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Caring for the Cared For: The Roles and Responsibilities of Lutheran Pastors and Mental Health Professionals
(2023)Mental health is a more open and prominent topic in the culture of 2023. As mental health clinics fill up, pastors must be ready to address and care for mental health illnesses in their congregations. This paper seeks to ... -
Adapting an Evangelical Lutheran Homiletical Approach to Communicate More Effectively in a Pakistani Cultural Setting
(2023)There have been many studies on an honor/shame culture in the fields of missiology, theology, and hermeneutics. Scholars have diligently labored to research how to apply biblical hermeneutics and methodology in an honor/shame ... -
Quiet in the Pulpit: A Qualitative Study of Introverted Pastors
(2023)Many of the duties involved in the pastoral ministry involve large amounts of interaction with other people. From preaching and teaching to mixing and mingling, a pastor needs to be able to spend time with members and ... -
The Battle's Fierce, but the Victory's Won: The Unique Tasks and Blessings of the Competitive Christian
(2023)In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis suggests that Satan and his evil angels can only mutilate and cannot create anything. Where does competitiveness come from? Is it a product of God’s creation or of Satan’s mutilation? ... -
A Shepherd Among his Sheep: The Relationship Between a Pastor and His Members
(2023)Love God’s Word. Love God’s people. Love connecting God’s Word to God’s people. Perhaps that would be a good way of summarizing pastoral ministry. Many pastors entered the ministry out of love for God’s people. Through ... -
American Heresy: Christian Zionism and the Scriptural Response
(2023)Christian Zionism is an increasingly pervasive heresy that has sprung up and flourished in the American Evangelical zeitgeist. While it is primarily an American Protestant issue, Lutherans in this country are not immune ... -
Go and Make Disciples: How Discipleship in the Form of Small Groups Reaches and Cares for Single Adults in their Twenties and Thirties
(2023)According to the 2020 U.S. census, nearly 50 percent of the population is single or never-married. Statistics show an increase in the single population, but has that resulted in increased single adults in Wisconsin Evangelical ... -
The Seelsorger Cares for Survivors' Souls: Burden or Blessing?
(2023)What can a pastor do? What can he say? When a person who comes to him and reveals the painful scars seared into the mind and body, they surely expect help. As the pastor listens to the details surrounding the trauma ... -
Pastor Pomeranus: The Life of Johannes Bugenhagen and the Lessons We Can Learn from His Pastoral Relationship with Martin Luther
(2023)The opportunity to study Lutheran history has revealed that there are many different aspects to the history of Lutheranism that a Lutheran needs to be enlightened on. It has also revealed that there are many more aspects ... -
What is the Word of God? Understanding Divine Communication through a Relevance-Theoretic Model of Communication
(2023)What is the word of God? The question is a provocative one, no doubt. Or perhaps it is one which a person may be tempted to shrug off for being so patently obvious. To be sure, a fruitful answer to this question is accessible ... -
The Devil Is Dead: A Historical Survey and Study of the Decline of the Doctrine of Evil
(2023)The doctrine of the Devil seems to be in decline in Western Christianity: A 2009 Barna study of American Christians found that less than forty percent of Christians believe that the Devil is a real being, not merely a ... -
Building with Wisdom: Conceptual Metaphors for House Building in Proverbs 3
(2023)How does Proverbs 3:19–20 function in the context of chapter 3? To answer this question, I utilize cognitive linguistics and conceptual metaphor theory to analyze both ANE sources and the Hebrew Bible. I conclude that in ... -
Limits of the Burdens of Oaths and Vows upon Christian Consciences
(2023)Christians, particularly those engaged in public service, at times may be pressured to take actions that do not appear to be God-pleasing, pursuant to the obligations of broadly written oaths required by governmental ... -
God's Dwelling with Man: Prophecies Fulfilled Give Rich Meaning to the Festival of Pentecost
(2023)Is there a simple two sentence explanation that captures the importance of Pentecost? This paper focuses on the question “How do we preach and teach about Pentecost in a way that is meaningful to God’s people?” The methodology ... -
Serving Those Who Serve: A History of WELS Ministry to the Armed Forces 1945-2020
(2023)Ministry is all about the people that God has called a pastor to serve. Often, a pastor will be called to serve those who serve in the armed forces and their family members. For as long as the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran ... -
Lutheran Antiracism: A Scriptural Response to the Writings of Ibram X. Kendi
(2023)There is a desire in our society to find solutions for the divisive issues of race and racism. Popular culture is filled with calls for inclusivity, equity, diversity, and antiracism. One of the leading philosophical voices ... -
Send the Banquet Invitations: Methods of Ministering to People with Special Needs
(2023)This thesis aims to adapt American special education methods to a pastor’s and congregation’s ministry. Special Education and related services, especially in the United States, have developed significantly over the past ... -
A Major Homiletical Challenge Facing the Young WELS Pastor In 2022: Sermon Form
(2023)Young pastors in the WELS face unique homiletical challenges in 2022. A survey was conducted by the author to discern what issues are most prominent from the perspective of the young pastor. The survey revealed that a major ... -
An Examination of Elihu and His Role in the Book of Job
(2023)In this paper, I examine the character of Elihu and his role within the book of Job and demonstrate how he, unlike the so-called “three friends” (Job 2:11), offers words of divine wisdom to Job at a crucial point in the ... -
Called for More: How the Doctrine of Vocation Provides Comfort and Purpose to the Grieving
(2023)When a loved one passes, a void becomes apparent. The relationship where one once found love, purpose, and meaning is gone. Does the church have a doctrine uniquely equipped to address this sudden void? This paper will ...