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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 ...
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 ...
Cultural Immersion and Stress Points: How the Ministry of Mark Cares Typified a Shift in WELS Evangelism Philosophy
(2020)
Cross-cultural evangelism opportunities present the Christian with unique challenges for carrying
out the Great Commission. Various historical factors left the WELS employing a largely
monocultural approach to evangelism ...
By the Rivers of Babylon: Interpretation and Application of the Imprecatory Psalms
(2019)
“Break the teeth in their mouths, O God. Like a stillborn child, may they not see the sun” (Ps 58:6,8). Such curses have shocked casual readers of the psalms and biblical scholars alike for years. They seem to be incompatible ...
Christ on Screen: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Christian-Based Visual Media in Evangelism and Entertainment
(2020)
Christian-based media has tended to be a one-or-the-other kind of situation or scenario. Either a
production will be doctrinally sound but have distractingly poor production values, or it will
have a large budget but ...
Silver Screen - Golden Opportunity: The Value of Film in Pastoral Ministry
(2019)
The American movie industry is perhaps the premier entertainment industry in the world today. The films that are released every year dominate popular culture in the United States and have a profound impact on meaning-making ...
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. ...
Our Stories, God's Stories: Re-Conceptualizing the Stories We Live by Through a Close Reading of the Psalms of David
(2019)
People love stories. Not only that, a large body of psychological research suggests that people actually live by the stories they tell themselves. Stories are the way people make sense of a confusing world. The problem is, ...
Burning the Plow: Addressing the Challenges and Capitalizing on the Blessings of Second-Career Seminary Students
(2019)
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send
out workers into his harvest field” (Matt 9:37–38 NIV84). With these words, Jesus reminds his
church that there will ...
Preparing Our Youth to Defend Their Faith
(2019)
There has been a resurgence of the study of apologetics in Lutheran circles recently, in the
Missouri Synod as well as the Wisconsin Synod. As our society continues to become more and
more “post-Christian,” Christians ...