“As plain as it is, great is the example this Gospel presents to us. In the leper it teaches us faith, in Christ it teaches us love. Now, as I have often said, faith and love constitute the whole character of the Christian.
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Lochner On Liturgical Renewal
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Novemberfest 2022 Seminar at St. John Lutheran Church Matton, IL, November 13-15, 2022
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From the St. Mark’s Conference, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD, May 12, 2022:
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Kudos to Concordia Journal Summer 2023 from CSL for showing us the Patristic view of narrative unity in the entirety of Scripture which reveals Christ as the heart of the Father for the salvation of the world as opposed to a more modern method that centers itself in the human author’s intent and the original audience. This article will simply summarize, link, and the offer a couple of secondary sources to supplement the overarching thesis of Dr. David Maxwell and Dr. Joel Elowsky.
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The 2023 St. Michael Liturgical Conference - Monday, September 25 - Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Detroit
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One of our Editors, Fr. David H. Petersen, gives his plenary presentation at the 2023 Bugenhagen Conference in Racine, Wisconsin.
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Unlike the believers of the Old Testament, who were given specifics regarding worship, we post-Incarnation Christians were not given explicit instructions for what a sanctuary should look like, nor exactly how worship should be conducted.
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Information regarding a Gottesdienst conference to be held on May 6-8, 2004 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana featuring speakers David P. Scaer, Edward Riojas, and John Hrehov.
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I think it’s a fairly common occurrence for anyone who has spent a great deal of time and energy in a particular field — any field, really — to wonder, after a while, if he has really just been wasting his time. When you focus intently on something so seemingly minute for so long, it can be quite difficult to see how it fits into the broader world and the wider scope of reality.
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An efficient method for writing Lutheran sermons.
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In light of the Gospel reading from the One-Year Lectionary for the Ninth Sunday after Trinity on the parable of the Unjust Steward, I offer a few paragraphs from John Schaller’s “The Battle for the Christian School as a Battle for the Christian Worldview,” published in Theologische Quartelschrift, Vol 7, 1910, 204—221.
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Gottesdienst’s main focus is the liturgy. And that sets two paths before us. One path is the path of Father Brown. The creation of G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown has great insight into human nature, especially into human wickedness.
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