Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary: Recent submissions
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Race and the Lutheran Pastor
(2018)Discussions about race and power structures permeate today’s society. Because of their sensitive and sometimes controversial nature, these discussions are often avoided in the Christian church. Recently, however, scholars ... -
Applying the Coherence-Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) to the Text of the Old Testament: An Evaluation
(2018)The goal of this research is to apply the Coherence Based Genealogical Method (CBGM) to the Old Testament. Deuteronomy 5 was chosen to evaluate this method. This method is being used to evaluate General Epistles in the ... -
Evangelizing Millennials: Studying Millennials to Understand How Relationships through Friendship Evangelism are the Best Way to Bring the Gospel to Their Culture
(2018)If you look online, in a library, even on a newsfeed, you’ll very easily find resources that are dedicated to studies of the current millennial generation. Millennials are a hot topic of study right now as they become ... -
Treasuring the Beauty of Jesus' Parables: Structure, Function, and The Fallacy of Adolf Julicher's One-Point of Camparison
(2018)This thesis aims to contribute to current exegetical practices. It will provide clarifying definitions and connect their associated terms to visual models. These models, in turn, will demonstrate the structure and function ... -
Encouraged by the Evidence: Preaching the Gospel Motivation Strategy found in First John
(2018)What motivates believers? The gospel, of course—the good news about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. But when preachers use the same stock gospel phrases week after week in the sanctification-focused segments ... -
Teaching the Doctrine of Church Fellowship in a Chinese Context: A Western Perspective
(2018)This paper investigates various methods of teaching church fellowship to a Chinese audience. While appropriation of Christian doctrine properly belongs only to the work of the Holy Spirit, he calls Christians to teach ... -
Biblical Text Messages: The Effect of Bible Software on Seminary Students
(2018)Practitioners of media ecology study the powerful influence media exert on human perception. Research has discovered that digital technologies, such as computers and smart phones, interact with the plasticity of the human ... -
Through Different Eyes: A Restrospective Examination of the Breakdown of the Synodical Conference
(2018)The break in fellowship between the LCMS and the WELS was a messy affair. In many ways it resembles a divorce. Many churches, families and friendships were divided in the break up. As with a divorce, each child had their ... -
Martin Luther's Theology of Justification. A Response to the New Finnish Interpretation of Luther
(2018)In his writings, Martin Luther strove to present justification as the glorious gift that it is: God’s free forgiveness given on the basis of Jesus’ sacrifice for sinners. The Lutheran Confessions rightly maintain this ... -
Honor Y Verguenza: Understanding Honor and Shame in Latin America
(2018)The spectrum of guilt-shame-fear cultures has been studied by anthropologists for some time now. However, more recently Christian missiologists have begun to study the benefits and challenges each of these cultures ... -
The Importance of Impacting iGen: Ministering to Generation Z Through Websites and Social Media
(2018)Millennials are no longer the newest generational cohort. Generation Z is on the rise. This generation grew up knowing technology before learning to speak. They have mastered the smartphone, but has the smartphone ... -
Martin Luther and the Happy Inconsistency
(2018)This study explores some of the significant historical events in Martin Luther’s life that provide insight into his understanding and application of the term “happy inconsistency.” It is specific to Luther’s interactions ... -
Awakened to Confessional: The Doctrinal Development of F.C.D. Wyneken and its Place in the Course of Lutheranism in America
(2018)Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken: the "Father of Lutheran Home Missions," the inspiring voice which led to the influx of hundreds of pastors to America and the establishment of seminaries in two continents, the leader ... -
Divine Call - Human Protocol. An Evaluation of Calling Practices within the Christian Church
(2018)God directly called prophets and apostles to proclaim his Word. While God no longer directly calls Christians to proclaim his Word, he still calls individuals to do this work publicly – that is among and on behalf of ... -
Shut-Ins Who Feel Shut Out: Increasing Ministry to Homebound Congregation Members Through Lay Visitation and In-Home Bible Study
(2018)Is shut-in ministry as strong as it should be? Pastors often do not have enough time to visit members in their homes regularly. Involving lay members of the congregation can be an excellent way to combat this problem. ... -
God Knows What He is Talking About: Using Secular Data to Show That Cohabitation is a Detriment to Individuals and Society
(2018)Every pastor is familiar with the issue of premarital cohabitation. It is becoming one of the biggest enemies of traditional marriage in our society today. The bad news is that it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. In ... -
Pre-Seminary Curriculum Re-Evaluation: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on the Non-Biblical Language Requirement
(2018)In a changing world, the WELS must constantly reassess the system by which it trains men for the public ministry. Over the course of more than 150 years, the pre-seminary curriculum has adapted to changing times, circumstances, ... -
No Middleman Necessary: Equipping Pastors to Serve Persons with Physical, Mental, and Developmental Disabilities
(2018)The pastor serving his congregation will quickly realize his members are not all the same. They each come with their own challenges and blessings, and this is especially true as he serves a member with disabilities. The ... -
Exploring the Role of Federation Pastors in Promoting Support and Recruitment Opportunities for Small Area Lutheran High Schools
(2018)Area Lutheran high schools are an integral part of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod‘s educational system. Of these 25 schools, many of them have less than one-hundred students and often depend on local pastors who ... -
Meaningful Preaching on the First Commandment for Teens
(2018)Attention spans are short. Distractions are screaming for acknowledgment. Listening to an entire sermon is difficult. This may not be true for an entire congregation, but it might be a commonality among many people. When ...