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Book Review. - Literatur, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Psychology In The Service Of A Lutheran Pastor, Alfred A. Bodtke

Bachelor of Divinity

Every pastor ought to have some knowledge or psychology. It is true, a pastor is first and foremost a theologian. As a theologian he must learn rightly to interpret the Divine Word and bring its precious truth to the people under his care. In doing this, the pastor through God's grace and help is benefiting his people for time and for eternity. If in addition to being a good theologian, a pastor knows some or the most important principles of psychology, he will the better be able to apply this Word of God, especially so in the case of such …

Techniques From The Secular Fields Of Counseling And Psychotherapy Pertinen To Pastoral Care, Harold Irwin Haas

Bachelor of Divinity

It is the purpose of the author to point out the theories and techniques from the secular fields of counseling and psychotherapy which seem to be pertinent to pastoral care. The author feels that psychological counseling has already reached a point where the ministry can no longer afford to ignore it. This paper, then, is an attempt to sustematize some of the better thinking which has been done in the field. It is the author’s hope that he may make some small contribution to the field of practical theology by passing on the results of his own investigation in this …

Ministering To Those In Stress, Edward J. Mahnke

Bachelor of Divinity

In this paper we are limiting the area to those whose inner tensions and conflicts resulting from original and actual sins which are disturbing their relationship to God, either consciously or unconsciously, whether they seek out or are sought by the pastor.

Biography Of Pastor Ernst Moritz Buerger (1806-1841) With Special Emphasis On His Decision To Leave Perry County, Missouri, Ernst Albert Wolfram Jr

Bachelor of Divinity

Biography of Pastor Ernst Moritz Buerger (1806-1841) with Special Emphasis on his Decision to Leave Perry County, Missouri

The Word Principle In Martin Luther, Carl Walther Berner

Concordia Theological Monthly

Lucid as sunlight are the verses of the Holy Bible which declare that all spiritual life is from the Holy Spirit in the Word. We are born anew by the Word; we are kept in the faith by the Word; we are led to a fruit-bearing life by the Word; we are armor-plated against enemy forces by the Word. Simon Peter lifts his voice majestically to say that we are "born again not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever." Earlier in the same chapter he had reminded those who were …

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches (Theological Observer. – Of course contemporary history)

The Practical Application Of Matthew 18:15-18, Walter H. Bouman

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Lord Jesus Christ has wonderfully endowed His Church upon earth. To His Church, to the Christians, He has given the power to open and to close heaven, to bind and to loose sinners. And this is no empty gesture on the part of the Lord of the Church, for the Lord Jesus very specifically says: “Verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Matt.18:18. And just as our congregations in their constitutions provide that all things are to be …

Miscellanea, Martin S. Sommer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

Propositions On Unevangelical Practice, H. C. Schwan

Concordia Theological Monthly

Evangelical practice consists not in this, that we teach and treat nothing except the evangelical message (the Gospel), but in this, that we treat everything in evangelical fashion.

Miscellanea, H. H. Kirchmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

The Altenburg Debate, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

In an evaluation of Professor Polack's book The Story of C. F. W. Walther, which appeared a few years ago, the review editor of the Theologische Quartalschrift includes the following remarks: "Important and soul-racking though the later controversies were, they dwindle when compared with the difficulties of Walther and the Saxon immigrants as they came to a head in Altenburg. In Altenburg life and death, faith and despair, hung in the balance. In the later affairs it was Walther firmly grounded in the truth and unshaken in his faith who waged the battles, although he did not succeed in convincing …

Miscellanea, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

The Means Of Grace From The Administrative Angle, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The topic which is here to be briefly treated, chiefly on the basis of a problem which has recently been suggested for discussion, has been broached in the columns of this journal before, although not in an exhaustive manner. It is clearly not a mere academic question, nor may it be placed in the category of the adiaphora or a priori included in the field of casuistry, although certain situations may cause it to be placed under that heading. The problem, as it is before us, involves chiefly three loci in dogmatics, namely, De Ecclesia, De Ministerio Ecclesiastico, and De …

Why Preach?, John H. Fritz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Preaching, if it is to serve its divine purpose, must have a very definite objective. This the preacher should not only know, but of this he should be conscious. What is the objective? Why preach?

