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    • The Hymn-of-the-Week Plan 

      Gehrke, Ralph D. (0000)

    • The Church of the Firstborn 

      Gehrke, Ralph D. (1952)

    • Suggestions for Furthering Congregational Appreciation of the Better Lutheran Hymns 

      Gehrke, Ralph D. (0000)

    • Our Way of Worship 

      Gehrke, Ralph D.; Jungkuntz, Richard P. (0000)

    • Church Fellowship 

      Gehrke, Ralph D. (1958)

    • My Lord...My God: A Living History of St Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church, Phoenix, Arizona 

      Gehl, Michael (1998)

    • Three Advent Sermon Studies: Isaiah Pictures the Coming Messiah 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R.; Jeske, John C.; Mueller, Wayne D. (0000)
      This series of Advent sermon studies will let the prophet Isaiah speak. Seven centuries before the birth of Christ, Isaiah pictured the coming Messiah for his hearers and readers. The three Isaiah texts chosen for this ...

    • Women in the Teaching Ministry 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1975)
      Female teachers are most definitely in the public ministry of the Word. However, we do not call women to be pastors because of the relationship which God laid out for men and women at creation. Paul reiterated this command ...

    • What Is Heresy? 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (0000)
      This paper was written is response to a 1965 revision of an LCMS document entitled Theology of Fellowship. After a thorough word study of the usage of the New Testament word for heresy, the author examines heresy as defined ...

    • What Church Do You Mean? 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1967)
      The picture the New Testament gives of ekklesia is an assembly which possesses the keys of the kingdom of God. This assembly administers these keys by Christ’s authority and according to his will. Luther saw only one church, ...

    • What About Women Visitors? 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (0000)
      The purpose of school visitors is to evaluate the curriculum of the school, encourage Christian education, and to help the individual teacher do his job as best as he can. If a woman were to become a school visitor, would ...

    • The WELS' Walther Heritage 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1987)
      Written in commemoration of the 175th anniversary of his birth and the 100th anniversary of his death, Professor Gawrisch shows the impact of Walther through his students who taught on Wisconsin Synod campuses as well as ...

    • The Twentieth Century Crucifixion of Christ 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1970)
      The professed goal of twentieth century theology is to persuade modern man to accept the Christian faith. Twentieth century theology speaks to man’s reason. Not only does modern theology reject the inspiration, inerrancy, ...

    • The Separation of Church and State as it Relates to our Christian Schools 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (0000)
      The church is to make disciples of all nations by using the gospel. The state, on the other hand, has the purpose of preserving a certain measure of peace and order in human society. There is a certain separation between ...

    • The Separation of Church and State 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1986)
      Though both the Church and State are divinely created, their purpose and the means by which they carry out their purpose are completely different. The Christian is a citizen of two kingdoms. He is a citizen of the spiritual ...

    • The Practical Application of the Doctrine of the Two Natures of Christ 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1984)
      Whenever the person of Christ is attacked, man is robbed of the assurance of the atonement. Jesus was like us in every way, except one: he was without sin. He needed to be like us, he had to live under the law and he had ...

    • The Place of Women in the Life and Work of the Church 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1966)
      Adam spoke highly of woman the first time he saw her, “Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh.” The writer of Proverbs 31 sings the praises of the godly wife and mother. In fact, “Her price is above rubies.” God has indeed ...

    • The Ministry of the Keys with Special Emphasis on the Power of the Christian to Forgive and to Retain Sins 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (0000)
      Christ gave great authority to his church in the ministry of the keys. In this ministry the church acts in Christ’s name to forgive penitent sinners their sins, but to retain the sins of the impenitent as long as they do ...

    • The Meaning of the Hebrew Word Torah with Special Reference to Its Use in the Psalms 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (0000)
      In general, God’s torah is his instruction or teaching. But torah also has some narrow meanings. Torah can refer to specific ordinances and groups of regulations. Torah can refer to the instructions God gave Moses on Mt. ...

    • The Lord's Word Concerning the Last Things 

      Gawrisch, Wilbert R. (1974)
      Most people probably do not get out of bed in the morning thinking to themselves, “Today could be the last day of the world.” Gawrisch, however, seeks to heighten our anticipation for the coming of our Lord. Though we are ...