Learning to Learn: A Free Conference 21 January 2013 Ft. Wayne
Redeemer Lutheran Church will again host a free conference
on the Monday before the CTS Symposia, January 21, 2013. Our conference will feature Dr. Benjamin Mayes from Concordia Publishing House and offer a $5 lunch from Mr.
John Maxwell of the Ragin’ Cajun. Mayes will instruct us in the study and
writing techniques of the fathers of Lutheran Orthodoxy. He will also engage us
as to how we can fight for the faith in print, in the classroom, and in the
pulpit using their methods and the best of modern tools and technologies, and
he will give us insights as to what Concordia Publishing House is looking for
from authors and scholars.
Cost: free, but optional lunch - $5
Date & Time: Monday, January 21, 2013 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Redeemer Lutheran Church, 202 W. Rudisill Blvd, Ft. Wayne, Indiana 46807
Here is what Dr. Mayes has to say about
the topic:
“Perhaps the first thing anyone learns
about the ‘Age of Lutheran Orthodoxy’ (c. 1580-1700) is that the theologians
wrote large Latin dogmatics books. Now and then the question may
come to mind, “How on earth did they do it?” How did men like Johann
Gerhard (1582-1637), Abraham Calov (1612-1686), and Johann Andreas Quenstedt
(1617-1688) manage to write such enormous, in-depth tomes on such diverse
topics? Their mastery of Latin can be explained by attending Latin
immersion schools since grade school. But even fluency in a foreign
language and a healthy dose of prayer, study, and spiritual trial (oratio,
meditatio, tentatio) doesn’t guarantee the kind of memory needed to
marshall the quotes and material presented by these Lutheran fathers in
their great works. They may have been brilliant, but more
importantly, they had good methods!
These study methods can be adapted to
today’s technology. They are especially important for Christ’s undershepherds
today. “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine
power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion
raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey
Christ” (2 Cor. 10:4–5).”
Schedule:
9:30 Private Confession available with Petersen in
Redeemer's chapel
10:30 Low Mass in the Church
11:00-12:30 Mayes on the techniques of the Lutheran Orthodox fathers
12:30 Lunch – fast food nearby – or stay in the undercroft and be served by the Ragin’ Cajun for $5
2:00 Mayes continues
10:30 Low Mass in the Church
11:00-12:30 Mayes on the techniques of the Lutheran Orthodox fathers
12:30 Lunch – fast food nearby – or stay in the undercroft and be served by the Ragin’ Cajun for $5
2:00 Mayes continues
2:45 Questions and
responses from the audience
3:30 Gregorian practice/training for the LLPB Vespers
4:30 LLPB Vespers w/ Treasury Propers
3:30 Gregorian practice/training for the LLPB Vespers
4:30 LLPB Vespers w/ Treasury Propers
5:30 Gemütlichkeit – BYOB