{"id":1431,"date":"2021-03-05T03:15:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T03:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/?page_id=1431"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:52:40","slug":"papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christforus.org\/NewSite\/index.php\/papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Papers by Rev. Dr. Robert D. Preus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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– Basis for Concord<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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– The Doctrine of the Call in the Confessions and Lutheran Orthodoxy<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– Rock Strata and the Bible Record<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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– Applying the Scriptures<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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– Clergy Mental Health and the Doctrine of Justification<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Doctrine of Election as Taught by the Seventeenth Century Lutheran Dogmaticians<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Doctrine of Justification and Reconciliation in the Theology of Karl Barth<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of Classical Lutheran Orthodoxy<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Justification of a Sinner Before God<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Luther and the Doctrine of Justification <\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Perennial Problems in the Doctrine of Justification<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Significance of Luther’s Term “Pure Passive” as Quoted in Article II of the Formula of Concord<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Theology of the Cross Part One & Two<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Theology of the Cross Part Three & Four<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Vicarious Atonement in John Quenstedt<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– Current Theological Problems which Confront Our Church, 1961<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– Biblical Authority in The Lutheran Confessions<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Doctrine of Revelation in Contemporary Theology<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– How is The Lutheran Church to Interpret and Use the Old and New Testaments?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Luther and Biblical Infallibility<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Notes on the Inerrancy of Scripture<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Power of God’s Word<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Proceedings of the Conference for Biblical Inerrancy, 1987<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Scripture – God’s Word and God’s Power<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Unity of Scripture<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– View of the Bible Held by the Church<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Walther and the Scriptures<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Word of God in the Theology of Lutheran Orthodoxy<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– Can The Lutheran Confessions Have Any Meaning 450 Years Later?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Confessional Lutheranism in Today’s World<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Confessional Subscription<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Confessions and The Mission of the Church<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Hermeneutics of the Formula of Concord<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Hermeneutics of The Lutheran Confessions and the Historical-Critical Method<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Influence of the Formula of Concord on Later Lutheran Orthodoxy<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Law and Gospel in Early Lutheran Dogmatics from Malanchthon to the Formula of Concord<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Luther – Word, Doctrine and Confession<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Walther the Dogmatician<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

-Quia or Quatenus? Confessional Subscription <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Papers by Rev Rolf Preus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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– Church Fellowship and Closed Communion<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Examination on the Catechism<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Christ and Creation<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– What is a Confessional Lutheran<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Women Pastors Bible Class<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

-Catechesis on the Fourth Commandment<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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– Catholic, Protestant, and Lutheran<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Critical Events, Altar Calls, Conversion Experiences, and Other Ways to Avoid a Lifetime Commitment to Jesus and His Word<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– How to be a Confessional Lutheran in a Heterodox World<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– How to be a Confessional Lutheran Pastor in America Today<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– How to Live as a Christian in a Pagan World<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Lutherans in America: A Comparison<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Missourians in Canada?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– On Being a Confessing Church in a Pluralistic Culture<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– On Incarnational Theology and High Church Pietism<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Roman Catholicism or Evagelicalism: Which Poses a Greater Challenge to Confessional Lutheranism Today?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Legacy of Herman Amberg Preus<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– Eating, Drinking and Preaching<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Relationship Between the Justification of the Sinner before God and the Practice of Church Fellowship<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Making a Clear Confession in Muddy Waters<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Orthodox Lutheran Heritage of Confessional Fellowship<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– “And God Blessed Them”<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Basic Catechesis on the Sixth Commandment<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Childrearing<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Fatherhood<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– God’s Gift to Mankind – Marriage<\/a> by Dort Preus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Marriage is Not a Cross – Advice for a Long and Happy Marriage<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Patriarchy in Ephesians<\/a> by Andrew Preus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Preserving a Christian Home<\/a> by Dort Preus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Fruit of the Womb is a Reward<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Vocation of Christian Marriage and Family<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– What God Joins Together: Speaking the Truth in a World of Falsehood<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Chastity<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Power, Politics, and the Missouri Synod: A conflict that Changed American Christianity, by James C. Burkee<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– The Centrality of the Central Article<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– A One Page Comparison of Lutheran and Roman Catholic Teaching on Justification<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Called by the Gospel: Justification and Vocation<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Caught Between Rome and Geneva: The Influence of Catholicism and Evangelicalism in Lutheran Moral Theology Today<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Do Lutheran and Roman Catholics Agree on Justification?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Forgive Us Our Trespasses as We Forgive Those who Trespass Against Us<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– How do Christians Live with God? In Freedom through Faith: Christological Foundation<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Justification and the Sacrament<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Justification as the Center of Christian Theology<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Justification<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Luther Revisited: The Doctrine of Justification is Still the Issue<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Objective Justification<\/a> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Should We Teach Objective Justification?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of Robert Preus<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Enduring Relevance of the Doctrine of Justification<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The JDDJ Ten Years Later<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Relationship between the Justification of the Sinner before God and the Practice of Church Fellowship<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– What is the Gospel? What Difference Does is Make?<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– Bishops: Who Needs Them?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Did Jesus Institute the Pastoral Office?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Does the Bible Teach a Limited Public Use of the Keys and Clarifying the Issues<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Instituyo Jesus el Oficio Pastoral Pastor Rolf Preus Traducido por Roberto Alejandro Weber (in Spanish)<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Ministers: What is their job? Who is their boss? Why do we need them?<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Doctrine of Church and Ministry Today in the LCMS, WELS, and ELS<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Office of Prophetess in the New Testament<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Old Ministry Debate in the Synods of the Synodical Conference and in the ELS Today<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Service of Women in and for the Church<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– The Teaching of the Synodical Conference on the Office of the Public Ministry<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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– Historic Use of Laymen in the Divine Service<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Lutheran Worship Wars, National Conference on Worship, Music and the Arts<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Meta-Church<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

– Why go to Church?<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Other Authors<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

C.F.Walther’s Theses on the Ministry with Biblical Proof<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Can and Ought a Christian be Certain of his Salvation? by Ulrik V. Koren<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Does God Hate the Sin or the Sinner? by Prof. Walter A. Albrecht<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n

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