“I have to say, after reading more last night, that I am very impressed with the candor of each essay, and that the book does not come across as a giant commercial for the Admissions Department. There is a heavy dose of reality, accompanied by a heavy dose of humor in each essay. Everyone has [...]
Tagged Books, discernment, essays, formation, pastors, professorsIn follow up to an earlier post on this blog, we asked Dr. Paul Grime to offer his reflections. Dr. Grime is our Dean of Chapel and professor of liturgics. But prior to coming to CTS, he was the chief architect for our synod’s newest hymnal. His comments are below (Stieg).
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It’s almost ten years since [...]
Today was a busy but typical day for this pastor. It was the first day of school for our Academy, and like so many good Lutheran schools, we have a hymn of the week. The hymn for this week is a new one in Lutheran Service Book, entitled “O Christ, Who Shared Our Mortal Life” [...]
Tagged chapel, hymn, Lutheran Service Book, MusicThe second C to discuss is the Chapel. At the center of Concordia Theological Seminary’s physical and spiritual life stands Kramer Chapel. The chapel, where the seminary community gathers to worship, is not an afterthought to theological study but the very source and framework for such study. The chapel, therefore, becomes a integral part of [...]
Tagged CTQ, CTS, John T. Pless, Kramer Chapel, The New Curriculum
Join us for the fall Invitational Campus Visit on September 25-27!
Have you thought about being a pastor or a deaconess? Then come. Meet your brothers and sisters in Christ who are also wrestling with how God would have them serve His Church and neighbor. Worship. Join with the seminary community and see how you will [...]
In the midst of a dark and dying world, Christ brings light and life. Through the work of his cross - his blood washes and nourishes the sinner. He brings his good news and forges a relationship with you through his Office of the Holy Ministry of Word and Sacrament. Weak and sinful men carry [...]
Tagged Christ, Christ Academy, CTS, Seminary, SwedenWe 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, worshipThe Church gives thanks for the life and work of Rev. Jaroslav Vajda, who died in the Lord last Saturday, May 10. Vajda’s work as hymnwriter is known throughout The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (and beyond). Of his more than 200 hymns (original and translated), the following are found in Lutheran Service Book:
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Preaching is one of the most challenging, enjoyable and dangerous things any pastor will do. The responsibility is tremendous and the world allies with our sinful flesh to make preachers deliver poor sermons and to distract inattentive hearers.
The newly minted pastors leaving the seminary for their first calls have had excellent homiletical training from [...]
Two 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, Prayer
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