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Joshua's Total Conquest Of Canaan: A Theological Rationale, Ragnar C. Teigen Oct 1985

Joshua's Total Conquest Of Canaan: A Theological Rationale, Ragnar C. Teigen

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Joshua 1-12


The How Of Ethical Decision Making, John W. Kleiner Oct 1984

The How Of Ethical Decision Making, John W. Kleiner

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In the process of ethical decision making, moral judgment is as important as moral commitment; thus ethical decision making calls for thoughtful consideration. To assist in this process the article proposes a model with four components: 1) theological reflection; 2) social context; 3) moral agent in community; and 4) resolution, response, action, decision, strategy, and planning. The article stresses the central role of the moral agent as the one who is shaped by the social context and theological reflection and also as the one who in dialogue with other Christians and in a reciprocal relationship with social context and theological …


Worship And The Church's Mission, Eduard R. Riegert Jan 1983

Worship And The Church's Mission, Eduard R. Riegert

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The article contends that when the church creates, especially in and through worship, her own world, her mission will be truncated and/or narrowly defined; when it accepts God's created world, her worship will empower mission. Worship as ritual has enormous power to create a special world--something observable in 'ethnic' congregations and cults--and mission then becomes the maintaining of it. Nevertheless, Scripture and theology teach that creating a special world and relegating God to it is idolatry. Four ways in which worship may rediscover and recover God's world so that it may empower the church's mission to that world are discussed.


The Experience Of The Anfechtungen And The Formulation Of Pure Doctrine In Martin Luther's Commentary On Genesis, Egil Grislis Apr 1982

The Experience Of The Anfechtungen And The Formulation Of Pure Doctrine In Martin Luther's Commentary On Genesis, Egil Grislis

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No abstract provided.


The Manner Of Christ's Eucharistic Presence According To Martin Luther, Egil Grislis Jan 1981

The Manner Of Christ's Eucharistic Presence According To Martin Luther, Egil Grislis

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No abstract provided.


The Augsburg Confession In Context (Part 1), Walter A. Ritter Oct 1979

The Augsburg Confession In Context (Part 1), Walter A. Ritter

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Lutherans cannot truly look forward into the 1980s without first looking back to the 1520s and 1530s — to the “confessional rocks” from which they were hewn.


The Lutheran Student Movement In Canada: A Brief History And Analysis, Kenneth C. Kuhn Apr 1979

The Lutheran Student Movement In Canada: A Brief History And Analysis, Kenneth C. Kuhn

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The essay is a revision of a paper originally prepared for a joint consultation between the LSMC, the Student Christian Movement and Yanik (a student group in Quebec) held in Montreal in February, 1977. Written shortly after the death of Donald H Voigts, former executive secretary of the Divisions of Educational Service and Campus Foundation Activity of the Lutheran Council in Canada, it was compiled with a view to beginning a process of reflection upon the historical development of the LSMC and of campus ministry in Canada.


Proverbs 3:13-20: An Exposition, Ragnar C. Teigen Jan 1979

Proverbs 3:13-20: An Exposition, Ragnar C. Teigen

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No abstract provided.


Luther's Continuing Influence On Theology, Egil Grislis Apr 1977

Luther's Continuing Influence On Theology, Egil Grislis

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No abstract provided.


New Testament Directions For Future Ministry, Adrian M. Leske Jan 1975

New Testament Directions For Future Ministry, Adrian M. Leske

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No abstract provided.