Papers presented at the 2015 Congress on the Lutheran Confessions

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CONTENTS

The Problem of Church Discipline and Postmodern Sexual License in American Lutheranism
Jonathan Fisk

Homosexuals in the Congregation: Pastoral Ministry and Church Discipline from a Confessional Lutheran Perspective
Gary W. Zieroth

Women’s Ordination and Congregational Roles Revisited: Can the Confessional Lutheran Synods Hold the Line?
Brent W. Kuhlman

Same-Sex Marriage: The Challenges of Its U.S. Legalization for Pastors and Congregations
Mark O. Stern

The Theological Conundrum of Marital “Relations” According to Martin Luther
Paul Strawn

Marriage and the Family in the Lutheran Confessions
Tim Goeglein

Women’s Ordination: More Than Bible Passages
David P. Scaer

Banquet Speech Marriage Is Not a Cross: Advice for a Long and Happy Marriage
Rolf Preus

Divorce and Remarriage in the Parish and the Parsonage
Brian Saunders

Canaan or Israel: The Old Testament’s Doctrine of Marriage
in the Pentateuch and Prophets
Steven C. Briel