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The Sermon And The Propers, Fred H. Lindemann

Concordia Theological Monthly

This festival is known also as the Theophany, the Manifestation of God; the Feast of the Three Kings; and Twelfth - or in Lutheran Sweden, as Thirteenth - Day. A large· section of the church still observes it as the Christmas Festival. In a degree it must be associated with Christmas, but there is a distinct advance in its teaching. The Babe of Bethlehem is revealed as God, the splendor of the divine glory bursting through the humanity. The feast is the complete fulfillment of Advent, the highest point of the Christmas cycle.

The Baptism Of Christ With Special Reference To The Gift Of The Spirit, Herbert J. Bouman

Concordia Theological Monthly

While John the Baptist, in the country beyond Jordan near Bethany (or Bethabara), was performing his office of preparing the way for the Messiah by his preaching and baptizing unto repentance for the remission of sins, and while all the people, from all directions and all walks of life, came to John to hear him and receive his baptism, Jesus also came from Nazareth (Mark) out of Galilee (Matt.). Since His twelfth year nothing had been recorded of Him except that He grew up in Nazareth. Now, after eighteen years of silence and obscurity, when He was about 30 years …

Luther Expounds The Gospels, Lewis W. Spitz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Both the state of Luther scholarship and the condition of the church have changed radically since the middle of that century of light, when J. G. Hamann lamented: "What a shame for our times that the spirit of this man who founded our church lies thus under the ashes. What a power of eloquence, what a spirit for interpretation, what a prophet! How good the old wine will taste to you!" Though Theodosius Harnack a hundred years later hailed the renewed study of Luther's theology as one of the most joyous developments in theological scholarship, his own work remained the …

Homiletics: Outlines On Ranke Epistles, A. W. Schelp

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on Ranke Epistles

Noticiero Luterano De La Fe Año Xxi (23), Número 03 Diciembre, 1956, Felix Segovia

Noticiero De La Fe

Noticiero Luterano de la Fe Año XXI (XXIII), Número 3 Diciembre, 1956

The Sermon And The Propers, Fred H. Lindemann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Christmas, that is the Mass of Christ's Day, is the only feast of the year for which our rite appoints two services and provides two sets of Propers. The set of Propers for the Early Service has been spoken of as historic, the set for the later Service as dogmatic. Whether we find it convenient or not, the fact remains that both sets are appointed for The Communion. In many churches the Holy Sacrament is celebrated only in one or the other, though the respective Propers are used in each service. Some churches have eliminated the Holy Communion entirely on …

The Role Of The Church In The Political Order, Carl S. Meyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

"The bearing of changing Christologies and ecclesiologies on the historic relations between church and state with a view to ascertaining the viability of the present doctrine of strict separation," has been defined by George H. Williams of Harvard University as one of the vital areas in which studies and explorations will be made in the field of church history.

Book Review. - Literatur, William F. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Homiletics: Outlines On Ranke Epistles, William Buege

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on Ranke Epistles

Theological Observer, Paul M. Bretscher

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

Noticiero Luterano De La Fe Año Xxi (23), Número 12 (02) Noviembre, 1956, Felix Segovia

Noticiero De La Fe

Noticiero Luterano de la Fe Año XXI (XXIII), Número 12 (2) Noviembre, 1956

Book Review. - Literatur, Walter R. Roehrs

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

A Theological Appraisal Of Comparative Symbolics, Herbert J. Bouman

Concordia Theological Monthly

The religious scene in America presents a bewildering spectacle of about 250 religious groups maintaining a separate and often precarious existence. This multiplicity of denominations, sects, and sectlets, segregated not only by deep and basic doctrinal cleavage but all too often also by merely peripheral and even meaningless differences, is extremely confusing to a thoughtful observer. Even worse, the disunity of churches, all of which claim some relation to Christ and His Word, is bound to be a sore scandal. At first glance this ecclesiastical fragmentation seems to defy intelligent and intelligible analysis. A little stirring beneath the surface, however, …

The Season Of Advent, Fred H. Lindemann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The great festivals of the church year are provided with a period of days that precedes and follows them as a season of preparation for and application of the central teaching. The Feast of the Nativity is preceded by the Advent season and followed by the twelve days culminating in the Festival of the Epiphany and the Epiphany season. The season of Advent precedes the Nativity of our Lord to prepare not for God's birth as a true man but for the commemoration of this historic event.

