Ministers
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31 – Do Lutheran congregations make much use of the practice of excommunication?
Dr. Biermann explains when a member should be excommunicated.
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57 – What place do non-ordained and alternate route people have in relation to the call?
Dr. Schulz explains the reasons for and intent of the alternate route ministers in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
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53 – What does the word sect mean?
Dr. Schulz defines what sects and cults are and how they are different from main line churches.
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34 – How does one respond to negative reactions to church discipline?
Dr. Biermann explains that doing church discipline is never easy but it is the right thing to do and needs to be accomplished.
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54 – Who does the preaching and administering of the Sacraments in the church?
Dr. Schulz explains and connects the role of minister to the early church and further explains the roles of pastors, teachers and church structure in…
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28 – Does recognizing the distinction between the realms apply to giving?
Dr. Biermann explains that giving to the church is law because it is for the support of the church building, pastor and your neighbor.
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40 – What do the various contemporary terms used to refer to church bodies mean?
Dr. Schulz looks at the different types of churches and why we have a synodical structure in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.
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37 – Where does the word church come from and what does it mean?
Dr. Schulz explains the history for the word church and reminds us that it is not a building.
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47 – What do the Lutheran Confessions say about the church?
Dr. Schulz explains what the Augsburg Confessions say about the church and how to recognize it.