Congregational Courses
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50 – What do the Lutheran Confessions reject as tools of the Holy Spirit?
Dr. Brauer explains that only through the Holy Spirit can one believe and by use of the means of Grace continue in God’s mercy.
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09 – What is an example of the temple worship in the Gospel of Luke?
Dr. Just explains the importance of the temple to Jewish worship.
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34 – What is the significance in a separation between the clergy and the laity during the medieval time in history?
Dr. just explains how the clergy and the laity adapted to the culture of the time.
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76 – How have Luther’s reforms influenced the liturgy and hymnody within the LCMS?
Dr. Brauer explains that there has been a continuity in the liturgy over the years.
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64 – How are hymns useful in our services?
Dr. Brauer explains why hymns are important to spiritual life.
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27 – Why was Sunday selected as the day for Christian worship?
Dr. Just explains why Sunday is the Christian day of worship.
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82 – How does one analyze one’s congregation’s cultural dimensions in a beneficial way?
Dr. Brauer gives ideas for analyzing one’s congregation’s cultural dimensions for meaningful worship.
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77 – How did the Lutheran Hymnal come to have the common service, and is the same found in Lutheran Worship?
Dr. Brauer gives a brief history of Lutheran worship in the United States and how that has had an effect on the current Lutheran hymnals.
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28 – Does the sense of eschatology still exist today in our understanding of time?
Dr. Just explains that Sunday is an eschatological time during worship.