Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
The Meaning Of Advent: Implications For Preaching, Frank C. Senn
The Meaning Of Advent: Implications For Preaching, Frank C. Senn
Concordia Theological Monthly
If we confess that the Holy Spirit, at work in the church at all times and in all places, in some sense inspired the development of a liturgical calendar and a pericopal system for the expansion of the Mystery, the edification of the faithful, and the amplification of preaching possibilities, then we must also confess that the Spirit could effect changes in the meaning of the various feasts and liturgical seasons with the passage of time and with shifts in the expression of piety. The Holy Spirit did not retire in the fourth century any more than he did after …
A Study Of Matthew 3:13-17 -- The Baptism Of Jesus, Werner Boos
A Study Of Matthew 3:13-17 -- The Baptism Of Jesus, Werner Boos
Bachelor of Divinity
The fact that Jesus came to John the Baptist in order to be baptized by him fascinates and puzzles many Christians. The event evokes many significant questions: What was the exact nature of the baptism administered by John the Baptist? Why did Jesus submit himself to such a baptism? What significance did the baptismal event hold for Jesus' subsequent ministry? What did it mean to the evangelists and to their original audiences? How did it influence the Christian sacrament of baptism? These and similar questions prompt the present study--a study which takes as its exegetical point of departure the most …
Secularization Theology, Charismatic Renewal, And Luther's Theology Of The Cross, Theodore Jungkuntz
Secularization Theology, Charismatic Renewal, And Luther's Theology Of The Cross, Theodore Jungkuntz
Concordia Theological Monthly
The author constructs a theology of charismatic renewal with reference to the Lutheran confessional writings and to Luther's theology of the cross.