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    • Disclosing the Hidden God: Confessional Lutheran Doctrine and Christian Apologetics 

      Thompson, Luke G. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2019-09-16)
      Lutheran theology informs how Lutheran pastors do outreach. What Scripture has to say about God’s hiddenness, the natural knowledge of God, the total depravity of the unregenerate, and the evidentiary and epistemic status ...

    • Emotional Wellness: Holistic Care for God's Workmanship 

      Kohls, Benjamin S. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-09-21)
      Depression and anxiety, dysfunction and despair, fatigue and burnout are no stranger in our congregations. Sadly, they are also no stranger in our ministerium. This essay will explore the emotional wellbeing of the pastor. ...

    • An Evaluation of Modern Evangelical Preaching 

      Bauer, Andrew P. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2014-09-22)
      The second essay looks at the popularity and homiletical influence of Evangelical preachers. It traces the history of some of the famous American Evangelical preachers and investigate psychological, stylistic, and theological ...

    • Exiled Insiders: Our Sempiternal, Subversive, Submissive Life in Two Kingdoms Ruled by One Crucified King 

      Bauer, Jonathan P. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-19)
      It was easy to support the basic liberal principles on which our nation was founded when the dominant worldview in our society at least somewhat resembled a biblical one. In recent years, however, that situation appears ...

    • The Freedom of a Christian and Treatise on Good Works 

      Danell, James C. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2020-09-21)
      These two essays were the first and last of Luther’s 1520 treatises and they reveal the spirit behind the writings. In them, Luther gives a clear exposition on the Christian life and the relationship between faith and good ...

    • Hermeneutics and the Confessions 

      Tomczak, Benjamin J. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2016-09-19)
      This essay focuses on the relationship of the confessions to the Holy Scriptures. The essayist explores such questions as: Are we, as Lutherans committed to a quia subscription to the 16th century confessions, to view the ...

    • The Hermeneutics of the New Perspective on Paul 

      Waldschmidt, Daniel W. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2016-09-20)
      For the past three decades, New Testament scholars from virtually every denomination (both conservative and liberal) have championed or been influenced by the so-called New Perspective on Paul. This movement has brought ...

    • The Hermeneutics of the New Perspective on Paul: A Reaction 

      Wendland, Paul O. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2016-09-20)
      This is Paul O. Wendland's reaction to Daniel W. Waldschmidt's "The Hermeneutics of the New Perspective on Paul " for 2016 Symposium on Hermeneutics.

    • I Am Convinced: A Devotional Appropriation of Romans 8 to the Life of the Pastor 

      Paustian, Mark A. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-09-20)
      This essay is intended to be a cool gospel drink—and in rich measure! A man rooted in the gospel will bear gospel fruits in his ministry. He must be filled with the confidence of Christ if he is to put his hand to overseeing ...

    • I Believe that I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Pastor Cares for His Body 

      Scharf, Jonathan E. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-09-20)
      The church in America is trending neo-gnostic with her spiritualizing tendencies. One often hears Christians relegate the human body to little more than a shell for the soul. The incarnation and the resurrection of Jesus ...

    • An Introduction to and Defense of Apologetics 

      Berg, Michael (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2019-09-16)
      Prof. Berg will define what apologetics is and examine how the apostles and prophets as well as the church fathers presented the truths of God to the people of their day. He will make the case that apologetics is really a ...

    • Jesus Taught The Way of Life — and So Do We 

      Mueller, Aaron T. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2015-09-21)
      With this paper, the author was tasked with the following: Evangelize, baptize, teach: this is the process Jesus calls his people to carry out in their worldwide ministry. This essay focuses on the purpose and value ...

    • The Kingdom(s) and the Power and the Glory: A Biblical and Confessional Perspective on the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms 

      Koelpin, Paul E. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-18)
      Americans are accustomed to hearing about a separation between church and state. Lutherans follow Luther’s lead and speak of church and state as two realms with distinct authority, purpose, and purview. This paper will ...

    • Luther and the Saints: The Priesthood of All Believers – A True Treasure of the Lutheran Reformation 

      Zarling, Mark G. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2017-10-03)
      This essay reviews Luther’s teaching about the universal priesthood of all believers and its relationship to the public ministry. The study naturally leads to a review of Luther’s thought on the family and the nobility of ...

    • Luther Taught the Children—and So Do We 

      Prange, Paul T. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2015-09-22)
      Lutherans have a birthright in education, going back to the catechism preparation and instruction of Martin Luther. This essay, prepared for the 2015 WLS Fall Symposium, provides insights into both the latest and the ...

    • Luther's Call to Action: A Consideration of To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation 

      Oakland, Jason D. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2020-09-21)
      In this treatise Luther discusses the relationship of clergy and laity in the Christian church. He points out the artificial walls of superiority that the Catholic Church had created around itself and its clergy to guard ...

    • Martin Luther and the State 

      Braun, Mark E. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2017-10-03)
      This essay demonstrates how Luther’s attitude toward the means of grace made Lutheranism unique for its time in its struggle to keep church and state separate: Since only the gospel can create faith and preserve orthodoxy, ...

    • Martin Luther--God's Voice 

      Wendland, Paul O. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2017-10-02)
      This essay reviews Luther’s ministry as interpreter of the Bible. Topics include: Luther, the university lecturer and cultivator of pastors; Luther the law/gospel preacher; Luther the translator of Scripture; and Luther’s ...

    • Martin Luther–God's Voice: A Reaction 

      Cloute, Justin C. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2017-10-02)
      This is Justin C. Cloute's reaction to Paul O. Wendland's "Martin Luther--God's Voice" for 2017 Symposium on Reformation 500 (Martin Luther).

    • A Paradigm for 21st Century Lutheran Preachers 

      Sievert, Phillip D. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2014-09-23)
      The third essay endeavors to offer a practical pattern for today’s Lutheran pastors on the basis of biblical and Lutheran principles. In doing so, this essay offers insights about gospel preaching in a syncretistic society, ...