Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
The Fox Valley Lutheran High School Planning Committee with Attention Paid to the Founding Purpose
(1991)This paper examines the origins and purpose of Fox Valley Lutheran High School (FVL), focusing on the work of its Planning Committee from 1946 to 1948. Against a backdrop of growing concerns over public education’s secular ... -
The Helenville Problem
(1976)This historical study investigates the circumstances behind Pastor Gottlieb Reim’s resignation as president of the Wisconsin Synod in 1865, a mystery briefly noted in Koehler’s history as “trouble at Helenville.” Reim, a ... -
Applying the Scriptural Principles of Divorce and Remarriage to Uncertain Circumstances
(1988)This essay addresses pastoral challenges in applying biblical principles of divorce and remarriage to complex, uncertain situations. Wiedmann emphasizes three guiding questions: Do we know the principles, the circumstances, ... -
Part 1: Study of 1 Corinthians 14 and Part 2: Counseling with Charismatics As Pastors As We Deal Glossolalia
(1984)This paper combines exegetical analysis of 1 Corinthians 14:1–25 with pastoral guidance for addressing glossolalia (speaking in tongues) among charismatics. Part I emphasizes Paul’s normative principle of love and the ... -
Dr. Carl Manthey-Zorn: Different Beat, Same Drummer
(1988)Kenneth Cherney follows Carl Zorn’s fascinating history through his rationalistic schooling, his mission work in India, and his blessing in the Missouri synod. Throughout the paper, Zorn’s tactfulness and eagerness are ... -
Confidentiality and the Clergy
(1988)This essay explores the legal, historical, and pastoral dimensions of confidentiality in clergy-penitent relationships. Beginning with case studies illustrating conflicts between pastoral duty and court orders, Wiederich ... -
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, ... -
What is "Doctrine" According to Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions?
(0000)This essay examines the question “What is doctrine?” from the perspective of Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. Wicke asserts that doctrine is not a theoretical construct but the entire content of God’s Word, ... -
The Spirit of the Formula of Concord
(1978)This essay explores the enduring significance of the Formula of Concord (1577) and its relevance for contemporary Lutheranism. Wicke argues that any future confessional statements must preserve the Formula’s spirit, ... -
St. Luke's English Lutheran Church: 1936-1994
(1996)Paul Cerny’s historical essay chronicles the development of St. Luke’s English Lutheran Church in Vassar, Michigan, from its founding in 1936 through 1994. Initiated by layman John Bodeis and supported by the Wisconsin ... -
Lutheran Pioneers - Wisconsin's Boy Scouts?: An Evaluation of the Protes'tant View of This Organization
(1989)Gary Cepek’s essay critically examines the Protestant Conference’s opposition to the Wisconsin Synod’s Lutheran Pioneers youth program, comparing it to the Boy Scouts and accusing it of promoting legalism and spiritual ... -
The Seminary's Unchanging Foundation in a Changing World: Sola Scriptura
(1988)This essay affirms Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary’s unwavering commitment to sola scriptura as the cornerstone of its mission. Wicke demonstrates that Scripture—verbally inspired, inerrant, and authoritative in all matters ... -
The Cedars of Lebanon: A History of the Work of God at Mount Lebanon Evangelical Lutheran Church
(2006)Philip J. Casmer’s essay traces the history of Mount Lebanon Evangelical Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from its founding in 1926 to its outreach efforts in the early 2000s. Originally established as a Wisconsin ... -
The Trumpet with the Certain Sound: An Analysis of the Lutheran Churches of the Reformation (LCR) Viewed from Its Historical and Doctrinal Roots
(1980)Frederick Casmer’s essay analyzes the Lutheran Churches of the Reformation (LCR), tracing its historical and doctrinal roots from the Orthodox Lutheran Conference (OLC) and the State of the Church movement within the ... -
The History of the Wisconsin Lutheran Institutional Ministry
(1980)Stephen Casai’s essay chronicles the development of the Wisconsin Lutheran Institutional Ministry (WLIM) from its origins in 1901 to its expansion through 1979. Beginning with Pastor William Rader’s outreach to Milwaukee ... -
The Call and Its Variables
(1979)Harold Wicke’s essay, The Call and Its Variables, presented at the Arizona–California District Pastoral Conference in 1979, explores the theological and practical dimensions of the call to public ministry within the Wisconsin ... -
Faith Mission Society
(1988)Roger Carter’s essay traces the origins and development of the Faith Mission Society (FMS), a lay-led organization within the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) that supports foreign and domestic mission work. Sparked by ... -
A History of Good Shepherd Ev. Lutheran Church, Downers Grove, Illinois
(1986)John Carter recounts the founding and growth of Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church in Downers Grove, Illinois, tracing its roots to doctrinal unrest within the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS) in the late 1960s ... -
Spokane -- Second Chance City for WELS
(1984)Jeff Carter chronicles the history of Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) mission work in Spokane, Washington, from its pioneering beginnings in 1942 to its dramatic collapse in 1957 and eventual rebirth. Led ...