Like Movement, Like Seminary Robert W. Bertram Recently at Christ Church Cathedral here in Saint Louis we, Seminex, presented our upcoming graduates to the Church as candidates for that Church’s ministry. Yet “the Church” which received them on this occasion …
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PDF: Ordained Into Whose Ministry
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Informal Remarks on the Historicity of Adam
by CrossingsRobert W. Bertram Presentation, 1973 Question: If we are to be faithful to the Smalcald Articles, Part III, must we not confess along with Luther that sin originated in the historical person of Adam? In other words, does not Luther …
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By Robert W. Bertram Valparaiso University Every American Christian who is morally serious about the law of his land deserves two reminders: First, that being a Christian believer and being a good citizen, though he must be both, are two …
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Instrument for Internal Governance of Concordia Seminary in Exile
by CrossingsRobert W. Bertram Foreword: Bertram is believed to be the chief architect of the Internal Governance Document; but its contents were joyously accepted and endorsed by the Seminex faculty, staff, and administration – and Bob would probably agree that the …
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Robert W. Bertram This tribute to Gerhard Forde is prompted by a reminiscence. The two of us were flying back from a meeting of the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue USA, where the theme — and the controversy — had been …
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Robert W. Bertram ALL TEN LEPERS GOT BETTER, ONE OF THEM EVEN GOT WELL (Luke 17: 11-19) “Christianity and Healing” always involves a three-way stretch: a) Jesus stretches our concept of healing, b) thereby he deepens our grief over lesser …
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Robert W. Bertram Summary: When the Christian gospel speaks of the salvation of the world, it raises a question: what is it that is being saved, the world’s sinners or the sinners’ world? Answer: there is no saving the world’s …
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The Enlightenment That Won’t Go Away: Modernity’s Crux
by CrossingsRobert W. Bertram Abstract. The Critical Process unleashed by the Enlightenment and endlessly resharpening itself to this day has mortally wounded the God of Deism, maybe also of theism, even of Christianity. A temptation of Christian theology is to …
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Being Threshed by a Real Comer (Luke 3:7-18)
by CrossingsLuke 3:7-18 (Advent 3) Analysis by Robert W. Bertram John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits worthy of …
