- A book on Authority in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.
Colleagues,
This week’s edition of ThTh is a book review. You’ll see very quickly why I got it as soon as I heard it was out, viz., one-third of it is about my life. If that fact might deflect you from reading on any further, forget the fact, and read on anyway.
Peace & Joy!
Ed Schroeder
Mary Todd. ...
- Fasting & The Resurrection of the Body
Dear Folks,
This week we have two pieces for you. The first is by Fred Niedner of the Theology Department at Valparaiso University. It’s his pre-Ash Wednesday column for the Post-Tribune which is part of the Chicago Sun Times chain of newspapers.
The second is by Rick Mueller, pastor at The Lutheran Church of the Atonement in ...
- Faith/Works Conundrum Responses
Dear Folks,
Thanks so much to those of you who responded to my query last week. You offer us all some great insights about a topic that obviously is still alive and well even this long after the Diet of Augsburg.
I give them to you in the order I received them.
Enjoy,
Robin
Robin,the “conundrum” about faith and works ...
- The Faith/Works Conundrum
Dear Folks,This past weekend I got a new computer and cleaned off my desk in the process. At the bottom of one pile (don’t tell me you never have piles on your desk!) I discovered this reflection I wrote a while back and realized that it was, unfortunately, still part of my struggle as a ...
- A Book Review of FAITH ALOUD: DOING THEOLOGY FROM THE HYMNS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. by Marcus Felde, Goroka, Papua New Guinea: Melanesian Institute, 1999
Law-Gospel theology (aka Lutheran) was hard to find at the Tenth Conference of the Int’l Association for Mission Research in Pretoria, South Africa Jan. 21-28, 2000. Seminex alum Richard Bliese, missiologist at the Lutheran Seminary in Chicago, said it was even worse than that: “Lutheran theology is not just a minority voice in missiology ...
- The Law and Promise Hermeneutic in a Postmodern Context
The main reason Ed, Marie, and I were in South Africa two weeks ago was the International Association of Mission Studies conference. Every three or four years missionaries, professors and students of missiology and other interested persons from around the world gather to learn from each other about Christian mission that’s happening around the globe. ...
- What Kind of Fool am I? A Reflection on the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Dear Folks,
I’m back from South Africa and will begin telling you about our trip next week, but today we have a wonderful piece from Marie Failinger of Hamline University. Here’s her bio in her own words:
“I’m a Valpo grad (B.A. 1973, J.D. 1976), practiced law in Legal Aid In Indiana (Indianapolis and Evansville) for 5 ...
- Lutheran Theology and Chinese Religion
Colleagues,
Here is the second sample of Lutheran Theology tossed our way by a Singapore sling.
Peace & Joy!
Ed Schroeder
Pastor Martin Yee
Paper for Lutheran Distinctives Course
Singapore, August 1999
Upon reflections on what I learned from the Lutheran Distinctive course, below are what I perceived are some important pastoral applications for my parishioners who came from Chinese ethical and ...
- A Pastor’s Accountability in Church Growth
Colleagues,
When we were in Indonesia last year, we visited Steve Haggmark and Nancy Johnson at the Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga on the island of Java. They’re a husband-and-wife team on the theology faculty there. Their roots are in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Besides these full-time jobs, they have other callings.
Steve, for ...
- “Gospel Basics For Adults” – A curriculum for new members
Colleagues,
If things are going according to plan, we your editors are in South Africa on this Thursday participating in the Tenth Conference of the International Association for Mission Studies. Before we left the USA, we put 3 pieces into the pipeline to supply you with ThTh postings for the three Thursdays we’ll both be gone. ...
