Essay File: Recent submissions
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The Doctrinal Basis for the Formation of the CLC
(1981)The author gives a brief historical background to the split with the CLC and then explores the issues that revolved around the application of Romans 16:17. -
Is the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Truly Lutheran?
(1988)The author compares the ELCA's dogmatics book by Carl Braaten and Robert Jenson with confessional Lutheranism on these three key issues: Scripture, the Trinity, and the Person and Work of Christ. Quotes both from "Christian ... -
The Word Fitly Spoken
(1979)Carl F. Bolle’s paper “The Word Fitly Spoken” offers seasoned reflections on preaching, drawn from over fifty years in the pulpit. Using Proverbs 25:11 as a thematic anchor, Bolle explores the art and discipline of sermon ... -
The Place of the Fine Arts in Lutheran Worship
(1966)Carl F. Bolle passionately defends the role of fine arts in Lutheran worship, arguing that beauty, creativity, and artistic expression are gifts from God meant to enhance spiritual life. Drawing on Scripture, church history, ... -
A History of the WELS' Mission to the Poor in the United States
(1996)Through numerous interviews, the author explores the history of WELS missions to the poor among the Apache; St. Marcus, Milwaukee including ministries on the Northside and Southside of Milwaukee; Peace Lutheran in New York ... -
Faithful Christian Witness in the Space Age in our Church Activities
(1968)In this 1968 essay, George W. Boldt addresses the challenges facing the Christian church in the "space age," marked by rapid societal change, moral decline, and increasing secularism. Boldt critiques the pressure on churches ... -
A Comparative Study of 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 and Titus 3:10 with Practical Emphasis of the Implication upon Present Intersynodical Controversy
(0000)George W. Boldt presents a comparative exegesis of 2 Thessalonians 3:14–15 and Titus 3:10, focusing on church discipline and doctrinal purity. He contrasts the treatment of disorderly Christians with that of heretics, ... -
Who Do You Say I Am? Past and Present Threats to the Biblical Christology of the Nicene Creed
(2007)Pastor Waterstradt presents a study of the history and formulation of the Nicene Creed. He includes past threats, such as Arianism, which necessitated its formulation, and a brief outline of the life of Athanasius, one of ... -
A History of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
(1982)James Bolda’s historical account traces the founding and development of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, from its inception in 1959 through early 1982. Established in response to suburban ... -
The Charismatic Movement
(1973)