Theological Symposium the Cross Alone Is Our Theology! Tuesday, Sept

SPEAKERS

THEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM THE CROSS ALONE IS OUR THEOLOGY! TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 2018 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2018

DR. CHARLES Introduction ARAND Tuesday | 9 a.m. | Werner Auditorium

Dr. Charles Arand Arand is professor of Systematic Theology, dean of Theological Research and Publication, and director of the Center for the Care of Creation at Concordia Seminary. He has been on the Seminary’s faculty since 1989. He received his Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Theology from the Seminary (1984, 1987, 1989). He also holds a bachelor’s degree from Concordia College in Milwaukee (now Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon) (1980). His written works include: Testing the Boundaries: Windows into Lutheran Identity and That I May Be His Own: A Theological Overview of Luther’s Catechisms.

Rev. Kenneth Ballas REV. KENNETH Ballas, a retired pastor, graduated from Concordia Seminary in 1960. He has served both as a parish pastor (initially at Ascension Lutheran Church in Montreal, Quebec, BALLAS Canada, and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Greenwich, Conn). He also taught courses in New Testament and biblical Greek at then Concordia Theological Seminary in Springfield, Ill., before returning to parish ministry, where he mentored more than two dozen vicar-interns from both LCMS seminaries. He also has served as an occasional adjunct faculty member at Concordia College in Bronxville, N.Y.

On Making Fuller Use of Readily Accessible Biblical Study Tools Those familiar with sainted Dr. F.W. Danker’s Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study (Concordia Publishing House, 1970) may still smile at times at the author’s unbridled enthusiasm regarding the hidden treasures waiting to be discovered by judicious use of often sadly neglected study tools like Bible concordances. Those privileged to have known the man affectionately called “Red Fred” as a teacher and friend also know his abiding love for God’s Word and Christ’s church. A personal sampling of 2:30-3:15p.m. familiar Scriptural references from both testaments awaits what you, too, may find practically helpful in heeding (if only sporadically) the good professor’s advice in WEDNESDAY preparation for teaching or preaching that Word to Christ’s redeemed people and hopefully convince you also that it is not too late to be further enriched (and enrich Wyneken Hall 102 others!) by meaningful study of the timeless written Word of God and Word made flesh, our sinless once-crucified and ever-living Brother-Savior Jesus Christ! Rev. Samuel Beltz Beltz graduated with a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in 2011 and was called to St. John Lutheran Church in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He also holds a master’s DR. KENT REV. SAMUEL degree in Theology and Leadership from Gonzaga University. He is currently the BURRESON circuit visitor of the Marshalltown Circuit in the LCMS Iowa District East and an BELTZ adjunct professor for Indian Hills Community College in the Continuing Education and Workforce Solutions Department.

Teaching My Boys to Use the Toilet: Reflections on Luther’s Third and Fourth Heidelberg Theses and How They Unfold in Daily Life Oswald Bayer astutely observes that humans are creatures in constant need for justifications. It is our bondage. Much human activity goes into securing justifications for the self and the conscience corum hominibus. Bayer asserts two main ways humans justify themselves; doing-morality-praxis and/or thinking-metaphysics- theory. According to Luther, the works of humans (theory and/or praxis) always seem attractive and beneficial for/from the human. We humans are prone to trust in those works and justify our existences by those works leading to our greatest good works being mortal sins. According to Luther, God is at work stripping away all things that the human creature might use to justify his or her existence before God 2:15-3p.m. and the rest of the world so that God alone might be “just and the justifier.” Luther doesn’t say this, but he should, that the proper work of the theologian of the cross TUESDAY is to work with God to bring about the justification of the human creature — corum deo. Through a series of anecdotal reflections woven together with clear theological Sieck Hall 205 reflections from Bayer and Luther, this presentation will reveal how and why Luther’s Heidelberg thesis, and its assertions, are timely for the faith and daily lives of 21st century American Christians and preachers, living in an age engulfed with a crisis of justifications. DR. ADAM REV. ROBERT CLARK BERNHARDT

Rev. Robert Berhardt Bernhardt is a founder of the Intersect Arts Center in St. Louis, Mo., a place of belonging for creativity, community and the church. He is an associate pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Mo. He earned his Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in 2012.

Sarah Berhardt Bernhardt is a St. Louis-based artist, curator and community activist, as well as SARAH a lecturer at the University of Missouri—St. Louis and Saint Louis University. She is a founder and director of the Intersect Arts Center in St. Louis, Mo., a place of BERNHARDT belonging for creativity, community and the church. Bernhardt holds a Master of Fine Arts from Washington University in St. Louis.

Beauty Between Theory and Practice Join the founders of Intersect Arts Center, Sarah and Rev. Robert Bernhardt, to explore a conversation around the arts as a language for hospitality and inclusion, social justice work in an urban context and the theology of beauty. We will discuss hands-on approaches and examples from the arts center ministry, as well as the undergirding theory and theology for this work!

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Sieck Hall 202 Dr. Kent Burreson Burreson, a Concordia Seminary faculty member since 2000, is an associate DR. KENT professor of Systematic Theology and dean of the Chapel of St. Timothy and BURRESON St. Titus. He teaches courses on the confessions, systematics, religious bodies, Byzantine theology and worship. He served as assistant pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Mishawaka, Ind. (1999-2000). He holds a Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology from Concordia Seminary (1992, 1994); a master’s degree and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. (1997, 2002); and a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind. (1988).

