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Writing And Memorizing The Sermon, J. H. Fritz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Wrong methods make sermon work wearisome toil; right methods make it a pleasant task. Good instruction, based upon the experience of all great preachers and speakers, should not be undervalued. Old and tried methods should not be discarded merely because they are old. The young, inexperienced preacher may prefer to do things in his own way, believing this to be the eaiser way and yet just as effective. The fact is that it is neither. The man, far instance, who reads his sermon in the pulpit will never be a forceful preacher. Reading lacks the directness which makes speaking effective. …

Erasmus's Pictures Of Church Conditions, Wm. Dallmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Religious Pilgrimage describes the visit of Erasmus and Dean Colet to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket, "one of the most religious pilgrimages in the world." In the south porch of the church stand three stone statues of men In armor, who with wicked hands murdered the holy man, with the names of their countries -Tusci, Fusci, and Betri. They have the same honor done them that is done to Judas, Pilate, Caiaphas, and the band of wicked soldiers whose images you may see carved upon stately altars; and their names are added that no one after them …

Book Review. - Literatur, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Entwuerfe Ueber Die Von Der Synodalkonferenz Angenommene Epistelreihe, H. J. Bouman

Concordia Theological Monthly

Entwuerfe ueber die von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Epistelreihe (Drafts on the series of epistles adopted by the Synodal Conference)

Defects Of Preaching, J. H. Fritz

Concordia Theological Monthly

At the present time there is no little complaint about poor preaching, and whether we like it or not, we must admit that much poor preaching is heard from Lutheran pulpits also: sermons that are shallow in reference to their Biblical content, sermons that do not supply the needs of the people, sermons poorly constructed, sermons not well delivered. When people sit through a sermon Sunday after Sunday, they ought to be strengthened in their faith, warned against sin, especially the sins of their time, encouraged to lead a Christian life, comforted in their troubles, advanced in Christian knowledge. But …

Book Review. - Literatur, J. H. Fritz

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Mosis Lied Am Roten Meer, Th. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Mosis Lied am Roten Meer (Moses' Song at the Red Sea)

Erasmus's Pictures Of Church Conditions, W. Dallmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Familiar Colloquies came out on January 1, 1519, and on the title-page state they are "useful not only for polishing a boy's speech but for building his character." E. F. H. Capey says: ''Erasmus occasionally lapses into coarseness, but the Colloquies were written for men of nerve, not for children." What can you do with such biographers?

In this work Erasmus is proved a most peculiar priestly pedagog. Froude calls Erasmus ''the most gifted man Europe has ever seen," and this is his best-loved and most widely read work. It gives us a better picture of Catholicism than many …

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

Miscellanea, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

Entwuerfe Ueber Die Von Der Synodalkonferenz Angenommene Epistelreihe, Aug. F. Bernthal

Concordia Theological Monthly

Entwuerfe ueber die von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Epistelreihe (Drafts on the series of epistles adopted by the Synodal Conference)

Entwuerfe Ueber Die Von Der Synodalkonferenz Angenommene Epistelreihe, Th. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Entwuerfe ueber die von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Epistelreihe (Drafts on the series of epistles adopted by the Synodal Conference)

The Church And Social Problems, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

These brief remarks are intended to introduce a series of articles dealing with the topic mentioned in the caption, articles which, God willing, will appear in this journal during 1940. While we should feel extremely sorry if our Church and its ministers, instead of studying and preaching the Word of God, should devote themselves to the debating of sociological questions, we cannot ignore the situation which confronts us, realizing that on every side these matters are made the subject of religious discussion and that our Christians are vitally affected by them. Our church members are looking to the clergy for …

Die Disputationen Luthers, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Die Disputationen Luthers (Luther's Disputations)

Miscellanea, F. Brand

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

Mosis Lied Am Roten Meer, Th. Laetsch

Concordia Theological Monthly

Mosis Lied am Roten Meer (Moses' Song at the Red Sea)

The Articulus Catholicus, Martin S. Sommer

Concordia Theological Monthly

We have all heard, and had impressed upon us, that the true doctrine concerning justification by faith alone is the articulus stantis et cadentis ecclesiae. The truth of this statement has often been confirmed and established in our publications. But this article concerning justification by faith alone is not only the articulus stantis et cadentis ecclesiae, but it is also the articulus catholicus; that is to say, it is a teaching which has always been taught by all faithful teachers everywhere in the Christian Church.

Erasmus's Pictures Of Church Conditions, W. Dallmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Sir Walter Scott's Quentin Durward and Charles Reade's The Cloister and the Hearth give us pictures of Europe just before the Reformation; but we get clearer ones with the candid-camera eyes of Erasmus, the greatest of the Humanists. And what the writer saw at seventy-five he'd like to show his brethren of twenty-five.

Book Review. - Literatur, J. T. Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Theological Observer. – Klrchllch Zeitgeschichtliches, J. Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

Der Lutherische Weltkonvent, Th. Engelder

Concordia Theological Monthly

"The Need for Lutheran Solidarity. This fundamentally ecumenical character of Lutheranism should receive more concrete expression than has yet been done. The times seem to demand that the inner unity already existing among the Lutherans of the world be cultivated and mobilized. The purpose of this outward expression of Lutheran fellowship is not ostentation, not the display of size or so-called achievement. . . . The purpose in seeking to develop Lutheran solidarity is to help meet the difficulties that confront our churches just now in common with all Christendom, to unite our forces in support of our Lutheran brethren …

Foreword, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

With the present number the CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY begins the second decade of its existence. We cannot but think of the gaps that have been made in the ranks of our leaders during the ten years that have been concluded. To mention but two losses, in 1931 our great dogmatician, Dr. F. Pieper, was taken from us, and 1939 saw the departure of our great churchman Dr. F. Pfotenhauer. In these two men we had representatives of the second generation of our church-body, men who had studied under Dr. Walther and one of whom, Dr. Pieper, had even been a …

The Significance Of The Doctrine Of The Church And The Ministry, J. Theodore Mueller

Concordia Theological Monthly

Both historically and because of its intrinsic value the doctrine concerning the Church and the ministry deserves continuous and careful study. Briefly expressed, its clear perception by our fathers and the consistent application of it saved the troubled and perplexed band of Saxon pilgrims from utter confusion and in the course of years made our Synod what it is today, a confessional, cohesive, active religious group whose influence upon other church-bodies, above all, on Lutheran church-bodies, has been considerable.

Book Review. - Literatur, W. Arndt

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

Entwuerfe Ueber Die Von Der Synodalkonferenz Angenommene Epistelreihe, F. A. Mayer

Concordia Theological Monthly

Entwuerfe ueber die von der Synodalkonferenz angenommene Epistelreihe (Drafts on the series of epistles adopted by the Synodal Conference)

Miscellanea, P. E. Kretzmann

Concordia Theological Monthly

Miscellanea

Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches, F. H. Brunn

Concordia Theological Monthly

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

Book Review. - Literatur, Th. Engelder

Concordia Theological Monthly

Book Review. - Literatur

The Doctrine Of Justification According To Gabriel Biel And Johann Von Palz, Theo. Dierks

Concordia Theological Monthly

"To understand Luther's spiritual development presupposes an understanding of what Luther was taught and what he later rejected” writes Dr. E. G. Schwiebert in his Reformation Lectures (a book which should be in every Lutheran pastor's library), and this understanding we have sought to give by these articles treating of the doctrine of justification as it was taught before the Reformation.