Symposium: Recent submissions
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Exiled Insiders: Our Sempiternal, Subversive, Submissive Life in Two Kingdoms Ruled by One Crucified King
(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 ... -
A Reaction to Exiled Insiders: our Sempiternal, Subversive, Submissive Life in Two Kingdoms Ruled by One Crucified King, by Jonathan P. Bauer
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-19)This is E. Allen Sorum's reaction to Jonathan P. Bauer's "Exiled Insiders: Our Sempiternal, Subversive, Submissive Life in Two Kingdoms Ruled by One Crucified King" for 2023 Symposium on the Two Kingdoms. -
A Reaction to “The Kingdom(s) and the Power and the Glory: A Biblical and Confessional Perspective on the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-18)This is Samuel C. Degner's reaction to Paul E. Koelpin's “The Kingdom(s) and the Power and the Glory: A Biblical and Confessional Perspective on the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms” for 2023 Symposium on the Two Kingdoms. -
A Reaction to “Church and State Throughout the Centuries: Tales of Conflict and Confusion”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-18)This is Aaron L. Christie's reaction to Wade R. Johnston's “Church and State Throughout the Centuries: Tales of Conflict and Confusion” for 2023 Symposium on the Two Kingdoms. -
The Kingdom(s) and the Power and the Glory: A Biblical and Confessional Perspective on the Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2023-09-18)Americans are accustomed to hearing about a separation between church and state. Lutherans follow Luther’s lead and speak of church and state as two realms with distinct authority, purpose, and purview. This paper will ... -
Church and State Throughout the Centuries: Tales of Conflict and Confusion
(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 ... -
Cultivating a Culture of Compassion: The Opportunity is Ours
(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) -
[A Reaction to] See How They Love One Another! The Ministry of Compassion in Scripture and Early Christianity to 300 AD by Dr. Keith Wessel
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-09-19)This is Paul O. Wendland's reaction to Keith C. Wessel's "See How They Love One Another! The Ministry of Compassion in Scripture and Early Christianity to 300 AD" for 2022 Symposium on Compassion Ministry. -
A Reaction to Rev. Ryan Kolander’s "Cultivating a Culture of Compassion: The Opportunity is Ours"
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-09-20)This is Bradley D. Wordell's reaction to Ryan D. Kolander's "Cultivating a Culture of Compassion: The Opportunity is Ours" for 2022 Symposium on Compassion Ministry. -
A Reaction to “Christian Compassion through the Centuries”
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-09-19)This is Jonathan A. Micheel's reaction to Glen L. Thompson's "Christian Compassion Through the Centuries" for 2022 Symposium on Compassion Ministry. -
Christian Compassion Through the Centuries
(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) -
See How They Love One Another! The Ministry of Compassion in Scripture and Early Christianity to 300 AD.
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2022-09-19)“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34–35 NIV) -
Disclosing the Hidden God: Confessional Lutheran Doctrine and Christian Apologetics
(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
(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. ... -
I Believe that I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Pastor Cares for His Body
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-09-20)The church in America is trending neo-gnostic with her spiritualizing tendencies. One often hears Christians relegate the human body to little more than a shell for the soul. The incarnation and the resurrection of Jesus ... -
I Am Convinced: A Devotional Appropriation of Romans 8 to the Life of the Pastor
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2021-09-20)This essay is intended to be a cool gospel drink—and in rich measure! A man rooted in the gospel will bear gospel fruits in his ministry. He must be filled with the confidence of Christ if he is to put his hand to overseeing ... -
“Breaking Free”: Martin Luther's Babylonian Captivity of the Church in Context
(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 ... -
Luther's Call to Action: A Consideration of To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2020-09-21)In this treatise Luther discusses the relationship of clergy and laity in the Christian church. He points out the artificial walls of superiority that the Catholic Church had created around itself and its clergy to guard ... -
The Freedom of a Christian and Treatise on Good Works
(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 ... -
Apologetics in a Postmodern World
(Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, 2019-09-17)Pastor Cloute will examine the characteristics of postmodernism and how they affect the way the church engages the lost. He will explore angles such as how the use of narrative engages twenty-first century listeners and ...