Treasures “Hidden” in a Hymnal

When you hold Christian Worship: Hymnal in your hands, you’re holding a book that has plenty of “back stories” worth telling.

Setting Specific Goals Across a Bible Study Curriculum

How often do the pastors in WELS write their own Bible studies instead of using preexisting materials?

The Tapestry of Preaching: Hearer Interpretation

“How do I connect the textual, scriptural, gospel-centered truths I’m preaching to my listeners’ real lives?”

The Tapestry of Preaching: Evangelical Proclamation

Sometimes, to understand a story you need to know one key point.

Retuning of Hymns in Christian Worship 2021

There are roughly forty hymns in Christian Worship (2021) that were retuned—same text as before, sung to a different melody.

What do students consider to be qualities of successful teachers?

In one of the first lessons of their first courses at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, the students are asked...

Please Proceed Slowly

It was late summer/early fall 2021 when orders for Christian Worship 2021 began to be filled and boxes of hymnals...

Sometimes I Wonder . . .

I sometimes wonder how valuable premarriage counseling is. That’s probably not how the editors want this article to start.

The Tapestry of Preaching: Theological Confession

David Schmitt defines theological confession: “Through the sermon, the preacher makes confession of the teachings of the faith.”

The Tapestry of Preaching: Textual Exposition

Textual exposition assumes that a sermon is based on a biblical text or texts. While that may seem obvious, it’s not something we can take for granted.

Gospel Acclamations in Christian Worship

The place was St John’s in Burlington, Wis. The event was a new hymnal introduction workshop.

Teaching Tips & Curriculum Connections

Last month, we gained insight into some of the practical aspects of teaching Bible information class in a cross-cultural setting. Here are two related classroom tips that the teacher of a cross-cultural class may find useful.

The Tapestry of Preaching

What are the essential ingredients in a sermon? We could say simply, “The Word of God,” but that could mean different things to different Lutheran preachers.

Bible Information Class for Cross-Cultural

If there is a topic I’m experienced at talking about and teaching, it is Baptism. Specifically, infant baptism. I know the verses. I know the arguments.

Introducing the New Hymnal

The congregation I began to serve in June 2022 had not yet moved in the direction of adopting the new hymnal. For a number of years, it had been making use of materials from Christian Worship: Supplement.