Symposium: Recent submissions
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Reaction to Rev. Brett Krause’s Essay “The Goal of All of God’s Ways: Man as the Image of God”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2026-09-22) -
A Reaction to Rev. Dr. Philip Moldenhauer’s “Christ’s Dust: The Body in Light of the Incarnation and Resurrection”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2026-09-21) -
Reaction to Pastor Joel Seifert’s Essay “I Believe in Man: A Credal Confession of the Human Nature”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2026-09-21) -
The Goal of All of God’s Ways: Man as the Image of God
(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 ... -
Christ’s Dust: The Body in Light of the Incarnation and Resurrection
(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 ... -
I Believe in Man: A Credal Confession of the Human Creature
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2026-09-21)Seifert presents a Lutheran account of the human creature organized around the three articles of the Apostles’ Creed and Luther’s catechetical explanations. In response to materialist and technologically driven accounts ... -
So, You’re a Pastor, a Lutheran Pastor, Serving Where the Lord of the Church Has Placed You: And I Thank God For You in My Prayers
(2025-09-23)A conversation hits the awkward zone because the listener doesn’t quite know what to do with this discovery. But this one is brave and asks, “What does that mean?” You wade in to help your neighbor think about it in a way ... -
A Reaction to Prof. Thomas P. Nass’s “Christ Has Instituted the Public Ministry to Bless the Church”
(2025-09-22)Kenneth A. Cherney Jr.’s Reaction to Prof. Thomas P. Nass’s “Christ Has Instituted the Public Ministry to Bless the Church” (2025 WLS Symposium) reflects on why ongoing discussions between WELS and LCMS regarding the ... -
Christ Has Instituted the Public Ministry To Bless the Church
(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 ... -
A Reaction to Pastor Matthew Scharf’s Essay “Gospel Ministry—Gift, Giver, and Getter”
(2025-09-22)In this response to Matthew Scharf’s “Gospel Ministry—Gift, Giver, and Getter,” Steven J. Pagels affirms an understanding of the ministry of the Word grounded in Christ’s incarnation and God’s giving of salvation through ... -
Gospel Ministry—Gift, Giver, and Getter
(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 ... -
Rededication: Embracing Our Lutheran Identity in Our Current Context
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2024-09-17)Rededication: Embracing Our Lutheran Identity in Our Current Context by Pastor John P. Bortulin is a reflective essay presented at the 2024 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Symposium. As Lutheran worship celebrates its 500th ... -
Worship Developments after the Reformation That Call for Careful Appraisal
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2024-09-16)Worship Developments after the Reformation that Call for Careful Appraisal by Tyler R. Peil explores the liturgical shifts in Christian worship from the Reformation to the present day. This essay was presented at the 2024 ... -
Reformation: Rediscovered Worship Principles and Practices That Call for Thanksgiving
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2024-09-16)Reformation Rediscovered: Worship Principles and Practices that Call for Thanksgiving by Jacob C. Behnken, delivered at the 2024 Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Symposium, examines foundational principles of worship that were ... -
Worship & Outreach: A Lutheran Paradigm
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Worship and Outreach: The Evangelical Strategy
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Worship and Outreach: An Observable Synergy - “The Gospel Goes to Work”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2010-09-20)In this keynote address, Pastor Christie provides a detailed exploration of the early development of the Church and the integral relationship between worship and outreach throughout the history of God's Church. As the ... -
A Reaction to the Essay of Rev. Donald W. Patterson: What Practical Experience Teaches Us about Lutheran Schools
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2011-09-20)This is Michael J. Quandt's reaction to Donald W. Patterson's "What Practical Experience Teaches Us about Lutheran Schools" for 2011 Symposium on Lutheran Schools. -
[A] Reaction to President Mark Zarling’s Essay "Christian Education: A Matter of Life or Death"
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2011-09-19)This is Stephen H. Geiger's reaction to Mark G. Zarling "Christian Education: A Matter of Life or Death — What the Mission of the Church Teaches Us about Lutheran Schools" for 2011 Symposium on Lutheran Schools.