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Uncovering Our Calling: Luther's Reformation Re-emphasis on Christian Vocation
(2006)In the 2006 WELS Symposium on the Doctrine of Vocation, Professor Ken Cherney offered this paper, explaining the importance of the this doctrine in the life and teachings of Martin Luther. In his battles with monasticism ... -
Understanding Adult Survivors of Dysfunctional Families: Helping to Heal the Hurts of the Past
(1986)This resource from WLCFS outlines 14 behavioral and emotional characteristics commonly found in adults who grew up in dysfunctional families, including those affected by alcoholism, mental illness, abuse, or compulsive ... -
Understanding Alcoholism and Helping the Alcoholic
(1976)James C. Berger’s 1976 paper, presented to the Metro North Pastoral Conference, explores the complex nature of alcoholism from theological, psychological, and medical perspectives. Berger affirms that alcoholism is both a ... -
Understanding Our Calling: The Doctrine of Christian Vocation in the Holy Scriptures
(2006)Our God is a hidden God, but he is also a God who reveals himself in the most ordinary of ways. Our God takes the ordinary and makes it extraordinary. He has taken ordinary people and he gives them a calling in life. Through ... -
Unemployment and the Christian Life
(1987)Paul Jorgenson explores the effect that unemployment has on people by first examining what work is, why it is important, and how it becomes too important for us (becoming our identity). He draws from his own experiences ... -
The Unending Pursuit of Growth in Gospel Preaching: a Comprehensive Plan for Continuing Education in Preaching for Pastors of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
(2010-05)Good preaching has always been vital to the health of Christ's church. hl order to strengthen preaching, this project designed a comprehensive program in continuing education in preaching for pastors of the Wisconsin ... -
Universal and Objective Justification with Special Emphasis on a Recent Controversy
(1983)In this essay, Pastor David Beckman explores the biblical and theological foundations of universal and objective justification, prompted by a doctrinal controversy in Kokomo, Indiana. He defines justification as God’s ... -
Universal Justification
(1984)In this 1984 convention essay, Dr. Siegbert W. Becker defends the doctrine of universal justification—the teaching that God, through Christ’s atonement and resurrection, has forgiven the sins of all people. Becker distinguishes ... -
Unleashing Our Calling: Today's Christians Find Fulfillment in Their Vocations
(2006)Prof. Paustian provides this direction to his essay on the doctrine of vocation in the Christian’s life: “First, we’ll view the doctrine of vocation in light of the current scene. Much has changed since the Reformation and ... -
The Unloosing of Satan: an Essay on the Occult
(1981)In this 1981 essay, Dr. Siegbert W. Becker examines the rise of occult practices as evidence of Satan’s “little season” foretold in Revelation 20. He distinguishes between “occult” (hidden supernatural phenomena) and “cult” ...