Practical Theology
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Celebrating God’s Grace: An Adult Information Course which Teaches the Doctrine of the Church as it is Expressed in the Worship of the Church
The writer did a thorough study of the ongoing relationship of worship and doctrine as an influence in the formation of Lutheran worship practices. He…
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A Process for Equipping and Supervising Lay Christian Caregivers at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Girard, Illinois
This project proposes a process to equip Christian laypeople for effective caregiving. Equipping Christian laypeople for effective ministry is mandated by the Scriptures, Lutheran Theology…
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Some Implications and Applications of Gestalt Therapy for use in Pastoral Counseling
Some implications and applications of Gestalt therapy for use in the pastoral counseling. An evaluation of its theory in relation to principles of pastoral counseling,…
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Persuasion in the Art of Preaching for the Church
Throughout the following pages three major themes will be interwoven with the aspects of the preaching ministry mentioned above. The themes are pastoral in nature…
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Developing a Program for Interpersonal Ministry in the Liturgy for St. Paul Lutheran Church Shreveport, Louisiana
This major applied project explores the Scriptures, the Lutheran Confessions, the tradition of the Fathers and contemporary ecclesiastical thinking in an attempt to discover and…
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Small Groups: Growing in the Lutheran Church
The purpose of this major applied project is threefold. First, through a study of the Scriptures, the history and use of small groups will be…
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Light for our World: Essays Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of Concordia Seminary
The essays cover an incredibly wide range of topics—from theological education to biblical hermeneutics to justification to “real-life ministry,” and everything in between—written by a…
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1 Corinthians 15:58
Chapel Sermon by Elmer Matthias from 1 Corinthians 15:58 on Saturday, August 9, 1986.
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Matthew 22:46
Chapel Sermon by John Klotz from Matthew 22:46 on Wednesday, May 7, 1986.