catechism
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10 – How useful is Luther’s definition of God today?
Dr. Kolb explains that when people have created their own personal gods and that seems to be working for them then you have to wait…
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01 – Why do we need a catechism?
Dr. Kolb answers the question "Why do we need a catechism?"
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07 – Why does the Lutheran church still use an "antiquated" catechism?
Dr. Kolb explains why the wording of the catechism is the way it is and reminds us to apply and translate it into modern thought.
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05 – Did Luther simply take the catechism from the medieval church?
Dr. Kolb further explains how Luther changed the content and order of the catechism to help Christians structure their lives and faith.
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Conrad Dieterich (1575-1639) and the Instruction of Luther’s Small Catechism
Bode, Gerhard H. “Conrad Dieterich (1575-1639) and the Instruction of Luther’s Small Catechism.” Ph.D. Diss., St. Louis, MO: Concordia Seminary, 2005.350 pp. Luther’s catechisms have…
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The Recovery of Memorization in Confirmation: A Study of Junior Confirmation at Concordia Lutheran Church, Geneseo, Illinois
The purpose of this project was to address the problem of junior confirmation students not retaining long term the material they were being assigned to…
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Propter Absolutionem: Holy Absolution in the Theology of Martin Luther and Philipp Jacob Spener A Comparative Study
The approach to Luther’s theological development which will be taken here is a chronological one. This is in no small part due to the character…