TOPIC INDEXMinistry of the Church (7)

  1. C.F.W. Walther: Preacher of the Gospel

    book
    05/10/23
    16 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    Walther’s living legacy is his enduring teaching on how to distinguish the law and the gospel in the Church’s proclamation.

  2. Vitality in Pastoral Formation

    book
    11/11/22
    20 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.

  3. Baptismal Therapy

    book
    07/06/21
    10 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    While baptism is a “once and for all” event that should not be repeated in the Christian’s life, the effects of baptism continue throughout the life of the believer.

  4. A Necessary and Eternal Treasure

    book
    06/26/21
    11 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    Take away the communal aspect, take away the communal gathering around Christ’s body and blood, and the Christian will begin to suffer a malnutrition of faith.

  5. Death in the Stream: Hemingway on How Far Natural Theology Takes Us

    book
    05/20/20
    12 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    In his last novel, Islands in the Stream, Hemingway shows us what we get when we look to nature for ultimate truth: death.

  6. Maundy Thursday: A New Promise Given

    book
    04/09/20
    10 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    This is how the God of Abraham has become our God, too. This is how God has fulfilled His promise to Abraham and His promise to us: by breaking open His own body and shedding His own blood.

  7. Preaching Saints: On the Communion of Saints and Being Kept in the Faith

    book
    06/10/19
    13 mins
    By Joshua Miller
    While the Holy Spirit does work within us, He always comes to us from the outside, through the external Word and Sacraments.