Homiletics: Outlines On Ranke Epistles, Omar Stuenkel

Concordia Theological Monthly

Outlines on Ranke Epistles

Brief Studies, S. Hebart, F. J. Blaess

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theses on Principles Governing Co-operation Between Churches Not in Church Fellowship

The Functions Of The State, Carl S. Meyer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Neither transportation for little Lutheran moppets to their parish school, nor the supplying of free textbooks to Roman Catholic elementary school children, nor the teaching in public schools by nuns garbed in the distinctive dress of their order, is really basic among the current issues in church-state relations. They may be, or they may become, vital because of basic principles involved and because of the wider ramifications of the single problem. The fundamental issues need clarification before particular problems are discussed.

Theological Observer, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

Nietzsche's Final View Of Luther And The Reformation, Heinz Bluhm

Concordia Theological Monthly

Nietzsche began as an admirer of Luther and the German Reformation. The age of Luther ranked as high in his early opinion as the age of Goethe and Beethoven. From Menschliches, Allzumenschliches on, this favorable attitude toward Luther underwent a strong transformation. In the five years from 1878 to 1883, Nietzsche’s second creative period, Luther emerged as a highly questionable figure, even as a most regrettable event in the history of German and European thought and civilization. But all these severe pronouncements on Luther were only a prelude to the scathing denunciations to come in Nietzsche's post-Zarathustra writings.

Theological Observer, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

The God Of The Universe And I. A Devotional Study Of Psalm 139, August C. Rehwaldt

Concordia Theological Monthly

One must grow up with this psalm to get into the mood of the psalmist and to learn to pray with him. How vividly we remember the first time we read this psalm alone as a child that had just learned to read! What terror it struck into the heart! For a long time this psalm was avoided. Later, much later, when this psalm was encountered again, the terror had all gone. Trust, security, and assurance had taken its place. In the family circle it became known as the "birthday psalm" and is the prayer for that day.

The Holy Spirit And The Christian Life, Lorenz Wunderlich

Concordia Theological Monthly

The ministry of the Holy Spirit tends to be a neglected ministry, neglected by us in our lives with their problems and tensions as well as with their privileges and opportunities. With some this neglect may be due to a lack of knowledge about the vigor of the theology of the Holy Spirit as it is revealed in Scripture. With others it may rest in the lack of understanding of the rich fullness of the eternal purpose of the Holy Spirit in their lives. With still others it may be accounted for by the mistaken assumption that the ministry of …

Brief Studies, Kenneth H. Breimeier

Concordia Theological Monthly

When is Counseling Effective? As Theory Views It

Book Review. - Literatur, Victor Bartling

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Homiletics: Studies On Free Texts From The Old Testament, Mark J. Steege

Concordia Theological Monthly

Studies on Free Texts from the Old Testament

Noticiero Luterano De La Fe Año Xxi (22), Número 12 Y 13 (12 Y 1) Septiembre Y Octubre, 1956, Felix Segovia

Noticiero De La Fe

Noticiero Luterano de la Fe Año XXI (XXII), Número 12 y 13 (12 y 1) Septiembre y Octubre, 1956

Brief Studies, Donald P. Meyer, A. G. Merkens

Concordia Theological Monthly

John Gerhard on Philosophy in Theology

Humanistic Pedagogy Unchastened by Experience

Homiletics: Studies On Free Texts From The Old Testament, Arthur C. Nitz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Studies on Free Texts from the Old Testament

Theological Observer, John Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Theological Observer

The Authority Of Scripture, Norman Nagel

Concordia Theological Monthly

The way Scripture understands itself is presented elsewhere in the theses sent out by the Council. That presentation has its greatest strength in bringing Scripture into close and integral relationship with Christ. Faith's primary apprehension is Christ; the consequent apprehension is Scripture. To apprehend Christ is to be placed under Scripture. The recognition of this is the basis of how we listen to what Scripture says. Scripture has spoken Christ to us, and therefore, when Scripture speaks, we receive and accept whatever it says, for whatever it says is heard in relationship to Christ.