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The Pastor And Synod, J. W. Behnken
The Pastor And Synod, J. W. Behnken
Concordia Theological Monthly
A synod is not a divine institution, but a voluntary organization. Nowhere is there a Scriptural command that congregations must unite. Of course, we have the Scriptural example, Acts 15, of the first convention of delegates from congregations which assembled at Jerusalem.
Outline For Sermon On Chrisitan Education, Paul Koenig
Outline For Sermon On Chrisitan Education, Paul Koenig
Concordia Theological Monthly
"Is the young man safe?" That was the anxious Iinquiry of a worried father. Is the young man or woman safe? Are the children safe? This should be the anxious question of the Church. "Whether or not they are safe, what will become of them later in life, depends to a very great extent on what we do for them during their childhood days, upon the training we give them.” Much emphasis is laid in our country on education. One out of every four persons is said to be enrolled in quest of some form of education.
The Progressive Self-Culture Of A Lutheran Pastor, John Weidenschilling
The Progressive Self-Culture Of A Lutheran Pastor, John Weidenschilling
Bachelor of Divinity
During his three years at the seminary the theological student is taught the qualifications and requirements of a Lutheran pastor, and he is informed of the tremendous responsibilities and the exacting demands which a call into the ministry will lay upon him when he has become a pastor of a congregation. But the seminary training is not able to convert the student into a full-fledged pastor. Only long years of hard study and practical experience and divine grace can equip a man successfully and completely for this greatest and hardest calling and work in this world. Unless the ministerial candidate, …