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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 ... -
The Role of Man and Woman: Defending God's Roles in Marriage Against the Attacks of the Devil in the 21st Century
(2014)With our society continuing to become more “gender-neutral” many influences are attacking the foundation of the roles God has established for man and woman in marriage. While some of these influences merely challenge ... -
The Role of Reported Speech in Enriching the Narrative in the Book of Ruth: "He Said, She Said," and "She Said, He Said"
(2013)In the last 30 years or so, more and more scholars are taking a literary approach to Scripture. This has yielded fascinating discoveries with regard to the artistic quality of biblical narrative. Sadly, a disregard for the ... -
A Role of the Pastor Is to Encourage Millennial-Age Individuals to Volunteer in Their Congregations
(2015)God in His Word promised His love to all generations through the Savior Jesus. As pastors seek to bring that saving Word to all generations, they find unique challenges in each age grouping. At this time, the millennial ... -
The Role of the Pastoral Ministry in the Context of a Lutheran Elementary School
(2012)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role and function a pastor performs in the context of a Lutheran elementary school ministry. Recent decades have have brought with them severe challenges for the Lutheran ... -
The Role of Training in Short Term Missions
(2012)This project’s objective was (1) to research the training that volunteers in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) receive for short-term mission trips and (2) to determine whether existing training manuals can ... -
The Roles of Men and Women: Equipping God's People to Keep Communication Scriptural Truths About Male Headship
(2019)The Role of Men and Women has been a fiercely discussed topic since God populated the world with one married couple. Many Christians might respond by saying that it is a discussion they would just as soon avoid. Many ... -
Rousing the Sleeping Giants: A Look into the Spiritual Leadership of Men
(2023)This thesis is aimed at the discipleship of males who did not have a strong model of spiritual leadership in their early lives (Practical Theology). There are numerous studies on training men up in a Christian way from a ...