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The Trinity: Glory Be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit!
(Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, 2021-05)
Is There a Better Way to Confirm?
(Spring Conference for the Central Conference, 2002-04-08)
Though the title of the essay points toward the rite of confirmation, the catechetical instruction before the rite provides invaluable training to understand the core beliefs of the Christian faith. Such catechetical ...
The Genus Maiestaticum and Phil 2:5-11: Who’s the “Who” in Philippians 2?
(Northwestern Publishing House, 2018)
The “conventional approach” to Philippians 2:5-11 hinges on the understanding that ὅς at the beginning of verse 6 refers to the pre-incarnate Christ. Therefore, Jesus’s incarnation was the humiliation, and his resurrection ...
A Creative and Administrative Actuality: Historical and Theological Analysis of the Orders of Creation in the Ethics of Werner Elert
(Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, 2018-10)
Werner Elert (1885–1954) was widely influential in twentieth-century Lutheranism, a high point of the Erlangen school’s second period of prominence. He wrote extensively on the orders of creation (Schöpfungsordnungen) and ...
Issues in Ministry: With a Special View toward our Sister Synod, the ELS
(Nebraska District Convention, 2008-06-09)
The ELS has recently reconciled with a synodical separation by the Association of Confessional Lutheran Churches (ACLC) over the doctrinal statement, “The Public Ministry of the Word.” Pastors and congregations who left ...
Historical Highlights of the Southwestern Conference – Michigan District
(Southwestern Conference, Michigan District, 2001-06)
This document compiles the list of significant events in the formation of the Southwestern Conference, individual congregations, called workers who served for a long time, schools, and their respective dates.
Allusion as Translation Problem: Portuguese Versions of Second Isaiah as Test Case
(2014)
An allusion in the source text poses a serious problem for a translator. A relevance-theoretic
approach would define an “allusion” as the re-use of language from a prior text such that, by calling
the prior text to mind, ...
First Do No Harm: Toward a Philosophy of Ministry for Short-Term Missions
(2008)
Prof. Cherney examines the rationale and motivation for sending short-term missionaries: why we send them, whom we should send, and what we send them to do.
Exegetical Brief: Did Job 'Repent'? (42:6)
(2014)
The book of Job is replete with hapax legomena, unusual spellings, vexing text-critical
questions, and highly compressed and elliptical constructions. Usually the main point is still
discernible, but many scholars have ...
God’s Money in God’s Mission: Financial Support and the Minister of the Gospel
(2009)
In this essay, Kenneth Cherney makes five points about financial support of ministers: 1) it is not a payment for services rendered; 2) it is provision for needs, since this service precludes them from earning a livelihood ...