Congregational Courses
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83 – How can we apply cultural analysis to pastoral choices within liturgies?
Dr. Brauer gives examples for applying cultural analysis to the pastoral choices within liturgies.
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47 – Why did the Reformation make faith such a key element of Christian worship?
Dr. Brauer explains what happened during the medieval ages that faith became less important.
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68 – What musical style changes have occurred for hymns in the LCMS in the last fifty years?
Dr. Brauer explains the changes that have occurred in LCMS music over the last fifty years.
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42 – When you say that we are to be diagnosticians of some contemporary expressions of Lutheran worship, what do you mean?
Dr. Just encourages pastors to be good diagnosticians of contemporary expressions as they influence Lutheran Worship.
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37 – What is meant by liturgy of the hours or the daily office?
Dr. Just explains the hours of prayer and office of duties and how this led to further separation of clergy and laity.
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56 – How do the building blocks of worship shape the divine service?
Dr. Brauer explains how the building blocks of worship shaped the divine service.
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75 – What influence did Luther’s reforms have on the liturgy in other German territories?
Dr. Brauer explains the effect that Luther’s Latin and German Masses had on the rest of the German States.
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19 – When did worship spaces expand and what effect did the expansion of physical space have on the rites of Word and Sacrament
Dr. Just explains how churches changed from house churches to large structures and how it affected the worship.
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66 – How well do the Lutheran hymnals reflect the long tradition of hymnody in the church?
Dr. Brauer explains that we have a long tradition of hymnody in the Lutheran church.