Ministers
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63 – What differences exist among Lutherans with respect to polity?
Dr. Schulz explains the different ways a church body can be organized.
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33 – How does the practice of closed communion fit into church discipline?
Dr. Biermann explains that closed or close communion is part of the pastor’s responsibility to not give the Lord’s Supper to an unrepentant sinner.
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61 – How important is the laying on of hands at an ordination?
Dr. Schulz explains the tradition of the laying on of hands at a pastor’s ordination and how it connects him with the history of the…
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35 – How does one work with the whole congregation in the midst of administering church discipline?
Dr. Biermann encourages you to teach the congregation before you get to an event where church discipline needs to be applied.
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39 – What is the significance of the word ecclesial?
Dr. Schulz explains what the word ecclesiology means.
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30 – Is there a good way to think of an interface between the two realms?
Dr. Biermann explains that we are the interface between the two realms by living out our forgiven life in the left hand world to the…
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62 – What advice do the Confessions have for pastors?
Dr. Schulz explains that the pastoral duties are in the right hand realm and should not be mixed with the left hand realm.
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52 – How should LCMS congregations deal with their local congregations of different denominations?
Dr. Schulz discourages fellowship with other denominations as a practice.