Ad fontem in crucem: The Formative Function of the Cross as Artistic and Ritual Sign In Galatians 4:14, Paul says, “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” For Paul the cross is substantially more than a sign, but the way of life for those who live under the rule and reign of the Crucified and Risen One. The cross should never degenerate into mere sign. As an effective symbol it should do something to those 10:15a.m. who receive it. It should form the lives of those upon whom it has been inscribed, as TUESDAY it did for Paul. We will trace this formative power of the cross as a visual, auditory, physical and ritual symbol, shaping the lives of Christian disciples from the New Testament to the present era. In a world in which crosses abound as detached signs, Werner Auditorium often in cheap and kitschy ways, we will seek to answer the question: How can the cross as symbol inscribed upon the eyes, ears, mouth and body continue to form the lives of the disciples of the Crucified and Risen One today?

Dr. Adam Clark DR. ADAM Clark holds a Ph.D. in Christian ethics. He also serves as the associate pastor for CLARK Outreach and Teaching at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Mishawaka, Ind., and director of Michiana Lifetree Conversation Cafe.

Beyond Natural Law: Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Crucified Christ and Creation Ethics Recently, many Christian theologians have been working to retrieve creation as a basis for morality and human rights, especially by reviving “natural law” as a key category for ethics and politics. These efforts evince a commendable desire to show love and do justice both to our human neighbors and to God, to whom all creation ultimately belongs. However, Dietrich Bonhoeffer outlines concepts of “the good” and “the right,” grounded in Scriptural claims about the significance of Christ and divine lordship that fundamentally call into question many of these efforts. Along the way this presentation will show that a Lutheran theology of the cross provides an 3:15-4p.m. important cornerstone for Bonhoeffer’s claims and also that the core of the church’s mission is at stake in this debate. Finally, the presentation will briefly identify the TUESDAY key step to reclaiming the proper moral and political significance of creation on the “other side” of these criticisms. This presentation thus will trace in outline form three Sieck Hall 206 of the most pivotal arguments from Clark’s dissertation, recently defended at the University of Notre Dame and now under revision for publication. REV. JACOB Rev. Jacob Corzine CORZINE Corzine is an assistant professor of Theology at Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Ill., where he often teaches Christian doctrine and world religions. Before holding this position, he served for three years as Lutheran campus pastor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Denials of the Existence of God in Hans-Joachim Iwand’s Lectures on Faith and Knowledge Iwand (1899-1960) considered three primary motivations for the modern-day denial of God’s existence: God’s invisibility, the pursuit of justice and the desire for freedom. This presentation considers each of these motivations individually in-depth and also in connection with one another, and coordinates them with the more foundational principle that, without the working of the Holy Spirit, the bound human will is, in p.m. 1:30-2:15 fact, incapable of anything other than a denial of God. By means of this bridge, WEDNESDAY it is possible to connect these current forms of denial of God to the Reformation discovery that unbelief is actually a denial of God’s promises of redemption. Sieck Hall 203 Dr. Timothy Dost DR. TIMOTHY Dost is an associate professor of Historical Theology and faculty secretary at DOST Concordia Seminary. He earned a Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern California (1997). He received his Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary (1985) and a bachelor’s degree in history from Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind. (1981). His writing works include Renaissance Humanism in Support of the Gospel in Luther’s Early Correspondence: Taking All Things Captive. Dost has presented on the causes of divisions within the LCMS as well as on Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, George Spalatin, Katie Luther and Darwinism.

A Life That Sees Things God’s Way: God’s Word Versus Aristotelian Appearance in the Heidelberg Disputation In the Heidelberg Disputation, the cross for Luther simply represents the prime example of Christ’s work in our lives. Many other biblical examples also could be adduced. While the world judges by appearances, the Christian guided by this Word, 1:15-2p.m. sees things through new eyes and begins to see matters the way God also sees TUESDAY them. As a result, the believer is able to take action in his or her life as well as pray, praise and give thanks to God, even when this does not appear to be the obvious response. In this way, our sufferings can be seen as a mirror of the sufferings of Werner Auditorium Christ who, in addition to forgiveness through the cross, also empowers His believers to be little Christs to the world. DR. JEFFREY Dr. Jeffrey Dukeman Dukeman serves as pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Gulfport, Miss. He DUKEMAN has also served as an adjunct professor for Concordia Seminary’s Ethnic Immigrant Institute of Theology (EIIT) since 2014. He holds a Ph.D. in doctrinal theology from Concordia Seminary. He expanded his dissertation into a book, Mutual Hierarchy: A New Approach to Social Trinitarianism, now under contract for publishing.

Jesus as a Priestly Sacrifice in the Matthean Passion Narrative Critically using Robert Sherman’s description of the priestly office as a starting point, this presentation argues that Jesus is a priestly sacrifice in the Matthean Passion narrative. It proceeds in two steps. First, it mines the Passion narrative for key references and possible allusions to various Old Testament entities connected to the priestly office: holy places, holy times, priests and things associated with them, and key Old Testament citations and allusions. Second, it provides a theological 11:15a.m.-noon analysis of certain related themes befitting Jesus being a priestly sacrifice in the WEDNESDAY Passion narrative, namely, irony and the juxtaposition of innocence and guilt. The presentation also provides some theological takeaways. Sieck Hall 205 DR. JEFFREY GIBBS Dr. Jeffrey Gibbs Gibbs is a professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, where he has been on the faculty since 1992. He earned a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. (1995) and a Master of Sacred Theology (1988) and Master of Divinity (1979) from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind. Gibbs is the part-time pastoral assistant at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in St. Louis. His writing works include Jerusalem and Parousia: Jesus’ Eschatological Discourse in Matthew’s Gospel, Matthew 1:1—11:1, Concordia Commentary, Matthew 11:2—20:32, Concordia Commentary and Matthew 21:1-28:20, Concordia Commentary.

