by Brad Pribbenow | Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
Dr. Gaylan Mathiesen is Professor of Mission and Evangelism at Lutheran Brethren Seminary. He has served in this capacity since the summer of 2005. This summer Gaylan will be retiring, as he completes seventeen years of teaching at LBS. During these years, he has not...
by Brad Pribbenow | Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
Two Distinguishing Marks of Ancient Israel By many accounts, ancient Israel was just like all its near eastern neighbors. Their language had similar origins and their cultural practices looked, in many ways, identical. Yet by two distinguishing marks, ancient Israel...
by Brad Pribbenow | Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
Evangelism… in the Old Testament? For many people today, this phrase sounds like a contradiction in terms. After all, we don’t see the Great Commission until the New Testament, right? (See Matthew 28:19-20 and Acts 1:8.) So why (and how) would Old Testament believers...
by Brad Pribbenow | Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
I was in college when I first learned the difference between centripetal force and centrifugal force. No, it wasn’t in an engineering course. Believe it or not, it was in my campus ministry! Centripetal force is defined as something that moves an object toward a...
by Brad Pribbenow | Faith & Fellowship magazine, Lutheran Brethren Seminary
The book of Psalms is filled with so many memorable and meaningful psalms: “As the deer pants for streams of water…” (Psalm 42:1); “The Lord is my shepherd…” (Psalm 23:1), just to cite a couple. These are the psalms which have endeared this book to so many throughout...
