Sun Bible Class

SUNDAY BIBLE CLASS: Resources & Links

Pastor Johnold J. Strey

This page includes resources that supplement the Sunday morning Bible Class that Pastor Strey teaches at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.  The weekly study guides are available here, along with links to books, essays, and other resources that complement each week’s class.  Materials from past classes are also archived below the materials for the current class.  Class participants are encouraged to use these resources as a way to extend the Sunday Bible study’s content into their daily devotional life.

WHAT DO YOU WANT IN A CHURCH?

This study, based on the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3, will be taught twice during the summer of 2012: once from June 3 to July 15, and again from July 22 to September 2.

Class Outline

Study Guides

  • Week 1: The Church in Ephesus
  • Week 2: The Church in Smyrna
  • Week 3: The Church in Pergamum
  • Week 4: The Church in Thyatira
  • Week 5: The Church in Sardis
  • Week 6: The Church in Philadelphia
  • Week 7: The Church in Laodicea

Supplementary Materials

The media page of this blog contains links to the 1981 lectures on Revelation by the late Dr. Siegbert Becker, professor at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.  Go to the media page and scroll down to the Revelation Lectures for links to all the lectures.  The second lecture and the beginning of the third lecture expound on Revelation 2-3.  Please be patient; the audio files may take a while to download before they begin to play.

TRANSLATION AND TRANSMISSION

Class Outline and Materials (links open that lesson’s study guide)

Supplementary Materials

Several resources supplementing this class can be found on the WELS website’s designated translation information page.

This video interview with Anglican scholar N.T. Wright by Logos Bible Software briefly discusses some translation issues during the second and third segments.

The Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Library’s online essay file has several articles about Bible versions and translations.

MAKING SENSE OUT OF SUNDAY

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MAKING SENSE OUT OF LENT

Archived Content - January 8 to April 1, 2012

Class Outline and Materials (links open that lesson’s study guide)

Making Sense out of Sunday

Making Sense out of Lent

Supplementary Materials

  • Purpose of Christian Worship: This file is the outline used by Prof. James Tiefel of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for his lectures on the purpose of Christian worship for the worship class offered to first-year students at the seminary. This is a more complete version of the presentation given during our January 8 class.
  •  Proclaiming the Gospel in Worship: This link takes you an essay by Pastor Strey that was published in the Fall 2008 edition of Wisconsin Lutheran Quarterly.  The three sections of this essay form the basis for the classes on January 15, 22, and 29.  The link opens a page on the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Library’s online essay file website, which offers PDF, DOC, and MP3 versions of the essay.
  • “Martin Luther and Music” segment on Issues, Etc. with Carl Schalk: This link opens up an audio file of an interview on the Lutheran talk show Issues, Etc. with Dr. Carl Schalk, professor emeritus of music at Concordia University in Chicago.  Dr. Schalk’s discussion of Martin Luther’s views on music and his use of music in public worship accentuate points from the classes taught on January 8 and 29.
  • Essays from WLS 2010 Symposium on Worship and Outreach: The 2010 Symposium at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary considered the intersection of worship and outreach.  Three essays from that symposium are available through this link. These resources supplement the material for our final class on February 12.
  • Institute for Worship and Outreach: The Institute for Worship and Outreach is a relatively new organization of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod that serves as an arm of the Conference of Presidents.  The institute encourages solid Lutheran practices in the areas of worship and outreach, demonstrating how these important areas of ministry may work together well to carry out the Great Commission.  Some of the material on the IWO blog augments the final lesson of our class on February 12.
  • Excellence in Worship: This essay was presented by Pastor James Huebner at the 1999 WELS National Conference on Worship, Music, and the Arts.  Pastor Huebner has served Grace Lutheran Church in downtown Milwaukee throughout his entire parish ministry.  At the time the essay was presented, he served as the chairman of the WELS Commission on Evangelism; he now serves as First Vice President of the WELS.  This essay provides further reading that coresponds to our February 12 class on the intersection of worship and outreach.
  • Welcoming Worship – WELS Evangelism Seminar (2007): This file contains the outline for a one-day seminar on worship and outreach prepared by Pastor Jonathan Schroeder.  Pastor Schroeder serves Faith Lutheran Church in Sharpsburg, GA.  Among his several synodical roles, he serves as the moderator of the WELS Institute for Worship and Outreach.  Much of the content for our February 12 class comes from this presentation, and there is a great deal of additional content worth a congregation’s consideration.
  • Compelling Worship, Vital Parishes, Strong Synod: This is a video presentation with Pastor Jonathan Schroeder (see information under the “Welcoming Worship” link above).  The contents of this presentation support the classes on worship and adiaphora (February 5) and worship and outreach (February 12).
  • On the Imposition of Ashes: This is an informational document prepared several years ago by Prof. James Tiefel of Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary.  This outline supplements our class on Ash Wednesday worship offered on February 19.
  • Sufferings and Death of Our Lord according to the Four Gospels: This inexpensive booklet contains a harmony or synopsis of the Four Gospel’s accounts of Jesus’ Passion.  The harmony is divided into seven sections, reflecting the divisions that were commonly used in WELS for reading the Passion history over six midweek services during Lent with the final section read on Good Friday.  This resource may be used to augment our class on February 26.
  • Triduum Services: This blog post from 2010 provides an overview of the traditional services of Holy Week offered on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.  The information here explains the services that we studied on the classes held from March 11 through April 1.
  • Ego Te Baptizo: The Church’s Liturgy as Instrument of the Baptizing God: This is an essay by Dr. Charles Cortright, professor of theology at Wisconsin Lutheran College. The opening portions of the essay describe the practice of baptism in the ancient church as it would have been administered during services like the Easter Vigil, which we discussed during our class on April 1.

A SURVEY OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSIONS

Archived Content – November 13 to December 11, 2011

Class Outline

  • 11/13/2011 — The Three Ecumenical Creeds
  • 11/20/2011 – The Small and Large Catechisms
  • 11/27/2011 – The Augsburg Confession and the Apology
  • 12/04/2011 — The Smalcald Articles
  • 12/11/2011 — The Formula of Concord

Class Materials

Online Resources for the Lutheran Confessions

Printed Editions of the Lutheran Confessions

Complete Editions of the Lutheran Confessions

Selected Lutheran Confessions

“Issues, Etc.” Programs Discussing the Lutheran Confessions

Finally, read this post for even more information about the various editions of the Lutheran Confessions that are available for use today.

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