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me: Living the New Life in the Same Old Age The familiar “now/not yet” tension in theology is not just an idea; it is central to a.m. 11:15 -noon living as believers today. The New Testament’s teaching about cross-bearing and WEDNESDAY paradoxical greatness remains as true today as ever, calling us to reject the lies of this present evil age and to live by faith in the new creation in Christ. Werner Auditorium

REV. CHARLES HENRICKSON Rev. Charles Henrickson Henrickson is the pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran in Bonne Terre, Mo. He holds Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology degrees from Concordia Seminary. He teaches Greek and Latin for the Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education, as well as history, literature and theology for the Wittenberg Academy.

Heidelberg 500: Theological Paradoxes, the Theology of the Cross and Luther Becoming Lutheran In 1518, less than six months after the 95 Theses, Martin Luther presented a number of “theological paradoxes” at the Heidelberg Disputation, an important step in Luther’s development and in the history of the Reformation. Luther is breaking free of medieval scholasticism, which taught, “To the one who does that which is within a.m. 11:15 -noon him, God does not deny grace.” He challenges commonly held beliefs on works and WEDNESDAY the will. All this, early on!

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REV. DANIEL Rev. Daniel Herb Herb serves as pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Middletown, Ohio, called there HERB in 2007 from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. Before attending the Seminary, he worked as an engineer in the auto industry for 15 years upon graduation from Purdue University.

Outreach from the Cross: Creed as Layman’s Theological Treatise on the Faith One of the great challenges of our day for the advancement of the Gospel is the confidence of Lutherans to converse with non-Lutherans and nonbelievers about what it means to be a Lutheran; just what is it that we believe. Peter writes (1 Peter 3:15), “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” Many laity struggle with articulating the content of the faith. This presents a challenge 1:30-2:15p.m. for pastors in equipping the saints with tools through which the Holy Spirit can WEDNESDAY work. While there is no shortage of new programs and training promising results, let us consider a return to the creed that has been passed down to us through the Wyneken Hall 102 centuries and explore how it can help us confess the faith in the 21st century. DR. ERIK Dr. Erik Herrmann Herrmann is associate professor of Historical Theology, chairman of the Department HERRMANN of Historical Theology, director of Concordia Theology and director of the Center for Reformation Research at Concordia Seminary. He received his Ph.D. (2005) and Master of Divinity (2000) from Concordia Seminary. He has served as a guest lecturer at the Luther Academy in Riga, Latvia; the Församlingsfakulteten in Göteborg, Sweden; and the Comenius University of Bratislava, Slovakia. He was a post-doctoral Stipendiat at the Insitut für Europäische Geschichte in Mainz, Germany, in the summer of 2006.

Luther’s Theology of Suffering and Pastoral Care: Trying to Make Sense of Suffering In today’s society, suffering is the great horizon for ethics. The effort to remove or avoid the experience of suffering is one of the criterion for what is just or good. But 1:15-2p.m. this has led to the justification of a great many moribund decisions, from abortion to TUESDAY euthanasia. Yet for Christians who find the cross as the touchstone for life, suffering can be transformed. Luther, in particular, believed that the word of the cross brought Sieck Hall 101 about a reformation of suffering.

REV. SCOTT Rev. Scott Holder Holder is an admissions officer for Concordia Seminary. He previously served as HOLDER pastor at Oak Road Lutheran Church, Lilburn, Ga. (2012-17), and at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Logan, Utah (2001-12). He received his Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary in 2001 and a bachelor’s degree in food science and technology from Texas Tech University. He is currently completing a Doctor of Ministry degree in missional leadership through Concordia Seminary.

Paul and Timothy: Discipleship, Pastoral Formation and the Next Generation of Pastors According to the Association of Theological Schools, after a decade of decline, enrollments at theological schools across the nation have leveled out. The underlying trends are shifting, and our congregations face continuing vacancies. A vibrant discipleship program is one means of raising up future pastors. This presentation 2:30-3:15p.m. looks at the relationship between Paul and Timothy, looking specifically at some of WEDNESDAY the methods Paul used to disciple young Timothy, which can serve to guide pastors and congregations in discipling the next generation. Such a discipleship process also can be useful in identifying individuals whom God may be forming to become future Sieck Hall 204 pastors as well.

REV. LUKE Rev. Luke Kammrath KAMMRATH Kammrath was a civilian flight test engineer for the U.S. Air Force for when he first heard the call to leave everything behind to follow Jesus. He earned his Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in 2010. He serves as pastor of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Kansas City, Kan. He is the author of Follow Me: The Way of Jesus According to the Gospel of Mark, Father, Into Your Hands: The Way of Jesus According to the Gospel of Luke-Acts and The Way of Jesus Catechism.

