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Proselytizing and Stealing Sheep: Historical Lutheranism's Perspective on Evangelizing the Heterodox
(2020)Is it acceptable to evangelize those who are already Christians? Such a question has likely come into the mind of many pastors who have looked to do evangelism but noticed that many of those around them are not unchurched. ... -
Protecting Children from the Dangers of Pornography: Guidance for Twenty-First Century Parents
(2015)Despite the ever increasing availability of pornography to young people in today’s culture, little has been done to equip parents to educate their children about the dangers pornography presents. Scripture compels parents ... -
Protecting the Children: The Need for Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Churches to Enact Sexual Misconduct Policies
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)The churches of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod demonstrate care for children in many aspects of their ministry. Yet, many churches overlook important steps in protecting the children, especially from sexual abuse ... -
Purpose-Filled Friendship: Exploring the Gospel's Effect on Friendship Itself and What it Truly Means to be a Friend
(2020)God said in the garden of Eden that is not good for man to be alone. He gave us the gift of human relationships so that we could encourage each other, guide each other, and show love to each other. This thesis seeks ... -
Putting the Reality in Virtual Reality: A Look at the Viability of Virtual Reality for Applications in Ministry
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-02-19)The Christian church has always wrestled with the idea of how best to convey the gospel through media. At this time, virtual reality (VR) is a new frontier of digital communication. Can the church benefit from adopting ... -
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 ... -
Race and the Lutheran Pastor
(2018)Discussions about race and power structures permeate today’s society. Because of their sensitive and sometimes controversial nature, these discussions are often avoided in the Christian church. Recently, however, scholars ... -
Radical Orthodoxy, Saint Augustine, and the Challenge of Nihilism: A Case Study in Doing Theology Under Adverse Conditions
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-02-18)Radical Orthodoxy is a movement in contemporary theology which attempts to answer the challenges that nihilism and modernism pose to the theological endeavor. In doing so it makes extensive use of pre-modern sources, ... -
Raising the Level of Awareness: Understanding the Role Culture Plays in Evangelism
(2019)Evangelism efforts in twenty-first century North America and cross-cultural communication are joined together. As Christians reach out with God’s Word into their community, they find people who are unlike themselves. ... -
Re-Evaluating the Small Group Bible Study Model from a Lutheran Perspective
(2014)Small Group Bible Studies (SGBS) have been popular among many church bodies for the last three decades. The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) was hesitant to immediately use this model, which came out of the ... -
A Redaction-critical Analysis of the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Dogmatics Notes
(2013)The purpose of this thesis is to examine and evaluate the historical influences that have effected alterations and additions of content and diction in the Dogmatics notes of the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in the span of ... -
Reevaluating Ministerial Education: The Need There Is, the Problem We Have, and Thoughts for the Future
(2015)"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few" (Matthew 9:37). The fact was true in Jesus‘ day and the fact remains true to this day. With the declining numbers in the ministerial education system and an increasing ... -
Relational Discipleship as Countercultural Christianity: A Study of Scripture's Teaching on Relational Discipleship as a Response to Contemporary American Culture
(2019)Scripture describes a disciple of Christ as one who follows Jesus in faith born of the gospel – that is, a “believer” or a “Christian.” Correspondingly, discipleship is every activity by which the Holy Spirit nurtures the ... -
Rethinking Teen Ministry: A New Strategy for Keeping Teenagers in Church and in the Faith
(2014)Christian churches are struggling to keep teenagers in church and connected to Jesus Christ. In churches around the country, some seventy percent (70%) of young Christians will either be inactive church members or fall ... -
Retrieval Practice for Memory Formation and Retention in the Catechism Classroom
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-02-18)Retrieval practice can be defined as when “learners recall and apply multiple examples of previously learned knowledge or skills after a period of forgetting.”1It’s simple to understand and execute, supported by numerous ... -
Revitalizing VBS from a Glorified Daycare to a Glorious Opportunity
(2015)Vacation Bible School has been a valuable tool for Sunday School teachers and congregations for many years. However, in recent years it seems as if attending a Bible School during the summer is losing its appeal. This ... -
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 ... -
The Rise of the Cult of the Saints in the Western Church
(2024)This paper seeks to understand just why Saint Veneration emerged within the Western Church. It begins with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, citing sources such as the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the ... -
Road to Rebellion: Analyzing Bonhoeffer's Theology of Resistance
(2024)Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Lutheran pastor and theologian who wrote extensively on discipleship, vocation, and Christian ethics. However, he is best known for supporting a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler during the Second ... -
The Role of Apologetics in Witnessing to Mormons
(2018)Over the last two years, Apologia Church, led by reformed pastor and apologist Jeff Durbin, has posted a number of videos on YouTube of Durbin witnessing to Latter-Day Saints on the streets of Tempe, AZ. Thousands of people ...