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NEXT BIBLE STUDY on Exodus 21-24 - February 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Overhead 1: The-Trips-up-the-Mountain.pdf
Overhead 2: Text-for-Exodus-20-Feb-2025-with-Full-Comparison.pdf
Overhead 3: Text-for-Exodus-20v22-23v33-Feb-2025.pdf
Overhead 4: Text-for-Exodus-24-Mar-2025-online.pdf

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Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #11:  September 4, 2022

By luther | September 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #11:  September 4, 2022

In this class on the Lutheran church bodies in North America, we will clear up the confusion regarding the Saxon Immigration questions regarding Church and Ministry.  The Scriptural and Confessional answer will render Walther’s transfer theory unnecessary. Handout 1: Lutheran-Confessions-with-Ministry-and-Polity-Yellow-Marking.pdf Handout 2:  Are-We-Church.pdf Handout 3: Ministry-Word-and-Sacrament.pdf Handout 4: Three-Kinds-of-Lutherans-b.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #10: August 28, 2022

By luther | August 28, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #10: August 28, 2022

In this class on the Lutheran church bodies in North America, we will take a second look at the disagreements over the teaching of Church and Ministry. Handout 1:  Lutheran-Confessions-with-Ministry-and-Polity.pdf Handout 2:  Office-and-Ministry-Pictures-to-Hand-Out.pdf Handout 3:  Apology-XIV-Ecclesiastical-Order.pdf Handout 4: Theses-on-Church-and-Ministry.pdf Handout 5: Demagoguery or Democracy? by Rast.pdf Handout 6: Moving-Frontiers-Summary-by-Schaff.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #9:  August 21, 2022

By luther | August 21, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #9:  August 21, 2022

In this class on the Lutheran church bodies in North America, we will look at the disagreements over the teaching of Church and Ministry. Handout 1:  Lutheran-Confessions-with-Ministry-and-Polity.pdf Handout 2: Church-Polity-and-Ministry.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). Picture: St. Patrick Lutheran Church (Chipley, FL) hosted our Eldona Family Camp this Summer.  Here […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #8: August 14, 2022

By luther | August 14, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #8: August 14, 2022

In this fourth class on the Lutheran church bodies in North America, we will look at the history of the coordination of the Lutherans following the great immigrations. Handout 1:  America-Timeline-for-Lutherans-Pages-3-4.pdf Handout 2: Lutheran-Bodies-in-North America-4-Pages.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). Picture:  The 2022 Diocesan Family Camp was July 25-29, 2022 […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #7: August 7, 2022

By luther | August 7, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #7: August 7, 2022

In this third class on the Lutheran church bodies in North America, we will look at the history of the great immigrations of Lutherans in Prussian, Saxoy, and Scandinavian lands. Handout 1:  America-Timeline-for-Lutherans-Pages-3-4.pdf Handout 2: Lutheran-Bodies-in-North America-4-Pages.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). Picture:  The 2022 Diocesan Family Camp was July […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #6: July 31, 2022

By luther | July 31, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #6: July 31, 2022

In this second class on the Lutheran church bodies in North America, we will look at the history of Lutherans beginning with the founding of the General Synod up to the great immigrations. Handout 1: America-Timeline-for-Lutherans-Page-2.pdf Handout 1: America-Timeline-for-Lutherans-Page-1.pdf Handout 2: Lutheran-Bodies-in-North America-4-Pages.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).     […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #5: July 24, 2022

By luther | July 24, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #5: July 24, 2022

Having completed a four Sunday look at Pietism, we now begin our study of the Lutheran church bodies in North America.  In this class we will look at the early history of Lutherans on American soil and stop right before the founding of the General Synod. Handout 1: America-Timeline-for-Lutherans-Page-1.pdf Handout 2: Lutheran-Bodies-in-North America-4-Pages.pdf –Michael D. […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #4: July 17, 2022

By luther | July 17, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #4: July 17, 2022

We continue our look at Pietism and the charge of Dead Orthodoxy, before we begin our study of the Lutheran church bodies in North America. Handout 1: Pietisms-Accusations-b.pdf The handouts from last week: Handout 2: Pietism-and-Dead-Orthodoxy.pdf Handout 3: Fifteenth-Evening-Lecture-reduced.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). https://media.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/content.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/LNA_Class_4_July_17_2022_audio_only.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #3: July 10, 2022

By luther | July 10, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #3: July 10, 2022

We continue our look at Pietism and the charge of Dead Orthodoxy, before we begin our study of the Lutheran church bodies in North America. Handout 1: Pietism-and-Dead-Orthodoxy.pdf Handout 2: Fifteenth-Evening-Lecture-reduced.pdf The handouts from last week: Handout 3:  Definition-of-Pietism.pdf Handout 4: Lutheran-Bodies-in-North America-4-Pages.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). https://media.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/content.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/LNA_Class_3_July_10_2022_audio_only.mp3 Podcast: […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #2: July 3, 2022

By luther | July 3, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #2: July 3, 2022

We started off our study last week with a look at rationalism and pietism, the historical circumstances which led to the Lutheran church bodies in North America.  Due to last week’s discussion, we are going to spend quite a bit more time with Pietism, before we begin our study of the Lutheran church bodies in […]