Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary: Recent submissions
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An Evaluation of Popular American Youth Organizations from a Confessional Lutheran Perspective
(1981)Martin O. Westerhaus’s essay, An Evaluation of Popular American Youth Organizations from a Confessional Lutheran Perspective (1979/1981), examines five major youth organizations—Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, ... -
The Meaning and Import of Ordination
(1940)In this 1940 essay, Pastor Carl H. Buenger explores the theological and practical significance of ordination within the Lutheran tradition. He affirms that the divine call—properly extended by a congregation and accepted ... -
God in History: Business Cycles, Immigration and the WELS
(1984)Quinten A. Buechner’s 1984 senior history paper examines the interplay between secular historical trends—specifically business cycles and immigration—and the expansion of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). ... -
Adolf Hoenecke and the Quartalschrift
(0000)Martin O. Westerhaus’s essay, Adolf Hoenecke and the Quartalschrift (1980), commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly by examining its origins and Hoenecke’s foundational role as first editor ... -
The Christian Congregation: Its Responsibility, Its Discipline, Its Service
(1966)In this essay, Pastor Reinhold Buchholz explores the essential characteristics of a living Christian congregation, emphasizing its responsibility to uphold pure doctrine, exercise loving discipline, and serve one another ... -
Justification, Expounded by Scripture, and Its Application to Mission and Ministry
(2005)In part I of this essay, Buchholz examines the doctrine of justification as it is presented in Scripture, expounding on justification as a legal term, an objective reality, something which is apprehended by faith, and a ... -
Melanchthon's Doctrinal Compromises
(1960)Martin Luther often spoke well of Philip Melanchthon. They were cohorts in the battle against Rome. However, Melanchthon was not always the steadfast and unflinching follower of Luther. As he got older, he made mistakes. ... -
Jesus Canceled Your Debt!
(2013)Buchholz explains his work by saying, “A dispute has arisen among Lutheran theologians regarding the doctrine of justification. The specific question deals with the completeness of justification at Christ’s cross and empty ... -
The Northwestern Lutheran: Its Inception and Inaugural Year
(2000)Tim Westendorf’s historical essay, The Northwestern Lutheran: Its Inception and Inaugural Year (2000), explores the origins of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod’s English-language periodical, The Northwestern Lutheran, ... -
The Efforts of Professor John Philip Koehler to "Keep the Unity of the Spirit through the Bond of Peace" through the Protes'tant Controversy
(2010)Aaron R. Bublitz’s paper explores Professor John Phillip Koehler’s role in the Protes’tant Controversy of the 1920s within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Koehler, a seminary professor and advocate of the Wauwatosa ... -
The 1960's: A Decade of Growth and Change for Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, Thiensville, WI
(1999)Brent S. Brutlag’s church history paper chronicles the transformative decade of the 1960s at Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thiensville, Wisconsin. Drawing from congregational meeting minutes, Brutlag highlights ... -
WELS Outreach to the Poor
(1985)Rolfe Westendorf’s essay, The WELS Outreach to Poor: A New Frontier (1985), calls attention to the Wisconsin Synod’s limited success in evangelizing among economically disadvantaged populations and proposes strategies for ... -
A Conflict in Combining Confessional Lutheranism and Political Conservatism at King of Kings Ev. Lutheran Church, Garden Grove, California
(1981)Mark Brunner’s 1981 church history paper examines the early years of King of Kings Lutheran Church in Garden Grove, California, highlighting tensions between confessional Lutheran theology and political conservatism. The ... -
WELS in the Inner City
(1982)Rolfe F. Westendorf’s essay, WELS in the Inner-City (1982), chronicles the Wisconsin Synod’s evolving mission strategy amid urban demographic shifts and racial integration challenges. Initially a rural and small-town church ... -
Ten Steps in Building a Church Archives
(0000)This article explains some of the important steps of maintaining a congregation’s history. It explains good procedures for setting up an archive system, collecting material, sharing material, and storing it. It also gives ... -
Today's Children – A Lost Generation
(0000)Rolfe F. Westendorf’s essay, Today’s Children—A Lost Generation (1980s), delivers a sobering critique of societal trends undermining the well-being and moral formation of children. Westendorf argues that contemporary culture ... -
The LORD’S Passover - An Exegesis of Exodus 12:1-14
(1999)In this exegetical study presented to the Chicago Pastoral Conference in 1999, Paul Brug explores Exodus 12:1–14, the institution of the LORD’s Passover. Brug examines the Hebrew text verse by verse, offering grammatical, ... -
The Theology of Fellowship
(1981)Rolfe F. Westendorf’s essay, The Theology of Fellowship (1981), shifts focus from the Wisconsin Synod’s historic defense of fellowship boundaries to the often-neglected positive dimension: the biblical mandate for mutual ... -
The Inner-City Call
(1975)Rolfe F. Westendorf’s 1975 letter offers practical and spiritual counsel to a newly called worker in Milwaukee’s inner-city mission field. Emphasizing empathy and Christian love over technique, Westendorf outlines challenges ... -
Self-Esteem: The Rest of the Story
(1991)Rolfe F. Westendorf’s essay, The Theology of Fellowship (1981), shifts focus from the Wisconsin Synod’s historic defense of fellowship boundaries to the often-neglected positive dimension: the biblical mandate for mutual ...