SIMUL
Editor’s Note Welcome to our ninth issue of SIMUL, the journal of St. Paul Lutheran Seminary. This edition includes a number of insightful articles concerning the Office of the Ministry. In this volume, Mark Menacher explores how Lutheran church This edition bodies have abandoned the ministerial freedom includes a which was restored by the Reformation. Julie number of Smith explains how ministry is truly “ordered” insightful when its number one priority is the unleashing of the Gospel upon the world for the sake of the articles salvation of souls. Roy Harrisville argues that the concerning answer to our shrinking churches isn’t more “bells the Office of and smells” or the elevation of the clergy, but the Ministry. rather promulgating the Word of God. And Virgil Thompson urges our pastors to simply get on with delivering the unconditional promise of Christ for sinners bound in sin, that they might live. Finally, I close out this issue with a review of Eric Metaxas’ Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the Word.
What’s Ahead? Upcoming Issues - We are so excited about this coming year. Our Winter 2024 issue will discuss “Our Other Neighbors,” including our Jewish brothers and sisters and our international students in India and Latin America. Our Spring 2024 issue will discuss our ministry to those suffering from mental illness,
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