumbling block for the church. Being a stumbling block in the good sense will help people understand the truth about the ... -
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 ... -
The Impassibly Passionate God: An Apology for an Emotional God; an Apologetic for Suffering and Evil
(2019)The Problem of Suffering and Evil causes believer and unbeliever alike to question whether God (if there even is a God) is all-loving. This theodicy prompts a twofold question pertaining to God’s ontology: can we properly ... -
Implementing Mentoring into a Congregational Outreach Program
(2015)Mentoring is a tool for growth and development that has become popular in business, academic, and non-profit settings. Currently WELS is also using mentoring in its ministerial education system for the training of called ... -
The Importance of Impacting iGen: Ministering to Generation Z Through Websites and Social Media
(2018)Millennials are no longer the newest generational cohort. Generation Z is on the rise. This generation grew up knowing technology before learning to speak. They have mastered the smartphone, but has the smartphone ... -
In Your Anger Do Not Sin: The Propriety of Anger in Christian Response
(2019)“In your anger, do not sin.” The apostle Paul quotes this verse from Psalm 4 in his letter to the Ephesians. Upon first glance at this verse, people might think Paul is too emotional, for he is asking them to do something ... -
An In-Depth Look at the Feasibility of Using Authentic Assessment in Catechism Instruction
(2014)“Authentic assessment” basically is assessment that measures accomplishments that are either in the real world or are directly tied to it. The following essay will explore what it means to have assessments that measure ... -
Incurvatus in Se(lfie): Understanding How a World Framed by Social Media Promotes the Theology of Glory
(2020)Social media is a prevailing force in the world today. It shapes the way that people view the world. Consequently, social media affects the way that people think and act. In particular, social media caters to the natural ... -
The Influence of the Pharisaic Movement on the Preservation of a Jewish Identity During the Intertestamental Period
(2012)This paper explores the influence of the Pharisees in the preservation of a Jewish Identity during the Intertestamental Period. This paper focuses on the impact of the Pharisees on the nation of Israel in both the spiritual ... -
Intentional Pre-Evangelism: Gaining a Hearing for the Gospel
(2016)There is a problem with pre-evangelism in our Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) churches. The lost unbelievers of this world are not hearing the gospel message. Left on their own they do not know where to find ... -
Intentional Pre-Membership Assimilation in Mid-Sized Congregations in the Midst of a Declining Church
(2019)You have pounded the streets. You have practiced good friendship evangelism. Your hard work is beginning to bear fruit. The people you invited to come to worship at your congregation are there! Now what? How can a congregation ... -
Inter-Congregational Cooperation: Expanding Parishioners' Views of Ministry
(2020)In the strictest sense of the word, there is only one true Christian Church which includes every single person who has been bought by the blood of Christ. In common usage, however, there are countless churches, each ... -
Intergenerational Education in the Church: Parental Benefits of Learning alongside Children
(2017)The majority of Christian churches structure their Christian education opportunities by dividing groups according to age—Sunday School consists of different classrooms according to grade while a different Bible class is ... -
Into All Creation: Strategic Partnerships for Gospel Outreach in a Highly Mobile World
(2014)Our world is changing. It is smaller and more mobile than ever before. People from every part of the globe are immigrating to Canada and the United States. People come for school, work, and to be with family. Some return ... -
Is Anybody Listening? A Study on the Psychology of Attention Span and Practical Steps Pastors Can Take to Capture and Keep Their Listener's Attention During a Sermon
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-02-18)“Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ” (Rom 10:17). Every pastor has the privilege of preaching God’s Word which has the power to create and strengthen ... -
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, ... -
Jesus Christ in the Theology of Jehovah's Witnesses: His Person, Work, and What That Means for the Salvation of Mankind
(2013)“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he” (Matthew 22:42)? This work directs that question toward Jehovah’s Witnesses. Its main considerations are: 1) Who is Jesus Christ? 2) What did Christ do for us during ... -
John W.O. Brenner, "A Six-Foot Ramrod of Lutheran Conservatism": The Right Man for the Right Time for the Wisconsin Synod Among Intersynodical Relations
(2015)Fellowship issues have always been hard topics to address in a country that likes to compromise. This thesis examines the events that led up to the LCMS/WELS split and how President John W. O. Brenner dealt with those ... -
Keeping in Step with the Spirit: His Fruit in the Life and Classroom of a Christian Teacher
(2012)This is a brief paper establishing the purpose and reasoning for creating a series of devotions for a high school faculty. In it are discussed the benefits of Scriptural study both in the personal life of the believer ... -
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 ...