Faith
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Using Parents in Preparing their Children for Confirmation and First Communion
The theme of this paper is the involvement of parents in the spiritual life of their children as they prepare for confirmation and first Communion.…
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The Theology of Spiritual Gifts in Luther and Calvin: A Comparison
This dissertation compares and contrasts Luther’s and Calvin’s theology of ministry because spiritual gifts are in some sense ministry gifts (using the broad definition of…
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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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Uemura Masahisa (1857-1925) First Generation Pastor, Christian Leader and Instinctive Proponent of Indigenized Christianity in Japan
Uemura was an extremely able leader and organizer of men, sophisticated thinker, broad reader, and committed to the Christian faith ashes understood it. Part of…
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Selections Translated from the Loci Theoiogici by Johann Gerhard
An article in the December 14, 1981 issue of the Reporter begins: “Lutheran theologians do a good job of emphasizing salvation through faith in Jesus…