These videos consist of a series of questions answered by Dr. Just and Dr. Brauer covering the history and practice of worship in the Christian tradition.
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26 - What are the biblical precedents of the ordinaries, and what is their theological significance?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains the biblical precedents of the ordinaries in the church's liturgy.
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27 - Why was Sunday selected as the day for Christian worship?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains why Sunday is the Christian day of worship.
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28 - Does the sense of eschatology still exist today in our understanding of time?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains that Sunday is an eschatological time during worship.
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29 - How is the concept of the eighth day related to baptism?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains why baptismal fonts are 8 sided and the meaning of the eighth day.
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30 - When did the church year become fully developed and why?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains that the church year evolves around both a theological and natural rhythm of the people.
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31 - Is there any relationship between the rhythms of nature and the theological foundations for the church year?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains why December 25th was set as Christmas Day and how it reflects March 25th.
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32 - How can one resolve the tension between the eschatological character of Sunday and the historical shape of the church year
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains the importance of the tension between Sunday and the church year.
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33 - What happens to the structures of the liturgy during the medieval period of history?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains the influence of the barbarians on the medieval church and how that lead to the rise of professional clergy.
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34 - What is the significance in a separation between the clergy and the laity during the medieval time in history?
Arthur Just
Dr. just explains how the clergy and the laity adapted to the culture of the time.
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35 - Why do pastors today even need to allegorize the liturgy for the people?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains the use of allegory to explain why the church does things a certain way.
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36 - What are some of the other pastoral implications of the changes that take place in the liturgy?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains other things that took place in the liturgy in the medieval church.
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37 - What is meant by liturgy of the hours or the daily office?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains the hours of prayer and office of duties and how this led to further separation of clergy and laity.
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38 - What was the development of the prayer life of the church like and what are the central components of that life?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just gives ideas on how to develop a prayer life for yourself.
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39 - What is the importance of continuity with the generations that came before us as we gather for worship today?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains the importance of continuity in liturgy through the ages in connecting us to the early church.
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40 - What view of liturgy should one come away with from this course?
Arthur Just and James Brauer
Dr. Just and Dr. Brauer explain what they want he students to take away from these classes.
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41 - Are there any new things we could be adding to our liturgies today?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just address the bringing in of new things to the worship book.
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42 - When you say that we are to be diagnosticians of some contemporary expressions of Lutheran worship, what do you mean?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just encourages pastors to be good diagnosticians of contemporary expressions as they influence Lutheran Worship.
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43 - What does it mean to be reverent to Christ's presence?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains what it means to be reverent in the presence of God.
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44 - What are some of the best ways for pastors to help their congregation members be faithful to Christ's presence as they gather for worship.
Arthur Just
Dr. Just gives guidance to help people to be faithful to Christ presence in worship.
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45 - What are some of the dangers of the alternative worship services seen in many Lutheran churches today?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just warns that alternate worship liturgies should reflect our Lutheran Confessions and not some other church bodies’ confession.
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46 - What are the treasures of our heritage of Lutheran worship?
Arthur Just
Dr. Just explains the treasure we have in heaven is Jesus Christ and the unity all Christians have through Christ.
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47 - Why did the Reformation make faith such a key element of Christian worship?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains what happened during the medieval ages that faith became less important.
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48 - How is faith related to the worship that God seeks?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains how faith and worship are related.
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49 - Why were the means of grace and ministry so important to the worship which God seeks?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains why the means of Grace and faith are important to worship.
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50 - What do the Lutheran Confessions reject as tools of the Holy Spirit?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains that only through the Holy Spirit can one believe and by use of the means of Grace continue in God's mercy.