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches, J. Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches (Theological Observer. – Of course contemporary history)

The Practical Application Of The Sermon, George Kurz

Bachelor of Divinity

Spurgeon once wrote that "where the application begins, there the sermon begins." Since the application is so important, it will be the primary purpose of this thesis to offer suggestions to the preacher on how he may improve and develop his ability in constructing the practical application of his sermon. The paper shall not be limited to mere suggestions, however; we shall discuss and make a study of the subject from all important angles (such as: the nature of the application, the necessity of the application, the purpose of the application, etc.). Writing on a subject of this type is …

The Institutional Missionary And The Sick, E. A. Duemling

Concordia Theological Monthly

Visitation of the sick is one of the most important duties of an institutional missionary. While on earth, Jesus, the Physician, had compassion on the sick and freed them from their ailments, not only physically but also spiritually. Jesus is no longer visibly with us, no longer performing miracles of healing, and sickness is still causing untold agony and misery in the world. It is very sad indeed to see so much pain and suffering, principally in our large hospitals. As long as we are living in a sinful world, there will also be pain, suffering, and, finally, death. There …

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, T. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches (Theological Observer. – Of course contemporary history)

Miscellanea, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

A Christian's Certainty, H. Warneck

Concordia Theological Monthly

When King Saul went to the witch at Endor, he was looking for some measure of certainty about the outcome of an undertaking of greatest moment at the time - the conquest of the Philistines, 1 Sam. 28. No doubt a similar desire helps to explain the fact that an astrologer in Chicago could induce a hundred regular clients, all of them prominent business men, to pay him $1,000 apiece annually.

The Pastor And Intracongreptional Organizations, W. E. Hohenstein

Concordia Theological Monthly

Little has been written on the history of intracongregational societies, except with reference to young people's societies. The ladies' aid is the oldest society within the congregations of our synodical organization. Then follows the young people's society (or societies) and, more recently, the men's club. Some congregations with parish-schools have a parent-teachers' organization and in connection with it a preschool mothers' circle.

The Lutheran Pioneer 1930, Concordia Publishing House (Publisher)

The Lutheran Pioneer

The Lutheran Pioneer - A Missionary Monthly

Lehre Und Wehre Volume 31, Concordia Seminary Faculty

Lehre und Wehre

Lehre und Wehre Band 31 herausgegeben von Fakultät des Concordia-Seminars aus dem Jahr 1885. (Lehre und Wehre Volume 31 edited by Concordia Seminary Faculty from 1885.)

Januar (January)

Vorwort. . (Against Missouri- F Pieper; ref pg 115). .1 (Preface. . (Against Missouri- F Pieper; ref pg 115). . 1)

Der biblische Begriff von der seligmachenden Gnade. .7 (The biblical concept of saving grace. . 7)

Wie ist die Privatseelsorge zu üben? .13 (How is private pastoral care to be practiced? . 13)

Thesen, die Lehre von der Bekehrung betreffend. .19 (Theses Concerning the Doctrine of Conversion. . 19)

Literatur - …

Lehre Und Wehre Volume 01, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther

Lehre und Wehre

Lehre und Wehre Band 1, herausgegeben von C. F. W. Walther aus dem Jahr 1855.(Lehre und Wehre Volume 1 edited by C. F. W. Walther from 1855.)

Januar (January)

Zur Lehre vom Heiligen Predigtamt. (On the doctrine of the Holy Preaching Office. )

Das neueste päpstliche Konzil und die Lehre von der Unbefleckten Empfängnis der Heiligen Jungfrau Maria. (The latest papist council and the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. )

Auszüge als Beiträge zur pastoralen Kasuistik zur Taufe. (Excerpts as contributions to pastoral casuistry concerning baptism. )

Über die Lehre vom Heiligen Predigtamt. Genug. (On …