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Texts For The Church Year 1950-1951, Richard R. Caemmerer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Texts for the Church Year 1950-1951

Brief Studies, F. E. Mayer

Concordia Theological Monthly

A German Lutheran Declaration of The Doctrine of Holy Baptism

John's Gospel In Current Literature, Walter G. Heyne

Concordia Theological Monthly

Who wrote the Fourth Gospel? For centuries there had been almost unanimous agreement on this point. Tradition, based on very ancient authorities, as well as the book itself all seemed to agree that it was the work of John, the Beloved Disciple, son of Zebedee. But about the turn of the eighteenth century, students of the Bible were shaken by voices which dared to question this supposedly impregnable claim. In England a man by the name of Evanson ( ca. 1790) attributed the Gospel to some Platonic philosopher of the second century. Six years later a German named Eckermann took …

Religious Beliefs And Practices At Irelya, New Guinea, As Reported By Natives, Willard Bruce

Concordia Theological Monthly

Among the world's islands New Guinea is second in size only to Greenland. With 312,000 square miles, it is roughly equal to the combined areas of Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. In two features of its physical geography it is unique. No other of the larger islands has such a great proportion of mountainous country; and no area of like size anywhere else in the world has such high rainfalls. No one knows how many people inhabit New Guinea, but the Australian Commonwealth Office of Education estimates that in the eastern half alone there are at least 1,050,000 …

Sermon Study On Is. 40:1-8, For The Third Sunday In Advent, A. Von Rohr Sauer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Sermon Study on Isaiah 40:1-8, for the Third Sunday in Advent

Brunner And Luther On Scriptural Authority, H. Armin Moellering

Concordia Theological Monthly

In its struggle with Roman Catholicism the Reformation made its appeal from tradition and an authoritatively interpreting Church to the Scriptures. This basic approach of the Reformers is obvious and universally recognized. Some writers, nonetheless, have failed to note the complete cleavage between Romanism and the Reformers at this point. Emil Brunner sees clearly that whatever the token deference of Rome to the authority of Scripture may be, in point of fact Rome forsakes Scripture and rests her authority in the interpretive and teaching office of the Church. Rome operates with "die massgebende Autoritaet der kirchlichen Schriftauslegung."

A Critique Of Contemporary Lutheran Preaching, Erdman W. Frenk

Concordia Theological Monthly

Preaching, i.e., the public proclamation of the Word of God, is the chief function of the Christian ministry. It is duty number one on a pastor's functional docket. It is his first and foremost responsibility. It was this in the early Church. It became this again through the Reformation. It must be this in the Church of our day. At the top of any list cataloguing the duties of a pastor in the order of their importance, preaching must stand first. If there is one field in which the pastor will seek to excel, it is in preaching.

Homiletics: Sermon Studies For The New Church Year, E. J. Friedrich

Concordia Theological Monthly

Sermon Studies for the New Church Year

Book Review. - Literatur, Paul M. Bretscher

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Brief Studies, H. Earl Miller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Doctrinal Statement of Lutherans in India

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

Homiletics: Sermon Studies For The New Church Year, A. W. Schelp

Concordia Theological Monthly

Sermon Studies for the New Church Year

Reflections Of A Lover Of The Scriptures And Nature, August Rehwaldt

Concordia Theological Monthly

One of the theses which Ayres would nail to the laboratory door is: "That we can keep science and belief separate by relegating our religion to the Sabbath day." The implication of this seems to be that a man cannot at one and the same time be religious and scientific any more than he can be a child of the world and a child of God at one and the same time. Religion and science are incompatible, some think. But are they?

Book Review. - Literatur, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Reconciliation And Justification, Adolf Koeberle

Concordia Theological Monthly

Only he can understand the concept "reconciliation" who has experienced the implications of the separation between God and man and between man and God. He who ignores this mysterium iniquitatis and refuses to see the wide chasm between the holy God and the guilty creature cannot comprehend the glory of the concept "atonement," but on the contrary will in a rebellious spirit be offended at it.