Cross-Shaped Politics and Economics Paul says, “Through the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.” In Baptism, we die to the world and all of its ways. The cross of Christ becomes the shape of our entire lives, especially our politics (how we relate to each other) and economics (how we relate to the rest of creation). The shape of the cross is self-sacrifice (not self-defense), weakness (not strength), 2:15-3p.m. self-emptying (not self-accumulation), humility (not arrogance), peacemaking (not violence) and trust (not fear). Cross-shaped politics and economics will certainly TUESDAY be “foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” Sieck Hall 203 DR. JEFF Dr. Jeff Kloha KLOHA Kloha is the chief curatorial officer of the Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C., which he joined in 2017 after serving as provost of Concordia Seminary since 1999. His areas of teaching and research include the textual and canonical history of the early Christian writings, hermeneutics and the Pauline Epistles. He has published peer-reviewed essays in the areas of New Testament textual criticism and the use of New Testament texts in early Christianity. He is a frequent conference presenter, radio guest and television documentary commentator.

Carry On: The Centrality of the Cross “The Cross” and the victory achieved by the Resurrection are the decisive events of the New Testament. They not only accomplish salvation, they also define a new way of being in the world for those who have been saved. This presentation seeks to describe the relationship between Jesus’ cross and the cross that all those who are 9:15a.m. in Christ are called to carry: persecution, humiliation, weakness, self-denial, putting TUESDAY off the flesh, power and victory all characterize those who have been “co-crucified with Christ.” What does it look like — in the midst of our own crooked and perverse Werner Auditorium generation — for the church to carry the cross?

Rev. Paul Landgraf REV. PAUL Landgraf graduated from Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, in 1985 and LANDGRAF Concordia Seminary in 1990, adding Master of Sacred Theology degrees in both 1998 and 2012. He has served as an urban district missionary in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa, Coventry England and rural Missouri. He has presented papers on the literary structures of Genesis, Matthew, John, the Pauline Epistles and Hebrews.

A More Literary (and Still Lutheran) Look at the Lord’s Prayer (and Also a “Handy” Way to Pray!) The two “versions” of the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6 and Luke 11 are often compared chronologically, due mainly to our “modern” quest for historically based answers, but a literary perspective makes for more fruitful conclusions. Both the context and the structure of these two prayers support the most common connections between their accounts and their appropriate so-called “living creature” of God’s throne 2:30-3:15p.m. (Matthew and a man, Luke and an ox). Additionally, the particular placement of that unbelievably rare word within both prayers which, for most Christians, is usually WEDNESDAY translated as “daily” (taglich), will help in understanding the word’s meaning and, more importantly, its usefulness. What Luther wrote elsewhere in the Sermon on the Wyneken Hall 103 Mount regarding the way God works “secretly” is also applicable here (AE 21:208).

REV. DAVID LEWIS Rev. David Lewis Lewis is an assistant professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Seminary, where he has served on the faculty since 2004. He is currently studying for his Doctor of Philosophy at the Seminary from which he earned a Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology (1994, 1998). He received a bachelor’s degree from California State University in Fullerton, Calif. (1988). His writing works include Cinema and the American Mind from The American Mind Meets the Mind of Christ.

The Cross and Cruciform Imagery in Christ-Figure Films In a Christ-figure film, one of the most common techniques by which the film identifies the Christ-figure is by depicting this character in cruciform or by associating this character with the cross of Jesus Christ. What is the function of 1:30-2:15p.m. a Christ-figure’s “crucifixion” in these films? This presentation will look at pivotal scenes in “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Cowboys” and “Gran Torino” to answer how the WEDNESDAY cross is used in these films to present the mission and goal of a Christ-figure.

Sieck Hall 201 DR. DAVID Dr. David Maxwell MAXWELL Maxwell is a professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary. He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. (2003), a Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology from Concordia Seminary (1995, 1997), a Master of Arts from Washington University in St. Louis (1995) and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas in Austin (1991). He was ordained at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elkhart, Ind. (2003). He frequently presents on the field of patristic exegesis and recently produced a translation of Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on John. He is currently working on a translation of Cyril of Alexandria’s commentaries on Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, and Hebrews.

The Cross in Early Christian Art and Devotion The sixth century saw a turn toward the cross as the focal point of art, devotion and even theological controversy. As pieces of the “true cross” began to travel around 1:30-2:15p.m. the empire, hymns about the cross were composed, some of which are in our WEDNESDAY hymnal. In the theological landscape, theologians argued about whether we could affirm that “One of the Trinity was crucified in the flesh.” What is behind this turn toward the cross? Werner Auditorium DR. JAMES MARRIOTT Wrap Up and Itinerarium

Dr. James Marriott Marriott serves as the director of musical arts and the Kreft Chair for Music Arts at Concordia Seminary, where he teaches worship courses and oversees a diverse range of musical activities associated with the worship and ministry life of the Seminary community. Holding undergraduate and graduate degrees in Parish Music from Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, and Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, respectively, he received his Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies in 2017 from Garrett- Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Ill., with an emphasis in liturgical inculturation. Until 2017, he served as the founder and artistic director for Evangelii, the youth choir of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisle, Ill., which toured annually across 3:30-3:45p.m. the nation, including performances at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, the LCMS national convention and other significant venues. He is a frequent composer WEDNESDAY and performer, with recent hymn festivals at churches in Missouri, Alabama, Illinois and Texas. Werner Auditorium

DR. DALE A. MEYER

Welcome

Dr. Dale A. Meyer Meyer is president of Concordia Seminary. Meyer first joined the faculty at Concordia Seminary as a guest instructor, serving from 1979 to 1981. He then served as an assistant professor from 1981 to 1984. In 2001, he rejoined the faculty and continues to serve as professor of Practical Theology in addition to his role as president. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary (1973), and a master’s degree (1974) and a doctorate (1986) in classical languages from Washington University in St. Louis. He completed his bachelor’s degree (1969) at Concordia a.m. Senior College in Fort Wayne, Ind. He also is the recipient of an honorary Doctor of 9 Divinity (1993) from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind. TUESDAY

Werner Auditorium Rev. Matthew Moss Moss serves as senior pastor of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Corcoran-Maple Grove, Minn. He previously served as pastor of St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Immanuel Lutheran of Klinger and Community Lutheran REV. MATTHEW School in Readlyn, Iowa. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Concordia MOSS Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., and a Master of Arts in biblical studies from the University of Durham.

