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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51 - What is the best definition of worship that we find in the Lutheran Confessions?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer defines worship.
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52 - What principles for Christian worship can be drawn from the Confessions?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains the eight principles of Christian worship from the Lutheran Confessions.
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53 - Is there any connection between the Confessions' view of worship and Luther's coat of arms?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains Luther's coat of arms.
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54 - How would a pastor analyze the liturgy?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains how using the eight principles to analyze a liturgy.
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55 - How are building blocks used in a service like matins or morning prayer?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer looks at "The Order of Matins" and analyzes it in building blocks.
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56 - How do the building blocks of worship shape the divine service?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains how the building blocks of worship shaped the divine service.
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57 - How did the building blocks of worship form the individual confession and absolution in Lutheran worship?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer looks at how the building blocks have shaped individual confession and absolution in Lutheran worship.
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58 - How are the concepts of "lex orande, lex credende" illustrated in Lutheran worship?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains what you pray is what you believe.
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59 - How do the confessional principles help us with questions of place and furnishings for worship?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains what is needed and where worship should be conducted.
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60 - How do the confessional principles guide decisions about artwork in worship spaces?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains the purpose of art in a church.
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61 - How do Luther's observations about music help pastors, congregations, and musicians in our time?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains the use of music in worship and it meaning.
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62 - How do the confessional principles assist with choices about music for worship?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer examines music's role in worship.
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63 - What did Luther have in mind when he encouraged hymns to be written?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains why Luther called for hymns to be written.
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64 - How are hymns useful in our services?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains why hymns are important to spiritual life.
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65 - How have the text and tunes styles of hymns changed over the centuries?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer gives a brief history of hymns and how they changed over the centuries.
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66 - How well do the Lutheran hymnals reflect the long tradition of hymnody in the church?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains that we have a long tradition of hymnody in the Lutheran church.
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67 - Which hymns are the most useful to Lutherans and which are the least useful?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains how to determine which hymns are most useful to use.
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68 - What musical style changes have occurred for hymns in the LCMS in the last fifty years?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains the changes that have occurred in LCMS music over the last fifty years.
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69 - How should one go about choosing hymns for special occasions?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer gives ideas how to pick hymns for special occasions.
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70 - What drove Luther to reform the Latin mass?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains why Luther reformed the Latin mass.
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71 - How did Luther's Latin mass illustrate the principles of the Lutheran confessions?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains how Luther's Latin Mass was based on the Lutheran Confessions.
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72 - How did Luther's Latin mass use music?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauuer explains how hymns were used in Luther's Latin Mass.
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73 - What did Luther want to accomplish with his German Mass?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains how and why Luther created the German Mass.
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74 - What does Luther's German mass teach us about using music in worship?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains what Luther's German mass teaches us about using music in worship.
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75 - What influence did Luther's reforms have on the liturgy in other German territories?
James Brauer
Dr. Brauer explains the effect that Luther's Latin and German Masses had on the rest of the German States.
