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The Service Conducted Facing The People, Charles Mcclean

Concordia Theological Monthly

The practice of ceremonial worship is closely related to the heart of the Christian faith. The Scriptures teach and the church confesses that Christ redeemed the whole man. Our bodies, too, share in the redemption accomplished by the Son of God, who Himself took flesh and blood of His virgin mother. Christ chose earthly, tangible elements -water, bread, and wine - to impart to men the salvation He accomplished.

Is God Trying To Tell Us Something?, Wayne Saffen

Concordia Theological Monthly

As the 1970s began, the western region of the National Campus Ministry Association held a convocation at the University of California's Santa Cruz campus to consider "Life Planning." The present article is a revision of this author's discussion paper for that conference. Its theme really deals with the crisis in ministry as such. As usual, campus ministry turns out to be one of the sensitive outposts catching some of the first signals of changes coming to affect church and ministry in the world. It is shared here with a wider readership in a firm commitment to and belief in confraternity …

Editorial, Arthur Carl Piepkorn

Concordia Theological Monthly

The (Dialog) Word Needs Spreading!

Book Review. - Literatur, Carl S. Meyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Possible Courses Of Action Involving A Disaffected Or Dissident Individual Or Group Of Individuals In The Church,, Arthur Carl Piepkorn

Concordia Theological Monthly

This study was not designed for publication. The staff of CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY requested the author to prepare it as the basis for a discussion out of which an in-house position paper might come. After receiving and discussing the draft, the staff adopted it as its own with minor modifications and secured the author's permission to publish it.

Index For Volume Xlii, Unknown

Concordia Theological Monthly

Index for Volume XLII

Annotated Bibliography And Some Integrating Observations On Conversion Including A Brief New Testament Study, Jeffrey Anderson

Master of Divinity Thesis

The diversity of views on conversion and the conflict within talk about conversion leads us to believe that the vital question remains unanswered: What is conversion? Conversion is a functional word in most people’s religious vocabulary, but it has a host of meanings, and many who use the term are not able to clarify their meaning. Our analysis of material on conversion--psychological, religious, and New Testament—has led to several conclusions and integrating statements. They are spelled out under their various headings below.

An Autonomous Lutheran Church In Canada In A Time Of Rising Nationalism, Roger Ellis

Master of Divinity Thesis

While this paper is concerned with the historical development of the fellowship discussions among the three church bodies it will be presented here in a cursory fashion for itis not the main intention of this paper to be a history. The LC-C has just commissioned the writing and publishing of a book on this very subject which is now available in paperback, written by the Rev. Albert Schwermann. What this paper will try to demonstrate and say is that the United States is a foreign country, different from Canada, and that in this time of rising nationalism in Canada it …

The Meaning Of Advent: Implications For Preaching, Frank C. Senn

Concordia Theological Monthly

If we confess that the Holy Spirit, at work in the church at all times and in all places, in some sense inspired the development of a liturgical calendar and a pericopal system for the expansion of the Mystery, the edification of the faithful, and the amplification of preaching possibilities, then we must also confess that the Spirit could effect changes in the meaning of the various feasts and liturgical seasons with the passage of time and with shifts in the expression of piety. The Holy Spirit did not retire in the fourth century any more than he did after …

Luther And The Principle: Outside Of The Use There Is No Sacrament, Edward F. Peters

Concordia Theological Monthly

On the basis of a thorough search of the Weimar Edition and other pertinent materials the author argues that Luther taught that a valid celebration of the Sacrament of the Altar requires the acts of consecration, distribution, and reception, but that the presence of Christ's body and blood is not limited to the moment of reception.

Book Review. - Literatur, William J. Danker

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Noticiero Luterano De La Fe Año Xxxvii (38), Número 02 Noviembre, 1971, Andrés Meléndez

Noticiero De La Fe

Noticiero Luterano de la Fe Año XXXVII (XXXVIII), Número 2 Noviembre, 1971

The Reformation As A Youth Movement, John W. Constable

Concordia Theological Monthly

The parallels between then, the period of the Reformation, and now are striking: changing social patterns brought on by a growing money economy, a movement that grew out of the university experience of the reformers, a period of more time for thought, young people that were beginning to criticize the society in which they found themselves, and an establishment against which many were directing their darts of opposition.

Adolf Stőcker: A Christian Socialist Advocate Of The "Free Folk Church.", Ronald L. Massanari

Concordia Theological Monthly

The author discusses the importance of Adolf Stoecker’s understanding of the Gospel in sociopolitical terms as it affected the "free folk church" movement in 19th-century Germany.