At the Grave with Moses and Luther: The Theology of the Cross in Psalm 90 In his 1534 lecture on Psalm 90, Martin Luther praised the work as “Moses at his most Mosaic (Mosissimus Moses).” This presentation will assert that Luther is at his most Lutheran. The theology of the cross shines forth as Luther properly distinguishes the Law and the Gospel, all the while placing it in the real human struggle between life and death. The Law is clear and deadly with the stark language Moses employs, and the Gospel is there with true comfort, albeit veiled and waiting for its New Testament fulfillment in Christ. This presentation will provide a brief exegesis of Psalm 90 and an analysis of Luther’s lecture. This will provide our footing for a deep examination 3:15-4p.m. of this Psalm’s most frequent use in pastoral ministry, which occurs outside the TUESDAY lectionary, in the rite of “Comforting the Bereaved” of Lutheran Service Book: Pastoral Care Companion. Modern sensibilities will be easily offended by a bare Sieck Hall 203 reading of Psalm 90 or Luther’s lecture. These do not speak about death or God in a manner common among us! Yet it will be clear from this study that for true comfort to be found, the pastor must learn how to speak of death in this manner that he might preach Christ and Him crucified to the fullest comfort of those mourning or afraid in the face of death.

Dr. Paul Muench For 19 years, Muench, now a professor emeritus, served as communication professor DR. PAUL at Concordia University Texas and also taught on the subjects of anthropology and MUENCH the New Testament. He previously served as a theological education assistant to the Ingrian Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg, Russia; executive director of Lutheran Bible Translators; and a professor at the Oswald Hoffman School of Outreach of Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn. He has taught and led seminars in Canada, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kazakhstan and Costa Rica, Ecuador, Australia, Korea and Taiwan. In addition to his Master of Divinity, Muench holds a master’s degree in the study of mission and a Ph.D. in intercultural studies.

The Cross Alone: An Action Theology “And He (Christ) died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again” (2 Cor. 5:15). Christ acted on our behalf so that we would return to God in order to serve Him in His Kingdom. The purpose of Christ’s death was to make salvation possible. Jesus consistently enlisted 2:15-3p.m. those who trusted Him into that purpose. The man healed of demon possession TUESDAY pleaded to go with Jesus; however, Jesus said, “Return home and tell how much God has done for you” (Luke 8:39). Peter was told to “feed my sheep” (John 21:15- Wyneken Hall 103 18). Jesus described Paul as “my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles …” (Acts 9:15). Our commission is to make disciples “as you go.” “The Cross Alone” is an action theology! Dr. Jonathan Mumme Mumme is associate professor of Theology at Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon. He serves as an editor for Lutherische Beiträge and co-chair of the Marquette Ecumenical Martin Luther Working Group. Mumme is co-editor of Feasting in a Famine of the Word of God: Lutheran Preaching in the Twenty-First DR. JONATHAN Century, forthcoming volumes on Luther’s Leipzig Debate of 1519 and on Lutheran MUMME ecclesiology. Realizing the Potential of a Confessional Lutheran Ecclesiology: Ernst Kinder on the Church The twofold purpose of this presentation is (1) to introduce readers unfamiliar with his work to the ecclesiology of Ernst Kinder as a prime example of the theological and ecumenical potential of confessional Lutheran thinking on the church and (2) to augment the potential of Kinder’s ecclesiology by naming inversions of Lutheran confessionalism and by correcting a few contradictions in Kinder’s own work. Kinder’s basic conviction that church is wrought and sustained by the monergistic while mediate working of God is born of a particular and oft-neglected “evangelical” (as opposed to Protestant) reading of the Lutheran Reformation and its confessional documents, which sees the nascent ecclesiology of the Lutheran movement as best 2:15-3p.m. observed in heuristic, diagnostic and regulative principles. These principles, when TUESDAY attended, fruitfully undermine typical ecclesiological categories of a subsequent cultural-Protestantism (Kulturprotestantismus) and vivify ecumenical interaction by focusing discussion about the church on what makes the church. Against certain Sieck Hall 201 confessionalist tendencies, the Lutheran confession of the faith stands as a “Shall” (“Soll”) for the whole church and so never exists as a thing unto itself, an “Is” (“Sein”). Correctives to Kinder’s praiseworthy ecclesiological project are offered as modifications to his somewhat anachronistic reading of the Augsburg Confession and in the daring thesis that the subsequent history of Lutheranism, theologically considered, can be read as an argument for the evangelical orthodoxy of episcopal polity.

Dr. Peter Nafzger DR. PETER Nafzger is assistant professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary. He NAFZGER previously served as a guest instructor at the Seminary through the Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) Program, as well as an adjunct professor at Concordia University, St. Paul, Minn. (2010-11). He was the sole pastor of New Life Church—Lutheran in Hugo, Minn. (2007-16), before joining the Seminary faculty. He has filled several administrative roles in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Minnesota South District, namely at district conventions and as part of its continuing education committee. Nafzger holds a Master of Divinity and Ph.D. from Concordia Seminary (2004, 2009).

