Lutheran Essays

  • The Lutheran Hymnal

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    the spine are the words Lutheran Worship. At the bottom of the spine is the logo for the Concordia Publishing House. On the front cover is another cross with a circle behind it and the printed name David Edward Mahen. This is the modern Lutheran Hymnal used by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. This Lutheran Hymnal is not just a symbol of Lutheranism but the moderate views of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. In the Lutheran Hymnal, are principles of Lutheran Theology according to the

  • Jasper Daniel Aka Jack Daniel

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    the age of 12 Jack Daniel started a career that would last him a lifetime. He was hired out to work for a man by the name of Dan Call, a preacher at a Lutheran church. At Mr. Call’s distillery he learned the trait of making whiskey. Three years later he and Mr. Call were full partners in the whiskey making business. Mr. Call was a dedicated Lutheran. Just after the civil war his family and church told him to make a decision between the church and his business of making whiskey. Mr. Call decided to

  • Peace of Westphalia

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    arrangement the German states had been crying for. It renewed the terms of the Peace of Augsburg, namely that each state of the Empire received the liberty to be either Lutheran or Catholic as it chose; no individual freedom of religion was permitted. If a ruler or a free city decided for Lutheranism, then all persons had to be Lutheran. Similarly in Catholic states all had to be Catholic. In addition to re-instituting the Peace of Augsburg in its traditional form, the Peace of Westphalia included Calvinism

  • My Interview to a Lutheran

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    was thinking of all of the religious places of worship in my home town of Sheboygan, but I wanted to interview someone I knew. So I decided to interview my roommate. I've known him since sixth grade, and he is a Lutheran. I was raised a Catholic and I had a lot of friends who were Lutheran. When I was a kid I really didn't think any differently about it, but now for this paper I get to interview a friend and see what his religion is all about and what he thinks. I asked him first about what his religion

  • Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ

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    produce this movie, and has been one of the first major stars to be open with his faith. Although this movie will allow people to view the story of Christ, many mainline Christian groups are urging caution to those who see it. “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's (ELCA) Jewish-Christian dialogue committee issued a statement, saying, in part, ‘We can expect that Mr. Gibson's project will shape or reshape understandings of this... ... middle of paper ... ...) it is a valid point that

  • Religion in Britain

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    Churches for help. But the corruption in the Churches made people distrust them. And the first Religious Reformation burst out in Germany. Britain was a Catholic country at that time, soon after the reformation in Germany, the doctrines of the Lutheran Church spread to Britain. At the same time, there was request for reformation in the Catholicism. But, in Britain, the monarchical power was the threat to Catholicism. The monarchical power in Britain became stronger since the 15th century. Henry

  • Religion and Cultural Identity

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    religion transformed greatly during my studies the past few months. Even as a religion major at St. Olaf College I thought of religion very narrowly, as a construct of metaphysical beliefs. But I've come to realize that religion runs far deeper than my Lutheran mind previously conceived. By studying cultures and religions other than my own in Turkey, Morocco, Egypt and Greece it became clear to me that religion plays a huge part in shaping ones cultural identity. Bringing this "cultural identity" viewpoint

  • Friedrich Froebel and Marie Clay

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    Friedrich Froebel and Marie Clay Friedrich August Wilhelm Froebel was born in Oberweissback, Germany in April 21, 1782 (Ransbury, 1995). He was the sixth child of a Lutheran Minister, but lost his mother before his first birthday. As a young boy, he played and explored in the gardens surrounding his home most of the time. His deep love of nature would later influence his educational philosophy. He did not become educated until age eleven. When he was fifteen years old, he was apprenticed to a

  • Euthanasia Essay - Lutheranism and Doctor-Assisted Suicide

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    Evangelical Lutheranism and Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide As a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, I feel it important to express in this essay the stand of the church on the question of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Our church has strong biblical and traditional reasons for adamantly opposing these new end-of-life approaches. Increasingly, people know from their own experience some painful dilemmas involving elderly or handicapped individuals who are in pain. While

  • Marriage Asylum

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    people open their eyes and realize it is just as important to prepare for a successful marriage as it is a successful career. Today, marital classes are not a standard prerequisite to marriage except in a few Christian faith organizations such as Lutheran and Catholic. Something is seriously awry with the institute of marriage when large populations of adults are experiencing one, two even three or more marriages. In this paper, let us explore together whether the sanctity of marriage is actually