Readers will note but perhaps not agree with Stőcker's design for the church's social ministry. Students of 19th-century Germany will remember with distaste Stőcker's and-Semitism.

Homiletics, George W. Hoyer, Theo. Delaney

Concordia Theological Monthly

Homiletics:

Notes on the New Lectionary for Mass

A New Lectionary for Lutherans of America?

Homiletics, Herbert Lindemann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Homiletics: Christmas

A Comparative Study Of The Doctrine Of Scripture In Article 4 Of The Apology Of The Augsburg Confession With The Doctrine Of Scripture In The Works Of Kister Stendahl, Jerry Kosberg

Master of Divinity Thesis

This paper is to be a comparative study of the doctrine of Scripture found in Article Four of the Apology of the Augsburg Confession with the doctrine of Scripture found in various representative writings of Dr. Krister Stendahl. The paper will be an attempt to establish the relationship between the view of Scripture found in an article of the Lutheran Confessions and the view of Scripture found in a Lutheran biblical scholar who works from the perspective of what may be called the historical -critical method. In other words, the question this paper is asking is: Is the historical - …

The Process Of Developing A Programmed Course In Christian Doctrine For Catachumens, Philip Bohlken

Master of Divinity Thesis

This paper summarizes research into the area of programmed instruction, sometimes also referred to as programmed learning or as teaching by machine. This research is primarily an investigation of the principles and techniques of programmed instruction with the view of using these principles and techniques to write a sample learning program. The research which went into this paper is used in the paper to adapt the principles and techniques discovered for use in programming a course in Christian doctrine. The programmed course is intended for use by catachumens in their early years of adolescence as they approach the time when …

Black Children With White Parents, Dennis Conrad

Master of Divinity Thesis

This paper is intended for people who are interested in finding out what the situation is in the field of transracial adoption. It may be useful to pastor, layman, or anyone unfamiliar with the field. There are thousands of children in this country who do not have permanent homes. This study will examine in some detail one possible answer to solve this dilemma, and also take a look at a few of the other alternatives besides transracial adoption.

What Sort Of Personality Should The Pastor-Counselor Have, Walter Geist

Master of Divinity Thesis

Young men going into the service of the church only have a vague idea about the role of pastor as counselor. They realize that there is a certain amount of counseling they will be required to do as pastors and yet their seminary education provides them with few structured courses in this area of ministry. The student may suddenly realize that he is not prepared to function as counselor for personal problems and interpersonal relationships. In an effort to help the student prepare for counseling relationships this study will examine and present the most basic resource a pastor-counselor should have; …

Major Trends In Parable Interpretation, Jack Dean Kingbury

Concordia Theological Monthly

The author traces and describes the history of the interpretation of Jesus' parables from the epoch-making work of Adolf Jűlicher in the late 19th century to the present.

Homiletics, George W. Hoyer, Ronald C. Starenko

Concordia Theological Monthly

Homiletics: Preaching and Counseling

The Sense Of Church History In Representative Missouri Synod Theology, David W. Lotz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Based on representative Missouri Synod writings from the late 19th century, the author describes and documents an "antihistorical bias" that has provided impediments to an appropriate appreciation of church history in Missouri Synod theology.

A Consideration Of The Meaning Of Prayer In The Life Of Martin Luther, Deanna Marie Carr

Concordia Theological Monthly

The author considers the meaning of prayer for Luther’s religious life and shows how during the 16th-century Reformation Luther "renewed" the wholesome traditions that had surrounded prayer in the prior history of the Christian church.

A Martin Franzmann Bibliography, Victor A. Bartling

Concordia Theological Monthly

A Martin Franzmann Bibliography

Book Review. - Literatur, Ralph W. Klein

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Noticiero Luterano De La Fe Año Xxxvi (37), Número 12 Septiembre, 1971, Andrés Meléndez

Noticiero De La Fe

Noticiero Luterano de la Fe Año XXXVI (XXXVII), Número 12 Septiembre, 1971

Editorial, Richard Jungkuntz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Martin Franzmann

The Message Of Chronicles: Rally 'Round The Temple, Roddy L. Braun

Concordia Theological Monthly

Often neglected by casual Bible readers as well as Biblical scholars, the books of Chronicles offer an important theological interpretation of Israel's history. The author delineates the Chronicler's perspective and compares it with that of the Deuteronomic History.

Fact And Image In The Shepherd Psalm, Alfred Von Rohr Sauer

Concordia Theological Monthly

This two-part study of the much-read Shepherd Psalm offers a fresh literal interpretation of the psalm and points to possible theological applications today that take their cue from Luther's interpretation of the psalm.