Browsing Senior Theses by Title
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Stained-Glass Windows in WELS: Artistic Whimsy or Authentic Witness?
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)Stained-glass windows have been a practical and useful staple in the buildings of the Christian church for over a thousand years. The WELS is a beneficiary of this rich heritage. Although many WELS congregations have this ... -
The "Storied" Catechism Class
(2016)Everybody loves a good story. It can be a movie that leaves its viewers crying, happy memories of bedtime stories, or a favorite story from the Bible. Good stories do a number of things. They grab a person’s attention, ... -
StrengthsFinder and Its Use Within the WELS
(2020)WELS pastors have a multitude of thoughts about StrengthsFinder. They have a variety of responses along with different opinions on how it should or shouldn’t be used. This thesis explores StrengthsFinder as a whole. ... -
A Study of the Bible's Nautical Terminology in Light of Recent Archaeological Findings with Pastoral Applications
(2015)An understanding of the nautical terms in the Bible will help pastors teach biblical narratives and imagery. Just as sailors gain a new appreciation for God’s gifts on the sea each time they cast off the dock lines, so ... -
A Study of WELS Students and Campus Ministry
(2020)Why don’t WELS college students join WELS campus ministries? This question is one that many people may be asking. Instead of joining our campus ministries many of them end up joining non-WELS heterodox Christian groups. ... -
The Sunday Ticket: Focusing on Christ to Penetrate the Love Affair with Sports
(2016)Our culture celebrates sporting events more than church. America chooses to show more loyalty to teams than God, and this has shaped their lives around games instead of the Word. Sports are not an evil activity. However, ... -
The Target of Paul's Polemic: A Dialogue with the New Perspective
(2012)What attitude was Paul opposing when he said that “a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law” (Romans 3:28)? The traditional view has been that Paul was opposing works righteousness, the idea that says, “I ... -
Teaching the Doctrine of Church Fellowship in a Chinese Context: A Western Perspective
(2018)This paper investigates various methods of teaching church fellowship to a Chinese audience. While appropriation of Christian doctrine properly belongs only to the work of the Holy Spirit, he calls Christians to teach ... -
Texting and Its Use in Pastoral Counseling
(2013)This thesis aims to examine texting as an appropriate and useful tool when counseling an individual. Texting has been a growing trend in communication, especially among teens. Teens prefer to text over any other form of ... -
The Value of Linguistics for Exegesis: A Demonstration of Lexical Semantics and the Hebrew נחם
(2019)Linguistics, the study of how language works, is a field of study closely related to biblical scholarship and exegesis. Advances in linguistics have benefited WELS pastors and their exegesis, but in a largely indirect ... -
Theological and Pastoral Criteria for Worship Forms in the Lutheran Confessions
(2012)Due to “worship wars” in the Lutheran church, the issue of worship forms has been thoroughly examined from Scripture and from historical perspective. Until recently, however, the Lutheran Confessions have not been strongly ... -
The Theology of the Cross in Martin Luther and Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Only Solution for the Twenty-first Century
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian author and Christian apologist living in the nineteenth century. Martin Luther was a German monk, Christian pastor, and theologian living in the sixteenth century. Both emphasized the ... -
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 ... -
Through Different Eyes: A Restrospective Examination of the Breakdown of the Synodical Conference
(2018)The break in fellowship between the LCMS and the WELS was a messy affair. In many ways it resembles a divorce. Many churches, families and friendships were divided in the break up. As with a divorce, each child had their ... -
To Dance or Not To Dance: Exploring Considerations to Determine How Dance Can Belong in the Church as a Welcome Worship Practice
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)Dance can become a respectable and godly practice in churches when understood and approached with the right considerations. This thesis seeks to expand churches’ perspectives about dance in two major ways. First, to recognize ... -
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 ... -
Treasuring the Beauty of Jesus' Parables: Structure, Function, and The Fallacy of Adolf Julicher's One-Point of Camparison
(2018)This thesis aims to contribute to current exegetical practices. It will provide clarifying definitions and connect their associated terms to visual models. These models, in turn, will demonstrate the structure and function ... -
The Trend Toward Gender Inclusive Language and Its Effect on Word Choices in Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal
(2013)Language is never static, but it is constantly changing. Phrases that had one meaning in a previous generation can mean something completely different in the next. “Man” used to be a word that could be understood in a broad ... -
Trends is Spanish Language Capability Among Immigrant Children: Effects on Evangelism
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)One challenge for multicultural congregational outreach is the language barrier. Spanish is a growing language in the United States and is also on the rise within WELS congregations. As the church works with Latinos, it ... -
True Man: Jesus as Model for Christian Masculinity
(2020)What does a real man look like? What does a real man do? These are questions that many modern men are struggling to answer. The world is ready to provide an endless array of proposed answers, but how the Bible talks ...