In the beginning, when all was formless and void, God created all things giving it substance and form, establishing order out of chaos. He did so through the Law. By the Law is meant the eternal, unchangeable Law of God, which is the revelation of His will, the standard of perfection, and the mold and [...]
Tagged Creation, God's Law, God's Word, Redemption, Third Use of the Law.Months ago, I wrote about masculinity and femininity. Recently, I read an interview that ZENIT conducted with Anthony Esolen on the topic of “Finding the Masculine Genius.” There were a couple striking points that we, as Lutherans and for unknown reasons, have not discussed. The first addresses Esolen’s understanding of what the terms masculinity [...]
Tagged Anthony Esolen, Masculinity, VirtueThe last two weeks of June, roughly thirty high school-aged men participated in Christ Academy High School, a two-week program for young men interested in the pastoral ministry. In between classes and choir practice and chapel, they took time out to have some fun at Cedar Point Amusement Park last Friday, enjoying a full day [...]
Tagged admission, Christ Academy, pastoral officeThe churches among us teach with complete unanimity . . . .
So begins Article I of the Augsburg confession, and today we celebrate and commemorate the presentation of the Augsburg Confession to Emperor Charles V at the imperial Diet of Augsburg on 25 June 1530. On that day, the Augsburg Confession was submitted as a [...]
The third pillar of our seminary mission statement is that CTS exists to form servants in Jesus Christ who … care for all. Sinful humanity is radically self-centered. But it was not always so. In his pristine state, Adam understood the nature of love because he was in full communion with his Creator. Only with [...]
Tagged deaconess, John 3:16, Mercy, Ministry, SufferingWe will, by God’s mercy, shape and build you as a servant and laborer in God’s Kingdom and prepare you for a consecrated life of ministry in the LCMS. Our mission statements sums it up: Concordia Theological Seminary exists to form servants in Jesus Christ who will teach the faithful, reach the lost and care [...]
Tagged bible, church, CTS, curriculum, Fort Wayne, Greek, Hebrew, History, Pastoral Formation, Seminary, worshipTo remember, in this day and age, tends to be thought of exclusively as a cognitive enterprise, as an exercise of the mind done in quiet solitude. From a biblical perspective, however, remembering is nothing of the sort. To remember in the Scriptures is to recall and retell the past for the benefit of ages [...]
Tagged Corpus ChristiTwo weeks after Pope Benedict XVI’s pastoral visit to the US, both seminaries of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod placed pastoral candidates in Lutheran congregations across the US. Strangely, the concerns of those nights were of a quite different nature than one of the concerns addressed by the pope during his visit. The challenge our communion [...]
Tagged Clergy Shortage, Pope Benedict XVI, PrayerAt the center of Saarinen’s architectural masterpiece (Concordia Theological Seminary’s campus) is Kramer Chapel. It sits in the middle of 192 acres. Our man-made lake gave its dirt so that Kramer could also be the highest point. I’m glad its there. Whether or not Saarinen had any theological reasoning for the [...]
Tagged CTS, formation, Kramer Chapel, seminary education, worshipThe Apostle Peter’s confession is the center of Christian worship. It is upon that confession that the Church is built and that the Church continues to triumph in the midst a dark and sneaky world. We receive our life through the Son of the Living God. It comes from no other. [...]
Tagged Christianity, Islam, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, The Son of God
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