 Lives in the Balance: Equipping God's People for the World's Fight and the Soul's SalvationAuthored by Dr. Steven A Hein, Rt. Rev. James D Heiser, Rev. Michael D Henson, Rev. Anthony R Oncken, Rev. Richard Sawyer, Preface by Rev. Bruce Ley A collection of essays from the 2009 and 2010 annual conferences of The Augustana Ministerium. The Augustana Ministerium is a guild for Confessional Lutheran pastors which was established to provide support for such pastors in the faithful fulfillment of their calling. The annual conference provides an opportunity to on-going theological instruction, and for the edification of the members of the ministerium. This volume is the first published collection of such essays. Essays included in Lives in the Balance: • “Nurturing the Foundations of Faith: Equipping God's People to Defend Against the Reasoned Arguments of Unbelief,” by Rev. Anthony Oncken • “The Freedom of Grace and the Bondage of the Neighbor: The Paradox of Christian Nurture,” by Dr. Steven Hein • “The Balanced Spiritual Diet of Full-Strength Law and Gospel, and the Deadly Signs of Imbalance (Boredom and Despair),” by Rev. Michael Henson • “The Seven Deadly Values of Contemporary Culture: The Shape of the Enemy's Weapons against our People Today,” by. Rt. Rev. James Heiser • “Reclaiming the Old Lutheran Axiom: We Teach Our Own—To Keep our Baptized Children Alive,” by Rev. Richard Sawyer • “Ecclesiastical Supervision in a Post-Synodical Age,” by Rt. Rev. James Heiser ISBN-10: 1460923758 • Paperback • 118 pages • $14.95 To order, please use this link: http://amzn.com/1460923758 All funds received from the sale of copies of Lives in the Balance will be used to aid pastors undergoing financial crises, and to assist pastors serving mission congregations. |
