Papers Papers Papers by Rev. Dr. Robert D. Preus – Basis for Concord – The Doctrine of the Call in the Confessions and Lutheran Orthodoxy – Rock Strata and the Bible Record – Applying the Scriptures – Clergy Mental Health and the Doctrine of Justification – The Doctrine of Election as Taught by the Seventeenth Century Lutheran Dogmaticians – The Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation in the Theology of Karl Barth – The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of Classical Lutheran Orthodoxy – Justification of a Sinner Before God – Luther and the Doctrine of Justification – Perennial Problems in the Doctrine of Justification – Significance of Luther’s Term “Pure Passive” as Quoted in Article II of the Formula of Concord – Theology of the Cross Part One & Two – Theology of the Cross Part Three & Four – Vicarious Atonement in John Quenstedt – Current Theological Problems which Confront Our Church, 1961 – Biblical Authority in The Lutheran Confessions – Doctrine of Revelation in Contemporary Theology – How is The Lutheran Church to Interpret and Use the Old and New Testaments? – Luther and Biblical Infallibility – Notes on the Inerrancy of Scripture – Power of God’s Word – Proceedings of the Conference for Biblical Inerrancy, 1987 – Scripture – God’s Word and God’s Power – Unity of Scripture – View of the Bible Held by the Church – Walther and the Scriptures – Word of God in the Theology of Lutheran Orthodoxy – Can The Lutheran Confessions Have Any Meaning 450 Years Later? – Confessional Lutheranism in Today’s World – Confessional Subscription – The Confessions and The Mission of the Church – Hermeneutics of the Formula of Concord – Hermeneutics of The Lutheran Confessions and the Historical-Critical Method – Influence of the Formula of Concord on Later Lutheran Orthodoxy – Law and Gospel in Early Lutheran Dogmatics from Malanchthon to the Formula of Concord – Luther – Word, Doctrine and Confession – Walther the Dogmatician Papers by Rev Rolf Preus – Church Fellowship and Closed Communion – Examination on the Catechism – Christ and Creation – What is a Confessional Lutheran – Women Pastors Bible Class -Catechesis on the Fourth Commandment – Catholic, Protestant, and Lutheran – Critical Events, Altar Calls, Conversion Experiences, and Other Ways to Avoid a Lifetime Commitment to Jesus and His Word – How to be a Confessional Lutheran in a Heterodox World – How to be a Confessional Lutheran Pastor in America Today – How to Live as a Christian in a Pagan World – Lutherans in America: A Comparison – Missourians in Canada? – On Being a Confessing Church in a Pluralistic Culture – On Incarnational Theology and High Church Pietism – Roman Catholicism or Evagelicalism: Which Poses a Greater Challenge to Confessional Lutheranism Today? – The Legacy of Herman Amberg Preus – Eating, Drinking and Preaching – The Relationship Between the Justification of the Sinner before God and the Practice of Church Fellowship – Making a Clear Confession in Muddy Waters – The Orthodox Lutheran Heritage of Confessional Fellowship – “And God Blessed Them” – Basic Catechesis on the Sixth Commandment – Childrearing – Fatherhood – God’s Gift to Mankind – Marriage by Dort Preus – Marriage is Not a Cross – Advice for a Long and Happy Marriage – Patriarchy in Ephesians by Andrew Preus – Preserving a Christian Home by Dort Preus – The Fruit of the Womb is a Reward – Vocation of Christian Marriage and Family – What God Joins Together: Speaking the Truth in a World of Falsehood – Chastity Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod: A conflict that Changed American Christianity, by James C. Burkee – The Centrality of the Central Article – A One Page Comparison of Lutheran and Roman Catholic Teaching on Justification – Called by the Gospel: Justification and Vocation – Caught Between Rome and Geneva: The Influence of Catholicism and Evangelicalism in Lutheran Moral Theology Today – Do Lutheran and Roman Catholics Agree on Justification? – Forgive Us Our Trespasses as We Forgive Those who Trespass Against Us – How do Christians Live with God? In Freedom through Faith: Christological Foundation – Justification and the Sacrament – Justification as the Center of Christian Theology – Justification – Luther Revisited: The Doctrine of Justification is Still the Issue – Objective Justification – Should We Teach Objective Justification? – The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of Robert Preus – The Enduring Relevance of the Doctrine of Justification – The JDDJ Ten Years Later – The Relationship between the Justification of the Sinner before God and the Practice of Church Fellowship – What is the Gospel? What Difference Does is Make? – Bishops: Who Needs Them? – Did Jesus Institute the Pastoral Office? – Does the Bible Teach a Limited Public Use of the Keys and Clarifying the Issues – Instituyo Jesus el Oficio Pastoral Pastor Rolf Preus Traducido por Roberto Alejandro Weber (in Spanish) – Ministers: What is their job? Who is their boss? Why do we need them? – The Doctrine of Church and Ministry Today in the LCMS, WELS, and ELS – The Office of Prophetess in the New Testament – The Old Ministry Debate in the Synods of the Synodical Conference and in the ELS Today – The Service of Women in and for the Church – The Teaching of the Synodical Conference on the Office of the Public Ministry – Historic Use of Laymen in the Divine Service – Lutheran Worship Wars, National Conference on Worship, Music and the Arts – Meta-Church – Why go to Church? Other Authors C.F.Walther’s Theses on the Ministry with Biblical Proof Can and Ought a Christian be Certain of his Salvation? by Ulrik V. Koren Does God Hate the Sin or the Sinner? by Prof. Walter A. Albrecht