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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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The Three-Self Principle as a Model for the Indigenous Church
With all of these definitions, the one that is recognized the most is still the one with which it was associated from the beginning. “In…
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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…
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Gifts of the Spirit
The format for this paper is relatively simple. First, a brief section on the history of spiritual gifts will be given. This will be followed…
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The Predestinarian Controversy and its Effects on the Missouri Synod’s Attempts Toward Lutheran Unity
This paper will attempt to set forth important facts involved in the Predestinarian Controversy and then analyze its effects on the Missouri Synod’s attempts toward…
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The Cosmic Christ of Colossians
This study was undertaken as an attempt to evaluate and possibly correct some recent interpretations of Christ’s person and work. Much of theology today has…
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The Immortality of the Soul Versus the Resurrection of the Dead
When preparing a presentation on ‘death’ for a confirmation class, I could find only weak Scriptural proof texts supporting the “traditional” view of death as…
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The Doctrine of God in African Traditional Religion
It was the purpose of this study to investigate critically the doctrine of God in African Traditional Religion and its theological implications.
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The Lutheran Confessions and St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
This paper will investigate the use of Scripture by the Lutheran Confessions in their presentation of important Scriptural teachings. Such an undertaking, however, would be…