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Guarding Against Moralizing in our Sunday School Teaching
(1970)
Many have sat in a Sunday school classroom where the teacher finished teaching the story of the Good Samaritan and emphasized the moral application. We learn through the Good Samaritan that we too should be helpful and ...
History and Work of the Commission on Inter-Church Relations - Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
(0000)
How do we, as a church body, maintain the bond of fellowship with other churches? How do we extend the bond of fellowship to other church bodies? How do we formulate doctrinal statements in reaction to other church bodies? ...
A Royal Priesthood Proclaiming God's Praise
(1978)
The reintroduction of the teaching of the priesthood of all believers offered the church great comfort in the fact that they could go to God’s throne directly without fear or mediator. By God’s grace, through the work of ...
"Levels of Fellowship" - Scriptural Principles or Rules of Men?
(0000)
Ecumenism can be tempting, especially when the people in the world around us are trying to find common ground even at the lowest common denominator. Church bodies have fallen victim to the lure of false ecumenism by altering ...
A Reaffirmation of the Synodical Conference Teaching on the Real Presence
(0000)
When Jesus commanded, “Do this in remembrance of me,” he was referring to the sacrament actions of the consecration, distribution, and reception of the Lord’s Supper. However, there are still questions concerning when the ...
Christians, Guard Your Liberty! A Sermon Study on Galatians 5:1-6
(0000)
Galatians can rightly be called the charter of Christian liberty. This epistle demonstrates that as Christians we have liberty in Christ. In view of the book’s theme, the connection between Galatians and Article X of the ...
Create In Me a Clean Heart, O God! A Sermon Study on Psalm 51:10-12
(0000)
There is a beautiful connection between Psalm 51 and Article II of the Formula of Concord. Article II rejects Melanchthon’s doctrine on synergism that man is free to accept or reject God’s grace. However, in Psalm 51, King ...
Man and Woman in God's World
(1975)
While women are subordinate to men, this subordination is commonly misunderstood. Subordination describes a person’s role, not their quality. God made clear through the order of creation the relationship men and women were ...
The Doctrine of Church and Ministry in the Life of the Church Today
(1991)
Like many doctrines of Scripture the doctrine of church and ministry has been the subject of much controversy. The church is the gathering of believers. Christ is the one who builds up the church, but he has not given the ...
The Biblical Account of Creation and Modern Theology
(1962)
Forcing Scripture into the confines of science is not a new phenomenon. This is particularly true concerning creation. Certain modern theologians deny the truth of Genesis 1 and 2. Men such as Gerhard von Rad go so far as ...