The Preacher of the Cross as Proclaimer and Teacher In recent years a helpful systematic distinction has been made between proclamation and explanation. Theology, it is rightly said, is for proclamation. Faithful a.m. proclamation, in turn, is God’s address to His people through preachers. Yet to 11:15 -noon “say what a thing is,” as Luther says of the theologian of the cross, preachers must WEDNESDAY speak both words from God and words about God. That is, they preach and teach, proclaim and explain, declare and exhort. In doing so, preachers of the cross bring Sieck Hall 101 hearers into a Christian understanding of the world and equip them for faithful living in it. Benjamin Nickodemus Nickodemus is pursuing a Ph.D. in New Testament studies at Concordia Seminary. He is composing his dissertation on Paul’s ethnic identity argument in the book of Galatians. He also is an adjunct instructor of theology at Concordia University— Portland, Ore.

BENJAMIN What Calvin and Hobbes Taught Me About the Apostle Paul: The Role NICKODEMUS of Imagination and the Theology of the Cross This presentation looks at the underexplored topic of Paul’s discourse of the meaning and significance of the cross as a structure of imagination (with particular emphasis on Galatians and 1 Corinthians). This will use current studies of imagination following Byrne, Kearney and Heit. Rather than thinking of imagination as simply speculative fantasy, it is a very real way of seeing the world from an alternate perspective. Imagination, in this sense, is a way of seeing the reality of something that others do not see via a particular hermeneutical lens. Paul’s theology of the significance of the cross fits precisely with this model – that it is “foolishness” and a “scandal” to others (1 Cor. 1:23-24), but that Christians see something in it that others cannot (the power and wisdom of God). This is the power hidden in weakness as depicted throughout Paul’s letters. This has implications for the role of imagination in theodicy. Rather than simply explaining suffering as a temporary status, the p.m. 1:15-2 imagination of power hidden in suffering shifts the entire way that one depicts the TUESDAY reality of one’s life and identity through a new avenue of meaning. Further, Paul’s imagination is meant to be a shared imaginary that creates intimacy and unity to a Wyneken Hall 102 group who collectively see in one another their shared purpose and meaning in the theology of the cross. This presentation will use Bill Watterson’s brilliant portrayal of imagination and meaning in his comic, Calvin and Hobbes, as an exploratory foil from which to draw the lessons on imagination that can then be applied to Paul. To date, there have been very few serious discussions of imagination as a helpful structure to consider Paul’s letters which this presentation seeks to address.

DR. JOEL Dr. Joel Okamoto Okamoto serves as a professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary. He OKAMOTO received his Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Theology and Doctor of Theology degrees from Concordia Seminary (1993, 1996, 1997). He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1982). Before joining the Seminary, Okamoto served as assistant pastor at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in St. Louis (1996-98). Okamoto served as chairman of the curriculum review committee as the Seminary transitioned revised its Master of Divinity curriculum and converted from academic quarters to semesters in 2017.

The Word of the Cross and the Story of Everything When Christians think of the “word of the cross,” they usually think of the message about Christ’s death on the cross reconciling God and sinners. But Christ’s death on the cross matters to more than how to think of atonement. It bears on how to a.m. think of God and creation, that is, everything. Today Christians find themselves in 10-11 situations where everything they believe, teach and confess is subject to questions, WEDNESDAY doubts, suspicions, alternatives and indifference. So it is vital that Christians today understand how Christ crucified matters in their story of everything, and also learn Werner Auditorium to speak the word of the cross in its fullness. Rev. David Ramirez Ramirez received his Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. (CTSFW), in 2008, and is currently working toward his Master of REV. DAVID Sacred Theology from CTSFW. He serves at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Union Grove, Wis. He has written for several Lutheran publications and contributed an RAMIREZ essay, “A Taxonomy of American Lutheran ‘Evangelical Catholics,’” for the book Theology is Eminently Practical: Essays in Honor of John T. Pless. His current focus of research and study has been on the three estates, in particular the duties that civil government has in regard to religion.

Luther “On Secular Authority” and Religious Liberty in 1523 As Christians in America are increasingly marginalized and driven from the public square, questions concerning the proper relationship between church and state are in the forefront of the minds of the faithful. In such times, it is wise to listen to our forefathers and their testimony concerning the proper relationship between civil government and the church. Martin Luther’s “On Secular Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed” has been rightly viewed as a foundational expression of his 11:15a.m.-noon thought on the distinction and relationship between civil and ecclesiastical authority. WEDNESDAY However, this work is often read without appropriately taking into consideration the particular circumstances surrounding the writing and the further development of Luther’s thought. After a brief historical background and review of the immediate Sieck Hall 204 circumstances, this presentation will offer an analysis of “On Secular Authority” structured by the writing’s three main divisions. The presentation will highlight both continuity in Luther’s overall thought concerning the proper relationship between civil and ecclesiastical authority and subsequent refinement — particularly in regard to religious liberty.

Dr. John Rasmussen DR. JOHN Rasmussen serves as the associate pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in South Windsor, Conn. He graduated from Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, with a RASMUSSEN bachelor’s in Spanish. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the area of applied apologetics. He blogs regularly at The Beggars.

