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Edward Riojas, 2012, oil on wood
The artist depicts the ministry of Word and Sacrament by picturing Jesus at his baptism and the Last Supper and by placing the resurrected Jesus as the sower in the famous Parable of the Sower. The inclusion of the Seminary buildings in the backdrop of the center panel highlights this as the place where men are formed for this ministry.
The Sower of the Seminary triptych was commissioned as a gift by the graduating class of 2012.
Summary"Designed to help readers deepen their study of Hebrew biblical text, and a helpful companion for preachers to traditional commentaries. Includes: curated selection of key passages from Genesis 1-11; clearly formatted lexical and grammatical tools to study the Hebrew text; and commentary section to help bridge the gap between read…
Summary"The fruit of a decade's research, this volume offers a new interpretation of the dense Christological narrative in Philippians 2:6-11, taking inspiration from recent advances in our understanding of the letter's Greek and Roman setting and from insights made possible by recently created linguistic databases (such as TLG and PHI).…
Summary"The decline of traditional American religion has been well documented. Many books, articles, and reports leave no doubt that a major shift has occurred. There is no need to rehash the details here. Still, a fundamental principle of social science is the need to "establish the phenomenon" before attempting to explain it. So, while…
SummaryReading 1 Peter Missiologically is a significant contribution to both biblical scholarship and mission practice. Examining 1 Peter through a missiological lens unveils the apostle's strategic approach to cross-cultural evangelism amidst persecution and cultural diversity. It is not just an academic exercise; the authors provide pr…
Summary"During the Reformation of the sixteenth century, the role of the Bible in both Protestant and Roman Catholic branches of western Christianity was vital and complex. Drawing on new technologies such as movable type, this period saw extraordinary energy and enterprise put into the translation, interpretation, and publication of Chr…
SummaryIn 10 Reasons Missionaries Fail, Matt and Cathy Stahlman explore the hidden struggles that often go unspoken: burnout, spiritual warfare, strained marriages, culture shock, unmet expectations, and more. Drawing from decades of experience mentoring missionaries around the world, they offer practical insight and biblical encourageme…
Summary"A new annotated and introduced English translation the based on the Sources chrétiennes edition of 2019"-- Publisher's website, viewed on May 27, 2025.
SummaryReading 1 Peter Missiologically is a significant contribution to both biblical scholarship and mission practice. Examining 1 Peter through a missiological lens unveils the apostle's strategic approach to cross-cultural evangelism amidst persecution and cultural diversity. It is not just an academic exercise; the authors provide pr…
Summary"During the Reformation of the sixteenth century, the role of the Bible in both Protestant and Roman Catholic branches of western Christianity was vital and complex. Drawing on new technologies such as movable type, this period saw extraordinary energy and enterprise put into the translation, interpretation, and publication of Chr…
Summary"From a renowned National Book Award-winning scholar, an extraordinary new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world. Over the past two thousand years, countless personalities have been projected onto the enigma we know as Jesus: a first-century rabbi…
Summary"Herod the Great (73-4 BCE) was a phenomenally energetic ruler who took advantage of the chaos of the Roman revolution to establish himself as a major figure in a changing Roman world and transform the landscape of Judaea. Both Jews and Christians developed myths about his cruelty and rashness: in Christian tradition he was cast a…
SummaryA new generation is going to church. But is the church ready? Theculture is at inflection point. Nearly two-thirds of Gen Zers reported experiencing at least one mental health problem in the past two years. This statistic was lower for all older generations, including Millennials (51%), Gen Xers (29%) and Boomers (14%). Gen Z is t…
Summary"In critical yet appreciative dialogue with four different art critics who demonstrated theological sensitivities, Adam Edward Carnehl traces an ongoing religious conversation that ran through nineteenth-century aesthetics. In Carnehl's estimation, this critical conversation between the John Ruskin, Walter Pater, and Oscar Wilde, …
Summary"In all the discussion of women's roles in the Church, we've ignored a pressing question: Why don't men go to church anymore? Why are the most common traits of the modern Church doves and quilts and little old ladies? Dr. Leon Podles documents the current feminized state of the Western Church, the masculine traits that once charac…
Summary"This book explores Lutheranism and its various expressions throughout the world. This Protestant tradition has spread and developed far from its European and American heartlands to take on increasingly diverse forms. The global dispersion of Lutheranism and how it interacts with different cultures and worldviews has resulted in L…
Summary"Pastor, missionary, and former military chaplain helps readers navigate spiritual warfare with Christian maturity and wisdom in ordinary spiritual warfare, like personal temptation, and especially in "extraordinary" encounters, such as demonic oppression, possession, and exorcisms"-- Provided by publisher.
Summary"I felt life perish from within my body three times. I had children. I just never got to hold them or know them or kiss them. My life looked no different from the outside. But inside, I was heartbroken and confused. Losing a baby in the womb is common, but that doesn't make it any less painful. The grief of losing any child feels …
SummaryThroughout its history, the church thrived when it embraced diverse organizational and cultural forms. In this volume, Dwight Zscheile and Blair Pogue argue that as American culture shifts away from voluntary association and toward individual self-expression, most existing congregations are bound to inherited forms of church that …
Summary"Many studies of spiritual development exist under the heading of "Christian Perfection." However, John Gavin revisits such topics as asceticism, prayer, sacraments, virtues, and spiritual combat through scriptural and patristic texts that present the Christian life as one of growth from spiritual infancy to a particular fulfillme…
Summary"Bayer dates Luther's reformational breakthrough to the early spring of 1518, when he discovered the sacramentality of the word: that the word is not simply informative but performative, and constitutive of the sacraments. The preached word is prior to faith, creates faith, and is the only source of certainty in the Christian life…
Summary"In this collection of essays newly published in English, Volker Leppin restores a holistic understanding of Martin Luther's development amid a late-medieval context strongly influenced by mysticism. Far from marking a clean break from earlier ideas, Luther's emerging theology drew upon deep wells of both personal mystical experie…
Summary"In sixteenth-century Germany Martin Luther and his followers engaged in a thorough reform of beliefs and practices related to prayer, a reform rooted in Luther's theological insights. Rejecting medieval beliefs that saw prayer as a good work, Luther and his followers saw prayer as a human response to God's command to pray and pro…
Summary"Grindal weaves personal memoir and the history of Norwegian Lutheranism in the United States into a lively and insightful account of the Lutheran Free Church and its seminary. Readers will come away from What a Fellowship with a stronger understanding not only of American Lutheran history, but of ongoing conversations in the cont…
SummaryIn its third edition, The Minister's Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments is the definitive guide to everything a minister might need to know about the most common psychological disorders and current evidence-based mental health treatments. Written in straightforward and accessible language, this is the minister's one-s…
Summary"A new annotated and introduced English translation the based on the Sources chrétiennes edition of 2019"-- Publisher's website, viewed on May 27, 2025.
Summary"The decline of traditional American religion has been well documented. Many books, articles, and reports leave no doubt that a major shift has occurred. There is no need to rehash the details here. Still, a fundamental principle of social science is the need to "establish the phenomenon" before attempting to explain it. So, while…
Summary"Develops a decolonial Palestinian theology that critiques the settler-colonial project of Israel and its Christian theological support." -- Publisher.
Summary"Lomperis investigates Martin Luther's theologies of physical suffering, healing, and medicine, elucidating their implications for contemporary endeavors to rediscover spiritual dimensions of health care. She contends that Luther pursued a spiritual "reformation of healing" still pertinent to interactions of medicine and religion"…