Reflection on the Lutheran Ethos in Education
Explore the integration of Lutheran beliefs with academic disciplines, emphasizing the significance of Christ's redemption and human dignity in teaching various subjects.
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Christ at the Center CUWAA Adjunct Faculty Orientation: The Lutheran Ethos in the Classroom The Rev. Dr. Jason D. Lane
Faith and Life: The Small Catechism and its Use in the Classroom CREATE A MIND-PALACE The Ten Commandments The Apostles Creed The Lord s Prayer Please see: https://catechism.cph.org/en /creed.html for Luther s Explanations of the Catechism
What is man that You think of him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings, and crowned him with glory and honor Psalm 8, on being human I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth You shall have no other Gods before me. Our Father, who art in Heaven For our consideration: Let us consider the dignity of every student, male and female, whom God created in His image, who has fallen from God into corruption of sin with Adam and Eve, and who has been redeemed in Christ (Hebrews 2:5-9). How does my class magnify God as Creator and humanity as His most precious creation? How does my discipline threaten to diminish either God or man?
We preach Christ crucified 1 Cor. 1:23 Our redemption in Christ Jesus is not a private or inner-spiritual matter. It is historical fact: suffered under Pontius Pilatus If His death is fact, then so too is the virgin birth and the resurrection from the dead fact. Professors at CUWAA, no matter what discipline, stand as witnesses to the basic factual truth of the birth, death, resurrection, ascension and promised return of God the Son. BUT IT IS ALSO A FACT THAT God redeemed me, a lost and condemned person, purchased and won me from all sin, death, and the power of the devil, not with gold or silver, but with His holy precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, that I may be His own and live under Him in His kingdom, and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, just as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true. Luther s Explanation to the Second Article. How does that fact impact your discipline?
But in fact Jesus is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. The resurrection of Jesus means that sin, death, and the devil have no power over those who are with Christ. 1 Cor. 15:20 The world cannot figure out the meaning of life. Yet Christians believe that they were made to live forever. Christians believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose from the dead to announce that forgiveness to us and bring us to God. How does this change the way that we teach our students in our various disciplines?
I believe in the Holy Spirit I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. What does this mean? I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith. In the same way He calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith. In this Christian church He daily and richly forgives all my sins and the sins of all believers. On the Last Day He will raise me and all the dead, and give eternal life to me and all believers in Christ.
The Holy Sacraments and Lutheran Education: Why Lutherans insist on Doctrine and Practice The Sacrament of Baptism, Holy Absolution, and the Lord s Supper not merely signs of inward grace, but they deliver God s grace and forgiveness to us. The Holy Spirit comes to us only by His external word, and not an inner word. This is not theoretical but practical magic. God is acting: claiming, forgiving, and feeding through these Means of Grace. Therefore, the sacraments are God s work, not ours. Lutheran theology is the vivid and living encounter with Jesus Christ, who is Immanuel, God with us. How might this understanding of God s delivery of salvation animate our teaching?
Some Final Matters of Substance in the Classroom: Christ at the Center Colossians 1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. A Lutheran understanding of the relationship between faith and reason?
