Lutheran Doctrine and Practice

Lutheran Doctrine and Practice resources are divided into four categories: Christian Faith, Life and Witness; Church and Ministry; Creation and New Creation; and Means of Grace (Sacraments).

Christian Faith, Life and Witness

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Reports

• A Snapshot of Trending Tools: Christians and Social Media
  2019  |  President’s Recommendation Letter  |  Report (ePub)
   
• In Christ all Things Hold Together: The Intersection of Science and Christian Theology
  2015  |  Study & Discussion Guide  |  Purchase (report only)
   
• The Natural Knowledge of God in Christian Confession and Christian Witness
  2013  |  Study & Discussion Guide  |  Purchase (report only)
   
• Theology and Practice of Prayer: A Lutheran View
  2011  |  Study & Discussion Guide  |  Spanish  |  Purchase (report only)
   
• Guidelines for Participation in Civic Events
  2004  |  Purchase
   
• Spiritual Gifts
  1994
   
• 1 Corinthians 6:1-11: An Exegetical Study [Lawsuits]
  1991
   
• A Theological Statement of Mission
  1991
   
• Evangelism and Church Growth: With Special Reference to the Church Growth Movement
  1987  |  Purchase
   
• Theses on Justification
  1983  |  Spanish
   
• The Lutheran Church and the Charismatic Movement
  1977  |  Spanish
   
• The Mission of the Christian Church in the World
  1974
   
• The Charismatic Movement and Lutheran Theology
  1972
   

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Opinions

• Opinion on Living to Serve
  2009
   
• CTCR Response to 2007 Resolution 3-05 Regarding “Serial Prayer”
  2008

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Other Resources

• Unjustifiable Faiths — Bible Study
  2018  |  Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
   
• Justifying Christmas — Bible Study
  2018  |  Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
   
• Jesus and Justification — Bible Study
  2018  |  Theses on Justification  |  Luther and the Doctrine of Justification  |  PowerPoint Presentation
   
• He Is Our Righteousness — Bible Study
  2018
  Session 1: Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
  Session 2: Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
  Session 3: Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
  Session 4: Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
   
• Subjective and Objective Justification and Justification and Evangelicalism — Bible Study
  2018
  Session 1: Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
  Session 2: Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
  Justification and Evangelicalism: Leader Guide  |  PowerPoint Presentation
  Ecumenical Discussions on Justification: Leader Guide  |  Participant Guide
   
• The Natural Knowledge of God in Christian Confession and Christian Witness — Bible Study & Discussion Guide
  2018  |  Report
   
• In Christ all Things Hold Together: The Intersection of Science and Christian Theology — Study Guide
  2016  |  Report
   
• Theology and Practice of Prayer: A Lutheran View — Study and Discussion Guide
  2013  |  Report
   

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• Teología v práctica de la oración
  2011
   
• Tesis sobre la Justificación
  1983
   
• La Iglesia Luterana y El Movimiento Carismático
  1977
   

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Church and Ministry

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Reports

• The Royal Priesthood: Identity and Mission
  2018  |  President Harrison’s Recommendation Letter  |  Report (ePub)  |  Report (Spanish)
  2019  |  Discussion Guide and Bible Study
   
• Public Rebuke of Public Sin: Considerations in Light of the Large Catechism Explanation of the Eighth Commandment
  2006  |  Purchase
   
• Theology and Practice of the Divine Call
  2003
   
• The Pastor-Penitent Relationship: Privileged Communications
  1999  |  Purchase
   
• Church Discipline in the Christian Congregation
  1985  |  Spanish
   
• The Ministry: Offices, Procedures, and Nomenclature
  1981  |  Purchase
   
• The Ministry in Its Relation to the Christian Church
  1973
   

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Opinions

• Opinion on Two Questions About Laity and Clergy
  2016
   
• Opinion on Unilateral Excommunication
  2010
   
• Opinion Regarding Laymen Carrying Out Word and Sacrament Ministry
  2010
   
• Response to Questions about the Removal of Called Workers
  2010
   
• Opinion on Termination of Called Positions
  2009
   
• Response to BHE/CUS on Lay Teachers of Theology
  2003
   

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• La Disciplina Eclesiástica en la Congregación Cristiana
  1985
   

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Creation and New Creation

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Reports

• The Natural Knowledge of God in Christian Confession and Christian Witness
  2013  |  Study & Discussion Guide  |  Purchase (report only)
   
• Together With All Creatures: Caring for God’s Living Earth (expanded version)
  2010  |  Purchase
   
• Together With All Creatures: Caring for God’s Living Earth (abbreviated version in color)
  2010  |  Purchase
   
• A Lutheran Response to the “Left Behind” Series
  2004  |  Bible Study  |  Spanish
   
• The End Times: A Study on Eschatology and Millennialism
  1989  |  Spanish
   
• Creation in Biblical Perspective
  1970
   
• A Statement on Death, Resurrection and Immortality
  1969
   

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Other Resources

• The Natural Knowledge of God in Christian Confession and Christian Witness — Bible Study & Discussion Guide
  2018  |  Report
   
• A Bible Study Companion to A Lutheran Response to the “Left Behind” Series
  2006  |  Report
   

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• Una respuesta luterana a la serie “Dejados Atrás”
  2004
   
• Los Últimos Teimpos: Un studio sobre escatología y milenialismo
  1989
   

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Means of Grace (Sacraments)

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Reports

• An Inexpressible Treasure: The Theology and Practice of Holy Baptism
  2018  |  Report (ePub)  |  Bible Study  |  President’s Recommendation Letter
  Supplemental Bibliography
   
• Confession and Absolution
  2018  |  Bible Study
   
• Guidelines for Congregational, District, and Synodical Communion Statements
  2014
   
• Knowing What We Seek and Why We Come [Infant / Child Communion]
  2013
   
• Admission to the Lord’s Supper: Basics of Biblical and Confessional Teaching
  1999  |  Spanish
   
• Theology and Practice of the Lord’s Supper
  1983
   

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Opinions

• Communion and COVID-19
  2020  |  Addendum  |  Summary
   
• Further Response to CTCR Opinion on Infant Communion
  2014
   
• Opinion on Article VI, Section 2 of LCMS Constitution
  2010
   
• Opinion on Consecration of Elements
  2009
   
• Opinion on DVD Consecration
  2006
   
• Response to Concerns Regarding Infant Communion
  1997
   

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Other Resources

• A Study Document on Intinction
  2017
   
• A Model Communion Card Statement
  1993
   

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Spanish

• Admisión a la Cena del Señor: Fundamentos de las enseñanzas bíblicas y confesionales
  1999
   

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