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The Church's Ministry To People Who Differ On Issues Of National Policy, Richard Jungkuntz
The Church's Ministry To People Who Differ On Issues Of National Policy, Richard Jungkuntz
Concordia Theological Monthly
We ourselves are the church. When we speak of the church's ministry, therefore, we are speaking first of all of our own ministry. We ourselves are also people who differ on a host of issues, including those of national policy. Consequently, the church's ministry to people who differ is in the first instance our own ministry to one another.
The Ministry Of Absolution, Friedrich-Wilhelm Kuenneth
The Ministry Of Absolution, Friedrich-Wilhelm Kuenneth
Concordia Theological Monthly
The Commission on Worship and Spiritual Life of the Lutheran World Federation at its meeting in Hanover (March-April 1967) decided to summarize its general discussion on absolution and to use it as a basis for further research. At the same time the commission wanted to develop a questionnaire on the basis of its discussion and send it to several experts. Those experts were expected to be particularly well-trained theologians as well as people experienced in hearing private confessions and in pastoral counseling. The commission sought reactions to four specific questions.
In God For The World, John H. Tietjen
In God For The World, John H. Tietjen
Concordia Theological Monthly
Thank you, those of you who shared just now in the official inauguration act. I am deeply grateful to you for your kind words and your warm encouragement. Thanks to all of you who have come here today, some representing educational institutions and ecclesiastical organizations, others simply representing yourselves. I am grateful to all of you for honoring Concordia Seminary and its presidential office with your presence. I am personally overwhelmed by the occasion and by the honor I have of serving as president of a seminary with so distinguished a history.