Symposium: Recent submissions

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    • 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 ...

    • “Breaking Free”: Martin Luther's Babylonian Captivity of the Church in Context 

      Schaefer, Benjamin (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2020-09-22)
      After deconstructing the walls with which the Catholic Church guarded its spiritual-temporal power in his treatise To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Luther moves on to challenge the Catholic Church’s central ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Apologetics in a Postmodern World 

      Cloute, Justin C. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2019-09-17)
      Pastor Cloute will examine the characteristics of postmodernism and how they affect the way the church engages the lost. He will explore angles such as how the use of narrative engages twenty-first century listeners and ...

    • 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 ...