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Through the Lens of Brenz: How Lutheran Christology Is Not Actually Lutheran

Gumm, Jonathan C. (2025)

This thesis explores the Christology of Johannes Brenz and its significant influence on the development of Lutheran theology, particularly through the lens of its departure from Martin Luther’s original teachings. Brenz, ...

How Do We Protect Those Who Serve and Protect Us? Moral Injury: The Horrific Spiritual Injury That Our Public Safety and Military Experience

Gorr, Christopher S. (2025)

Many of our service members and first responders are suffering from an invisible injury that impacts their souls: moral injury. Closely related to trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), moral injury is distinct ...

We Need to Talk: The Need for Christian Parents to Actively Educate Their Children About Sex

Flunker, Zachary D. (2025)

The main purposes of this project are to illuminate the shortcoming by many Christian parents to talk with their children about sex and encourage parents to embrace their important role to do so. Parents educating their ...

Feasting on the Story: The Sacrament of Holy Communion Through the Lens of the Narrative Paradigm

Carter, Ethan M. (2025)

This study aims to show a theological application of the narrative paradigm and its effectiveness in interpreting the Bible’s narrative context. The narrative paradigm is a proposal from communication scholar Walter Fisher ...

Principles of the Early Catechumenate for Modern Catechists

Borgwardt, Jacob (2025)

As the religious landscape of America continues to shift, churches may reevaluate their processes for initiating the people who desire to join their membership. The early catechumenate presents a different approach to ...

Rebuilding the Broken Bond: Counseling Couples in Crisis After An Affair

Bilitz, D. Quinn (2025)

Pastors face difficult and complex cases in counseling throughout their ministries. One of the more complex and increasingly frequent counseling cases is marital infidelity. When a spouse has an affair, the marriage bond ...

Called To Care: A Lutheran Dialogue with the Scriptural Hermeneutics of Laudato Si'

Boeder, Samuel J. (2025)

In the list of current social and economic discussions in the world, the topic of environmentalism ranks highly. World leaders meet to discuss how to alleviate climate change, activists vocally protest the use of nonrenewable ...