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The Sixth Annual Augustana Ministerium Theological Conference and Plenary Meeting "Justification: Challenges Old and New" May 9-11, 2011 Our Sixth Annual Theological Conference and Plenary Meeting is scheduled for May 9-11, 2011, hosted graciously by the Rev. Dr. Kent Heimbigner and Charity Lutheran Church, Burleson, TX. This year’s theological conference will be dedicated to exploring the central article of the Christian faith - Justification – how it should and should not be preached and taught. We will examine challenges to a truly biblical and Lutheran understanding of justification over against challenges to it - some old and some more recent. It will be dedicated to exploring and discussing the great challenges that our people face today in preserving a truly biblical and reformational understanding of the central article of the Christian faith. Appropriately, our theme this year is Justification: Challenges Old and New. How should the justification of the sinner be proclaimed and taught? What are contemporary as well as more enduring pitfalls and challenges that can derail and pervert this proclamation of the Gospel? The following topics will address these important questions as delivered by an impressive lineup of very capable Lutheran pastors. And as with our presentations last year, more formal essays will be delivered with discussion time to follow (*and* a book will be produced with formally-reviewed and enhanced versions of these essays; copies of the book produced from last year's papers are already on the way to all who paid their Ministerium dues, and will be available for purchase at the conference, as well as through Amazon). And, again as in past years, the topics intentionally overlap. Don’t miss this important and timely conference on the central article of the Christian Faith. You can register at our website, http://augustanaministerium.org. Justification: Challenges Old and New · Predestination revisited: Is the sinner predestined unto salvation unto faith or in view of faith: What are the implications of this for preaching and teaching, absolution, and liturgy? How shall we peach predestination or election when we are addressing sinners with the Gospel? Essayist, Rev. Timothy Tolar, Kenai, AK · Is the article of Sin the article on which Justification stands or falls? · Is the Justification of the sinner objective? What does this mean and how does this understanding shape the preaching of the Gospel and evangelism. What happens to the preaching and teaching of the Gospel when the existing reality of justification it is denied? Essayist, Rev. K. Michael Simminger, Decatur, IL · Justification: How a Lutheran Distinctive Shapes the Ministry of the Gospel Absolution (Public and Private), Preaching and Teaching - and what tragic things happen if it doesn’t, And Lutheran distinctives in the Doctrine of Justification: Their impact on Baptism, Conversion, and Sanctification vis-a-vis the Protestant World (Reformed, Armenian, and Holiness Theology) Roman Catholic. Essayist, Rev. Dr. Steven Hein, Monument, CO · Justification Distorted: How sloppy, trite, and imprecise language distorts the Ministry of the Gospel. Watch your language, son! Essayist, Rev. Kurt Hering, Layton, UT Rev. Dr. Steven A. Hein, Dean of Education Rev. Eric Stefanski, Dean of Communications The Augustana Ministerium * * * * * * * * An Approach to Liturgical Style - 17 of 28 * * * * * * * * Muddiness is not merely a disturber of prose, it is also a destroyer of life, of hope The Rev. Eric J. Stefanski [email protected] The Evangelical Lutheran Diocese of North America http://ELDoNA.org Confess And Teach For Unity http://www.CAT41.org Lists: [email protected] Holy Trinity Ev.-Luth. Church, Harrison, AR http://www.HolyTrinityLC.com * * * * * Adapted from Strunk & White, ~The Elements of Style~ * * * * * + + + Confess and Teach for Unity <http://www.CAT41.org> + + + The preceding is a message from the Confess and Teach For Unity List Administrator; you are receiving it because you are *or have been* a subscriber to one or more email lists run by Confess and Teach for Unity (CAT41.org). If you are no longer on any CAT 41 list and do not wish to receive such periodic mailings regarding new mail lists and other services, please send ANY note to: [email protected] NOTE: if you are on a CAT 41 list or resubscribe to any CAT 41 list, you will be re-added to this list, as this list is the venue for necessary system notices, etc. To Subscribe, send ANY note to: [email protected] Unless otherwise noted, posts from this list may be forwarded and/or republished via other media, provided they are not altered and list subscription information is included. For any further information or problems in unsubscribing, please contact the list administrator by writing to: MoM [at] lists (dot) cat41 <dot> org
