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    • “Breaking Free”: Martin Luther's Babylonian Captivity of the Church in Context 

      Schaefer, Benjamin (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2020-09-22)
      After deconstructing the walls with which the Catholic Church guarded its spiritual-temporal power in his treatise To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation, Luther moves on to challenge the Catholic Church’s central ...

    • Brotherly Admonition in the Congregation: God’s Seeking Grace 

      Koelpin, John M. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2012-09-17)
      This essay explores the theological foundation and practical application of brotherly admonition within Christian congregations. Koelpin emphasizes the biblical mandate for such admonition, rooted in God’s love and the ...

    • Brotherly Admonition in the Ministerium 

      Treptow, Earle D. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2012-09-17)
      This essay discusses the importance of accountability and admonition within a Christian ministerial context. Treptow examines the theological and practical aspects of pastors admonishing each other in their ministerial ...

    • Brotherly Admonition that Encourages Accountability 

      Huebner, James R. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2012-09-18)
      This paper explores the concept of accountability within the context of Christian ministry. The author delves into the theological and practical aspects of a pastor being accountable to God, himself, his calling body ...

    • Christ Has Instituted the Public Ministry To Bless the Church 

      Nass, Thomas (2025-09-22)
      Throughout history, it has been God’s will that there be a public ministry of spiritual teaching and oversight, through which God guides and blesses his people spiritually. In the NT era, we have the public ministry of the ...

    • Christ, the Preacher: Tracing Our Preaching Roots to Jesus 

      Jensen, Michael T. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2014-09-22)
      The first essay will examine the biblical mandates to proclaim the Word and offer some examples of sermons in Scripture, as well as the transformation that took place during the Reformation after more than 1,000 years of ...

    • Christian Compassion Through the Centuries 

      Thompson, Glen L. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-09-19)
      Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.… Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. (Romans 12:9, 13–14 NIV)

    • Christian Education: A Matter of Life or Death — What the Mission of the Church Teaches Us about Lutheran Schools 

      Zarling, Mark G. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2011-09-19)
      As the Lord has called us to preach the message of life to this dying world, he has called us to minister to the young children of our in the light of God's grace. The Lutheran school seeks to fulfill Christ's Great ...

    • Christ’s Dust: The Body in Light of the Incarnation and Resurrection 

      Moldenhauer, Philip M. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2026-09-21)
      Moldenhauer develops a Lutheran theology of the human body grounded in Christ’s incarnation, bodily suffering, resurrection, and continuing embodied existence. He critiques contemporary tendencies to treat the body as a ...

    • Church and State Throughout the Centuries: Tales of Conflict and Confusion 

      Johnston, Wade R. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-18)
      We live in an age of conflict and confusion. Churches and states have struggled to define why they exist, what their roles should be, and how they relate to each other in these quickly moving and changing times. There is ...

    • Core Like a Rock: Luther's Theological Center 

      Cherney, Kenneth A. Jr. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2017-10-02)
      This essay reviews the central core of Luther’s confession of divine revelation. It is a review that includes both exegesis and systematic theology. The study lays the foundation for the central teaching of Scripture, the ...

    • Cultivating a Culture of Compassion: The Opportunity is Ours 

      Kolander, Ryan D. (2022-09-20)
      Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. (Galatians 6:10 NIV)

    • Disclosing the Hidden God: Confessional Lutheran Doctrine and Christian Apologetics 

      Thompson, Luke G. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2019-09-16)
      Lutheran theology informs how Lutheran pastors do outreach. What Scripture has to say about God’s hiddenness, the natural knowledge of God, the total depravity of the unregenerate, and the evidentiary and epistemic status ...

    • Emotional Wellness: Holistic Care for God's Workmanship 

      Kohls, Benjamin S. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-09-21)
      Depression and anxiety, dysfunction and despair, fatigue and burnout are no stranger in our congregations. Sadly, they are also no stranger in our ministerium. This essay will explore the emotional wellbeing of the pastor. ...

    • An Evaluation of Modern Evangelical Preaching 

      Bauer, Andrew P. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2014-09-22)
      The second essay looks at the popularity and homiletical influence of Evangelical preachers. It traces the history of some of the famous American Evangelical preachers and investigate psychological, stylistic, and theological ...

    • Exiled Insiders: Our Sempiternal, Subversive, Submissive Life in Two Kingdoms Ruled by One Crucified King 

      Bauer, Jonathan P. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-19)
      It was easy to support the basic liberal principles on which our nation was founded when the dominant worldview in our society at least somewhat resembled a biblical one. In recent years, however, that situation appears ...

    • The Freedom of a Christian and Treatise on Good Works 

      Danell, James C. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2020-09-21)
      These two essays were the first and last of Luther’s 1520 treatises and they reveal the spirit behind the writings. In them, Luther gives a clear exposition on the Christian life and the relationship between faith and good ...

    • The Goal of All of God’s Ways: Man as the Image of God 

      Krause, Brett J. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2026-09-22)
      Krause examines humanity’s creation in the image of God as the organizing purpose of God’s work in creation, redemption, and final restoration. Beginning with contemporary pursuits of self-improvement, he interprets human ...

    • Gospel Ministry—Gift, Giver, and Getter 

      Scharf, Matt (2025-09-22)
      It’s easy to speak about the grace of God in an abstract, ethereal kind of way—it’s out there somewhere, because it’s everywhere – which is about as useful as saying – it’s nowhere. Rather than remain in ethereal, impenetrable ...

    • Hermeneutics and the Confessions 

      Tomczak, Benjamin J. (Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2016-09-19)
      This essay focuses on the relationship of the confessions to the Holy Scriptures. The essayist explores such questions as: Are we, as Lutherans committed to a quia subscription to the 16th century confessions, to view the ...