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After His glorious resurrection from the dead, our Lord told the disciples that just as He was sent by the Father, so was He sending them. The apostolic church does not just sit on its hands and watch the world go by. [...]
St. Paul says that faith comes by hearing. It comes by hearing the Word of Christ. But what happens when you are deaf and can’t hear with your ears? Then you hear with your eyes. The Lord continues to call men from the church to minister to the Deaf. AND [...]
Tagged bible, church, Deaf, interpreting, LutheranSatan hates call day. He can see the work that is about to be done. He knows of the battles he will face. Christ is glorified and the Father is honored because today men will be called into the Office of the Holy Ministry. These men will stand in the stead [...]
Tagged Divine Call, Holy Ministry, Preaching, SeminaryHave you seen the television commercial where the man is lying on a couch pouring his heart out to a psychologist? After a bit the psychologist begins to speak, only he is speaking Italian and the patient doesn’t understand a word of what he is saying. The commercial goes on to say that this makes [...]
Tagged Communication, God's Word, Preaching, RelevanceSt. Patrick lived in fourth-century Briton, and his home was probably on the west coast of modern-day England. His grandfather was a priest (in the days before priestly celibacy) and his father was a deacon in the church.
At the age of sixteen, Patrick was captured by slave traders and sold to a slave owner in [...]
What a trip and learning experience! It was an honor to accompany 16 seminarians and 2 professors- Dr. Rast and Dr. Quill- to South Africa for a little under 3 weeks. The goals of this excursion were manifold. Both Dr. Quill and Dr. Rast were invited to teach 2 separate courses, Homiletics [...]
Tagged Lutheran Church, Missions, Seminary, South AfricaRachel Thompson is a CTS deaconess intern who has special interest in the Lutherans in Kenya. Below is an update, via Rachel, from Rev. Dennis Meeker (CTS 07) who serves a congregation there. The photo is Pastor Meeker with his wife, Lorna. You can read more about them at Friends of Mercy. [...]
Tagged CTS, Dennis Meeker, Kenya, missionary, world missionsDr. Adam Francisco is one of our newest professors. He also is an expert in the field of Islam. He is leading a day-long seminar on April 19, 2008 on a Christian response to Islam. Here is a pdf of the seminar brochure.
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