  • Grace Lutheran Church Experience

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    Upon entering Grace Lutheran Church in my hometown, Malverne, Long Island, I was immediately greeted by two courteous young teenagers, who seemed to be about my age. They were quick to welcome my family and I to their Sunday worship service, offering us bulletins and showing us to our seats. In total honesty, I had never attended a Lutheran worship service before, and so, I was not sure what to expect. Growing up, I had always passed Grace Lutheran Church, as it is located on the main road in my

  • St. Mark's Lutheran Church Essay

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    I would like to write about St. Mark’s Lutheran church, Atchison, Kansas. The history of the church is very unique. My first call was at this church and I also made new history by being the first woman pastor also a person of color. Time and place shape the formation of all institutions. This is certainly true of Atchison, Kansas and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. In 1859 Abraham Lincoln came to Atchison to speak on the issues of the day. While Atchison had been founded as a pro-slavery area, it had

  • Charles Porterfield Krauth: The Evangelical Lutheran Church

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    “The American Chemnitz” Charles Porterfield Krauth was born in Martinsburg, Virginia on March 17th, 1823. He was the son of the well- known Lutheran pastor Dr. Charles Philip Krauth. Krauth graduated from Gettysburg College in 1839, and at the time his father was the college’s president and he also assisted on the theological faculty of Gettysburg’s Lutheran Theological Seminary. In 1841, he graduated and the following year in 1842 he was ordained. He then served as local pastor in the following

  • The Staggering Number of Styles and Genres of Lutheran Church Music

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    CHAPTER 1 ERHARD BODENSCHATZ AND THE FLORILEGIUM POTENSE Lutheran church music in its first two and a half centuries can be characterized by the incorporation of a staggering variety of styles and musical genres. Plainchant, imitative polyphony, and chorale hymnody existed alongside one another, and composers such as Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) and Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630) were among the first to synthesize elements of Monteverdi’s seconda pratica with a fully German practice. Fruits of

  • My Journey to become a Teacher

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    My Journey to become a Teacher Dear New Roommate, It is hard for me to describe myself to you in simple words. I can tell you that I am an energetic and compassionate person, but what does that tell you? I would rather show you who I am by telling you what my hopes and dreams are, what the driving force in my life is, and this will lead you to understand who I really am, as a person. Only when you get to know these things about me is when you really start to understand what type of person I

  • Nick's Narrative: Bullied By My Principal At Good Shepherd Lutheran School

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    Nick’s Narrative When I was in seventh grade, I was bullied by my principal at Good Shepherd Lutheran School. My mom was a preschool teacher at the school and she was good at her job. The principal also taught my math class. One day in math class, the principal just started yelling at me for no reason. I was kind of confused because I had never had any problems with the principal before. I was pretty good about being respectful in class since my mom raised me to be respectful to others. I thought

  • The Devil's Hoax Essay

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    that God didn’t miraculously place humans in their present form on Earth and that the Bible isn’t the ultimate scientific truth. In this world, science is pitted against religious faith, suggesting neither can exist mutually with the other. The Lutheran church has taken it’s own stance in the controversy, making a muddy splash in a worldly puddle between the real dirt of science and the sanctified Holy waters of faith.

  • Confession

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    con·fes·sion “Forgive me Father, for I have sinned.” This simple phrase from Roman Catholic dogma conjures up images of famous Hollywood confessions and dramatizations, but the real root of the phrase has a much more obscure past. Not only found in modern Catholicism, the confession of sin, along with the confession of faith, can be seen in religious practices throughout the world. The simplest definition Webster gave the confession of sin is “a written or oral statement acknowledging guilt, made

  • Letters from a Birmingham Jail

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    Letters from a Birmingham Jail Aristotle is a very citable man when it comes to the way we think today. His rhetoric techniques are still being used in today's society. The Neo-Aristotelian Criticism is three different appeals of persuasion. This is ethos, pathos and logos, which makes one heck of a convincing argument. Ethos gives credibility, pathos shows emotion and logos uses words. In the text, Letter from Birmingham Jail, we find many examples of the criticism. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • Letter From Birmingham Jail Analysis

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    Visualize arriving at a cinema and spotting a little African American girl sobbing on the corner of the road. Due only to the color of her skin, she was not granted permission to enter the theater. Prior to the civil rights movement in the 1960’s, this vicious discrimination was rampant. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., an African American preacher, vigorously believed the equality and unity of the nation was a critical aspect of life. King fought faithfully for freedom and justice. Throughout his speeches