Papers
Papers by Rev. Dr. Robert D. Preus

– 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

– 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


– 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


– “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

– 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
