Month: December 2015
2016 Emmaus Topic & Speakers
December 26, 2015
The 2016 topic for the Emmaus Conference is entitled, “Are We Experiencing the Lutheran Reformation Eve or Twilight?” We are excited to have the Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast, Jr. from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, as our lecturer.
Lawrence Rast, Jr.
Dr. Lawrence Rast serves as the sixteenth president of Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne and is a professor of American Christianity and American Lutheranism. Dr. Rast joined the Department of Historical Theology in the fall of 1996 after serving as pastor of Ascension Lutheran Church, Madison, Tennessee (1992-96).
The following speakers will give the lecture and reactions.
2016 Emmaus Conference Speakers:
- Lecturer: The Rev. Dr. Lawrence Rast (LC-MS)
- Reactor: The Rev. Pres. Paul Wendland (WELS)
- Reactor: The Rev. Prof. Erling Teigen (ELS)
Our Righteousness before God
December 23, 2015
The theme of the 2015 Emmaus Conference proved a timely topic. “Our Righteousness Before God…Is Revealed in the Gospel. On this Righteousness Faith Relies.”
The lecture was given by the Reverend David Jay Webber in two parts.
- Part I: Why Objective Justification Mattered to the Reformers
- Part II: Why Objective Justification Matters to Us
The title is a direct quotation from FC SD III:57. Part I dealt with the patristic evidence and with the issues of the Reformation. Part II dealt with the issues of the Synodical Conference conflict with synergists and pietists, and with today’s issues.
Objective justification is important in counteracting the postmodern assumption that there is no objective truth either behind, or in, the message of Christ.
A paper on Objective Justification, presented by Rev. Jon Buchholz to the WELS Arizona/California District, can be downloaded here!
Christmas message from WELS President Schroeder
December 21, 2015
Information Discussions between ELS, LCMS and WELS in 2015
December 8, 2015
Reports from the various synod websites are listed here below.
Leaders at the December, 2015 meeting in Jacksonville, Florida.