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    • Quartalschrift Vol. 54 

      Reim, Edmund C.; Meyer, J. P.; Schaadt, John P.; Lawrenz, Carl J.; Lillegard, George O.; Eckert, Otto J.; Reim, Norbert; Mittelstaedt, Theodore; Ylvisaker, Sigurd C.; Hoenecke, Gerald O.; Pieper, Francis; Schaller, Egbert; Nitz, Henry C.; Franzmann, Werner H.; Stern, Theodore F.; Vogel, Heinrich J. (Northwestern Publishing House, 1957)

    • Quartalschrift Vol. 53 

      Schaadt, John P.; Lawrenz, Carl J.; Eckert, Otto J.; Lillegard, George O.; Meyer, J. P.; Hoenecke, Gerald O. (Northwestern Publishing House, 1956)

    • Quartalschrift Vol. 52 

      Eckert, Otto J.; Jungkuntz, Richard P.; Ylvisaker, Sigurd C.; Meyer, J. P.; Reim, Edmund C.; Pieper, August O. W.; Peters, Paul W.; Hoenecke, Gerald O.; Voss, Arthur P.; Lawrenz, Carl J.; Schaadt, John P. (Northwestern Publishing House, 1955)

    • Quartalschrift Vol. 51 

      Gehrke, Ralph D.; Peters, Paul W.; Reim, Edmund C.; Meyer, J. P.; Boerger, J. F.; Vogel, Heinrich J.; Sitz, E. Arnold; Hoenecke, Gerald O.; Siegler, Oscar J.; Lawrenz, Carl J. (Northwestern Publishing House, 1954)

    • Quartalschrift Vol. 50 

      Blume, Frederic E.; Peters, Paul W.; Schaller, Egbert; Lawrenz, Carl J.; Kowalke, Erwin E.; Dallmann, William; Wegner, Walter E.; Meyer, J. P.; Sasse, Hermann (Northwestern Publishing House, 1953)

    • Quartalschrift Vol. 49 

      Sasse, Hermann; Wendland, E. W.; Peters, Paul W.; Dallmann, William; Kretzmann, Paul E.; Reim, Edmund C.; Lehninger, Max F.; Wegner, Walter E.; Meyer, J. P.; Blume, Frederic E.; Hoenecke, Gerald O.; Schaller, Egbert (Northwestern Publishing House, 1952)

    • Pastor Pomeranus: The Life of Johannes Bugenhagen and the Lessons We Can Learn from His Pastoral Relationship with Martin Luther 

      Lund, Erik P. (2023)
      The opportunity to study Lutheran history has revealed that there are many different aspects to the history of Lutheranism that a Lutheran needs to be enlightened on. It has also revealed that there are many more aspects ...

    • Go and Make Disciples: How Discipleship in the Form of Small Groups Reaches and Cares for Single Adults in their Twenties and Thirties 

      Spaude, Daniel J. (2023)
      According to the 2020 U.S. census, nearly 50 percent of the population is single or never-married. Statistics show an increase in the single population, but has that resulted in increased single adults in Wisconsin Evangelical ...

    • Limits of the Burdens of Oaths and Vows upon Christian Consciences 

      DeMarce, Karl A. W. (2023)
      Christians, particularly those engaged in public service, at times may be pressured to take actions that do not appear to be God-pleasing, pursuant to the obligations of broadly written oaths required by governmental ...

    • God's Dwelling with Man: Prophecies Fulfilled Give Rich Meaning to the Festival of Pentecost 

      King, Caleb G. (2023)
      Is there a simple two sentence explanation that captures the importance of Pentecost? This paper focuses on the question “How do we preach and teach about Pentecost in a way that is meaningful to God’s people?” The methodology ...

    • The Seelsorger Cares for Survivors' Souls: Burden or Blessing? 

      Oehlhafen, Stephen S. (2023)
      What can a pastor do? What can he say? When a person who comes to him and reveals the painful scars seared into the mind and body, they surely expect help. As the pastor listens to the details surrounding the trauma ...

    • What is the Word of God? Understanding Divine Communication through a Relevance-Theoretic Model of Communication 

      Willick, Christian (2023)
      What is the word of God? The question is a provocative one, no doubt. Or perhaps it is one which a person may be tempted to shrug off for being so patently obvious. To be sure, a fruitful answer to this question is accessible ...

    • The Church in the Community: Showing Love to our Neighbors 

      Westra, Sam (2023)
      “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:31 NIV). What does it look like as Christians live out this command from Jesus? This paper looks at the importance of building relationships and loving our neighbors. Now, more ...

    • Family Ministry the Lutheran Way 

      Helwig, Samuel (2023)
      How do churches minister to families? This question has been asked by churches since ancient times. Families face new challenges in every generation. While our tools have remained the same, the power of God’s Word and the ...

    • The Awkward Shepherd: Tactics For A Young Pastor To Improve His Interpersonal Communication Skills 

      Wallander, Jeremiah (2023)
      Whether a pastor serves as a minister of a congregational flock or as a teacher of students in an institution, face-to-face communication plays a large role in his call. Yet for some pastors who have just graduated from ...

    • A City Great to God: Ten Years of WELS Planting to Inform the Next One Hundred Missions 

      Steinke, Justin D. (2023)
      From the isolated beginnings of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS), internal tensions have favored planting churches in non-urban settings. Numerous voices within the synod have seen this tendency as an area ...

    • A Biblical Response to Christian Nationalism 

      Schulz, Samuel (2023)
      American politics are messy, emotional, controversial, and particularly difficult to talk about–especially for Gospel-centered Christians who seek to put their hope in and focus on God’s kingdom. American politics are not, ...

    • Finding Value in a Counterfeit World: A Biblical Evaluation of Feminism 

      Ritter, Paul C. (2023)
      Feminism is one of the most influential social justice movements today. It has exposed many terrible abuse cases toward women that were motivated by wicked intentions. However, while responding to abuse, the movement brought ...

    • Rousing the Sleeping Giants: A Look into the Spiritual Leadership of Men 

      Pappenfuss, Isaac W. (2023)
      This thesis is aimed at the discipleship of males who did not have a strong model of spiritual leadership in their early lives (Practical Theology). There are numerous studies on training men up in a Christian way from a ...

    • American Heresy: Christian Zionism and the Scriptural Response 

      Neuberger, Joseph (2023)
      Christian Zionism is an increasingly pervasive heresy that has sprung up and flourished in the American Evangelical zeitgeist. While it is primarily an American Protestant issue, Lutherans in this country are not immune ...