On Being an Apologist of the Cross: Reflections on Apologetics in Light of Luther’s 1518 Heidelberg Disputation The practice of apologetics — “the defense of the faith” — inevitably reflects one’s own theological presuppositions. Multiple theories about apologetic practice exist in the American church, all of which defend the faith with a specific theological flavor. For example, the pre-suppositional apologetic method relies on Reformed theology, and many evidential or classical apologetic methods assume Arminian theology. With that said, is there such thing as a distinctly Lutheran view of apologetics? And p.m. if so, what does such a view look like? While Lutherans have often neglected the 3:15-4 practice of apologetics, Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation provides the theological TUESDAY groundwork for a distinctly Lutheran practice of apologetics — one that takes into account the captivity of fallen human beings to other worldviews, provides a Wyneken Hall 103 strategy for deconstructing such worldviews and keeps Christ crucified at the center of our defense rather than on the periphery. KELLY SCHUMACHER Kelly Schumacher The founder of Agnus Dei Liturgical Arts in St. Louis, Mo., Schumacher holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She is a draftsman and painter, witnessing to those both inside and outside of the church, and is actively looking for church commissions. She has been featured on the PBS series “Articulate with Jim Cotter,” interviewed for Concordia Seminary’s documentary “500: The Impact of the Reformation Today” and is the published illustrator of several Christian children’s books.

The Cross within the History of Christian Art What is the historical function of art in the church and how it is relevant to the church today? This presentation also will show and explain the artist’s own work 11:15a.m.-noon that incorporates both classical painting and Lutheran theology. In a world where art is about self-expression and everything goes, Schumacher is aiming for art that WEDNESDAY glorifies God and ministers to the needs of the church. She will discuss narrative, realism and Scripture, and the foundations for her artwork. Sieck Hall 202

REV. MATTHEW SHIVE Rev. Matthew Shive Shive graduated from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., in 2007. He serves as the associate pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Sheboygan, Wis. His interests include law enforcement chaplaincy, history and epistemology.

He Still Takes Care of Them One of the great challenges in the 21st century comes with caring for people with Alzheimer’s. In Europe and Canada there is growing movement to allow those in the later stages of Alzheimer’s the option to die. The conversation also has begun in the United States. This presentation will explore the challenges coming from our culture regarding Alzheimer’s, and in particular, how it affects a person’s identity, meaning and purpose. It will apply the reality and hope that the theology of the cross offers a person and family who are struggling with memory loss and their identity, meaning p.m. 3:15-4 and purpose. Pastoral care suggestions for caregivers and those diagnosed with TUESDAY Alzheimer’s will be considered.

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Wrap Up and Itinerarium

Rev. Paul Sieveking Sieveking serves as Concordia Seminary’s campus chaplain and the director of Continuing Education. He received an associate’s degree from St. Paul’s College in Concordia, Mo. (1970); a bachelor’s degree from Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Ind. (1972); and a Master of Divinity degree from Concordia Seminary (1976). Before joining the Seminary staff, Sieveking served the LCMS Iowa District West in a variety of capacities, including as a pastor, circuit counselor, second vice president and district president. 3:30-3:45p.m. WEDNESDAY

Werner Auditorium DR. PETER Dr. Peter Steinke Steinke is an internationally acclaimed church consultant and the author of 11 books, STEINKE including Preaching the Theology of the Cross and Teaching Fish to Walk. His newest book, UPROAR: Leadership in Anxious Times will be published in January. Steinke initiated the Bridgebuilder program for conflict resolution in churches. He holds an honorary Doctor of Letters from Concordia Seminary.

Preaching the Theology of the Cross in a Time of Massive Cultural Shifts “God in diapers, God at the breast of Mary, God at the carpenter’s bench, God on a cross,” Martin Luther asks, “who would look to find him there?” God is to be known in His weakness, suffering on the cross, not in those things we deem superior, glorious, majestic, powerful and mighty. The only glorious glimpse we get is “the little, near face of Jesus Christ.” How can we effectively and persuasively preach Christ crucified in a world doting on celebrity, boasting of status and hungering for safety when the cross is still foolishness to many and a mental stumbling block to others. p.m. 1:15-2 God in a fleeing refugee, God in a mentally unstable person, God in the streets with TUESDAY the homeless, God in the court of justice — who would look to find Him there? You and I would. We will look at Luther’s theology of the cross in terms of today’s world Sieck Hall 203 and how it can be the bridge between being pastoral and prophetic.

Rev. Jason Swan Swan is a 2013 Master of Divinity graduate of Concordia Seminary. He received his undergraduate degree from Concordia University, Nebraska, Seward, in history with a minor in geography. He is currently serving as pastor of Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Seattle, Wash.