Lnstructions To The Weak And The Strong According To Romans 14, C. A. Gaertner

Concordia Theological Monthly

Eternal vigilance is the price of Christian liberty which was restored to Christendom through the Lutheran Reformation. Legalism and license always have been and still are the implacable foes of Christian liberty and ultimately of the Gospel itself. Since the Apostolic days church history is replete with instances where entire church bodies fell victim to one or the other. And the pity is that only too frequently matters of indifference, so-called adiaphora, served as the starting point from which either legalism or license sabotaged the priceless boon of Christian liberty. The Lutheran Church must therefore guard with especial care its …

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, Paul M. Bretscher

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

The Buddhist Concept Of Death, Paul Heerboth

Concordia Theological Monthly

The manifest turmoil and unrest of these latter days-atheistic Communism, idolatrous materialism, Iron Curtain barbarism, A-bomb fears, and now the "H" - are but a coarser outburst, a more inflamed symptom, of the fundamental problem of all centuries - "How can man in sin overcome his separation from God?” "How can man conquer death which without Christ makes this separation from God forever painful and forever permanent?" All mankind - also those who call themselves Buddhists - face this inescapable problem - the problem of death. Like all mankind, so also the Buddhists, though in a more comprehensive and attractive …

The Pastor And Synod's Handbook, Arnold H. Grumm

Concordia Theological Monthly

"What a dreary and technical subject for an occasion like this, some might say, ''The Pastor and Synod's Handbook." Why not ''The Pastor and His Bible," or "The Pastor and His Sermon," or something else that has living value? What compelling interest can the Handbook of Synod have for a graduate of Concordia Seminary who, call in hand, is ready to enter the active ministry?

Homiletics: Sermon Studies For The New Church Year, Edwin E. Pieplow

Concordia Theological Monthly

Sermon Studies for the New Church Year

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, Paul M. Bretscher

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

Brief Studies, John Theodore Mueller, W. F. Beck

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Issue Involved in the Lutheran Rejection of Consubstantiation

'Aλλ' in Mathew 20:23 and Mark 10:40

Book Review. - Literatur, Walter R. Roehrs

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

The Sacerdotai Office Of Christ According To The Letter To The Hebrews, George Stoeckhardt

Concordia Theological Monthly

By His one sacrifice Christ has obtained an eternal salvation, which requires nothing to supplement it. By His sacrifice our sins are expiated once and for all, and our iniquity is atoned. In the very center of our Christian faith stands this Jesus Christ, who on the great Day of Atonement of the New Testament died and shed His blood for us. But even though Christ sacrificed Himself only once, even though the real work of redemption and reconciliation is completed, yet Christ has not relinquished His high-priestly office. The Epistle to the Hebrews throughout directs our attention to the …

Brief Studies, A. Von Rohr Sauer, W. F. Beck, Martin H. Franzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Book of Psalms

The "Window" in the Ark

Classics in the Senior College

Book Review. - Literatur, A. Von Rohr Sauer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

The Sacerdotai Office Of Christ According To The Letter To The Hebrews, George Stoeckhardt

Concordia Theological Monthly

The sacerdotal office of Christ reaches into the very heart and soul of our Christian faith. Christ's sacrifice, blood, and death alone provide for us true comfort in life and death. The doctrine of the sacerdotal sacrifice of Christ is the great truth with which Christian preachers arc constantly operating. Luther once remarked that a Christian preacher plays constantly on this one string. From it he may, of course, elicit a great variety of tunes and sounds. It is not necessary always to say the same things in the same words. Looking into the Scriptures, we find one and the …

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, F. E. Mayer

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

The Christian And Government, A. M. Rehwinkel

Concordia Theological Monthly

The form of government under which we live is a democracy. "Democracy" means rule by the people. It means that sovereignty in a democracy is vested in the people, and "sovereignty" means supreme power. We, the people of the United States, are the sovereigns of this nation. The Government officials in Washington, in our State capitals, and in the seats of our municipal governments are our agents and delegates bound to respect the will of the people. But this also means that the people are responsible for the attitude and actions of their government. Every privilege has a corresponding responsibility, …

Professor W. G. Polack, Litt. D., 1890--1950, Paul M. Bretscher

Concordia Theological Monthly

In the passing of Professor W. G. Polack on June 5 of this year, Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, and our entire Synod lost one of its ablest Christian leaders. The lord had endowed Dr. Polack with a variety of gifts. He had given him a discerning mind, a courageous heart, an evangelical outlook, a facile pen, an intense love for the Church, and an unflagging zeal to promote the cause of his Savior. Fastidious in appearance, calm and suave in speech, considerate of the opinions of others, aware of his own sins and inadequacies, yet wholly committed to the …