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A Public Ministry By All The Baptized?, Patrick R. Keifert Oct 1987

A Public Ministry By All The Baptized?, Patrick R. Keifert

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Any discussion of the ministry of the baptized eventually reaches a point where someone asks, “If all the baptized are ministers, then why and how do we distinguish between the ministry of clergy and laity?” One promising answer begins, “The clergy have a public ministry....” The unspoken half of that answer, seldom said, but powerfully lived out in contemporary capitalistic cultures is, “The laity’s ministry is private.” This response constricts the scope of the gospel and plays into the contemporary gulf between the public and private dimensions of our lives.


Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary Midwinter Convocation, 1986, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary Jan 1986

Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary Midwinter Convocation, 1986, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary

Midwinter Convocation

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Mind Reader And Maestro: Models For Understanding Biblical Interpreters, Patrick R. Keifert Apr 1981

Mind Reader And Maestro: Models For Understanding Biblical Interpreters, Patrick R. Keifert

Faculty Publications

Certain models of the interpreter’s self-understanding within the interpretive task might be found more in keeping than others with the common life of the church, its nurture and preservation. I will explore several models of the interpreter’s self-understanding of the interpretive task, pair them with the corresponding understanding of the text and evaluate their usefulness for interpreting.