REV. JASON Seeing the Cross of Christ as the Full and Visible Manifestation of the S WA N Glory of YHWH In the great hymn of Colossians 1 we hear in verse 19, “For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,” and in 20, “and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” It is in these great verses where we are reminded how the church and world has received revelation of the totality of the work of YHWH to bring reconciliation and restoration to the cosmos. This timeless work of the Triune God has been pointed to through the entire history of the world, in things like nature as we hear David in Psalm 19:1 write: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” We see the work of God through the prefiguring types of Adam, Moses, Melchizedek and in the prophetic Word and Law given to the people of Israel. Now, in modern times, the concept of archetypes, cultivated by Carl Jung, is making its way back into the consciousness of the larger culture through various commentaries 3:15-4p.m. by educational and cultural figures. This presentation seeks to look at how the TUESDAY types of Christ, who prefigured the Word becoming flesh and dwelling among us, also helps us understand how the cultural archetypes themselves are a reflection of the work and glory of YHWH through all of nature and humanity. While a typical Sieck Hall 204 understanding of archetypes is as a reflection of the “Collective Unconscious,” the reality of the cross makes the knowledge of God greater that just a manifestation of the collective mind of humanity. The Living God truly has come down into this world and all manner of shadows, types and archetypes that were dim and unclear, due to a lack of understanding, are now bright and clear through the revelation of the cross of Christ. This presentation will work to bring that which is dim into the light of understanding found in and through the person of Jesus and His work on the cross. DR. JOHN Dr. John Tape TAPE Tape received his doctorate in Systematic Theology from Concordia Seminary. He currently serves as the pastoral adviser of the Lutheran Student Center at Wichita State University and the vacancy pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in Andover, Kan. He also is a guest lecturer for Concordia Seminary’s Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) Program.

The Historic Liturgy: Important or Adiaphoron? Yes. In the LCMS today worship is a topic of much discussion. There are those in the Synod who insist that the historic liturgy is the only proper way to worship. There are others who prefer contemporary worship. Is there any solution to this dilemma? This presentation says there is. We will look at why the historic liturgy is important. We also will focus on the evangelical freedom we have in Christ. (Because “The 2:30-3:15p.m. Cross Alone is Our Theology!”) The last section of the presentation will discuss WEDNESDAY the Adiaphoristic Controversy of the 16th century and what we can learn from its resolution in the Formula of Concord. Sieck Hall 205

DR. JAMES Dr. James W. Voelz W. VOELZ A faculty member since 1989, Voelz is graduate professor of Exegetical Theology. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in New Testament studies from Cambridge University in Cambridge, England (1978); a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary (1971); and a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, Ind. (1967). He has been involved with the North American-centered Society of Biblical Literature since 1977, presenting papers regularly on a wide range of topics, generally in the areas of the Greek language, hermeneutics and the Gospel of Mark.

Annual Dr. Jack Dean Kingsbury Lecture in New Testament Theology: The Death of Jesus and its Aftermath in the Gospel According to Mark The death of Jesus is the place in the Gospel of Mark where our Lord’s mission reaches its climax. This is confirmed by Jesus’ final moments and by the aftermath of 7-8:30p.m. His atoning act, including the tearing of the veil of the temple and the confession of the centurion. These events provide a bookend, as it were, to Mark’s narrative, which TUESDAY corresponds to the beginning of Jesus’ mission in 1:10-11. Werner Auditorium Rev. Andrew Wright Wright graduated in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in biblical languages from Concordia University Ann Arbor, Mich. In 2011, he completed his Master of Divinity degree at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind. The following year, he served as a graduate assistant for Concordia Theological Quarterly and completed REV. ANDREW his course work for a Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.). In 2012 he was called to WRIGHT serve as pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone, Iowa. In 2018 he earned an S.T.M. in Systematic Theology.

The Admonishment and Instruction of the Christian by God’s Law As Seen in Martin Luther’s Sermon for Trinity 19 and the Solid Declaration Article VI of the Solid Declaration references a sermon of Martin Luther on Ephesians 4:22–28 as part of its defense and explanation of the Third Use of the Law. In this sermon and the Formula, many themes are present. Chiefly is the admonishment of the Law as it relates to the Christian as simul iustus et peccator, and then in turn, how this same Law instructs the Christian who is a new man in Christ. The symposium theme, “The Cross Alone is Our Theology!” is seen in the cruciform shape of dying and rising through God’s Law and Gospel preached in the life of the 1:30-2:15p.m. Christian as justified man and sinner. Samplings in other works of Luther also are presented to show that this sermon is not inconsistent with Luther’s overall theology WEDNESDAY of the Law. Analyzing the text of this sermon, it then is compared with its place in the Solid Declaration. After careful study, this presentation defends the fact that Sieck Hall 206 Luther does preach the Law as both admonition and instruction in this sermon, and the Formula of Concord is in agreement with this same theology. It is shown that, for the Christian, admonition is connected to instruction as the preacher warns his hearers, forgives them in Christ and teaches them with the Law what is to be their new lives in Christ.

Dr. Michael Zeigler DR. MICHAEL Zeigler holds a Master of Divinity degree (2010) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (2014) from Concordia Seminary. Before answering the call to ministry, he served ZEIGLER five years in the U.S. Air Force after earning a general engineering degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Zeigler currently serves as the pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in St. Louis, Mo., and in 2018 was named as Lutheran Hour Speaker. In 2011, he published Christian Hope Among Rivals. He also is a member of Concordia Seminary’s The Gospel of Mark presentation team.

Apologetics Under the Cross: “Comparative Eschatology” and Reason for Our Hope The Apostle Peter instructs us to be ready to give a defense to all who ask about the reason for our hope. We should be ready, but the cross always stands in the way. The cross reflects how the world rejects our evidence for hope. It is also a scandal that underscores the hiddenness of God. A “comparative eschatology” can help 1:30-2:15p.m. our apologetics under the cross. Comparative eschatology studies the similarities WEDNESDAY and differences between the life-organizing stories that generate eschatological hope (secular and religious, theistic and atheistic). This aids Christian apologetics first by revealing how all stories of hope suffer from a scandal of their own, then Sieck Hall 202 by redirecting to the story of Jesus. Such an approach gives concrete direction for Christians to give reason for their hope, even under the cross.