lutheran
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Does it really matter what church or religious body you belong to?
Dr. Manteufel responds to the question “does it matter which church I belong to.”
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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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Toward Better Hearing of the Word in the Sermon
The purpose of this project was to equip some members of the congregation to be discerning receivers of the sermon by improving their active and…
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The Mentor Method of Evangelism: A Study in the Use of Interrogatives
There is a need to increase the effectiveness of the training process currently used to introduce members of Messiah Lutheran Church to the practice of…
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The Theological Principles Underlying Parish Records with Particular Application to their Role in the Design and Evaluation of Computer Software
This paper will document the theological and pastoral underpinnings of LCIS and its immediate successors as a reminder that how we say things and what…
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Military Imagery in Preaching: An Effective Means of Nurturing a Lutheran Identity in the Military
This major applied project consisted of two parts: a research component addressing the theoretical application of military imagery in preaching to a Lutheran military audience…
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Fifty Years of Theological Education in the Gutnius Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea: 1948-1998
The Gutnius Lutheran Church (GLC) is one of two Lutheran churches in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea, the other Lutheran church being…
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Virtue Ethics and the Place of Character Formation within Lutheran theology
This study strives to provide a way for all parish pastors to reconsider the task of providing ethical training in a parish setting. The intent…