1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:07,400 Welcome to Mission Works. 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:08,800 Thanks to donors. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,800 The election will soon be over. 4 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,800 It seems like a good opportunity to share what we teach at Concordia 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,500 Seminary about church and state. 6 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:28,000 I'm sometimes asked what do students study at the Seminary? Does the 7 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:36,100 curriculum include for example psychology, business? No, we study 8 00:00:36,100 --> 00:00:37,200 scriptures. 9 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,800 We study the Lutheran Confessions and Orthodox. 10 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:41,500 Theology. 11 00:00:41,500 --> 00:00:47,800 Worldly disciplines may be brought in but the Seminary is through and 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,600 through about theology. 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:56,000 We don't teach political science, but in classrooms and campus 14 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,200 culture, we do teach what it means to be Godly Christian citizens. 15 00:01:03,100 --> 00:01:08,900 First good government is a gift from God. In the Lord's Prayer 16 00:01:08,900 --> 00:01:11,400 we pray give us this day our daily bread. 17 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,500 The small catechism says Daily Bread includes upright and faithful 18 00:01:16,500 --> 00:01:18,800 rulers and good government. 19 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:26,400 God instituted government for the physical good of all people and God 20 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,200 instituted the church for the Salvation of sinners. 21 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,500 Church and state have different purposes. 22 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:40,800 The Augsburg Confession says secular authority deals with matters 23 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:46,600 altogether different from the Gospel. Secular power does not protect the 24 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:52,000 soul but using the sword and physical penalties, it protects the body 25 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,300 and goods against external violence. 26 00:01:55,500 --> 00:01:56,100 Dr. 27 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:58,500 Joel Biermann of our faculty wrote: 28 00:01:59,500 --> 00:02:03,900 One of the doctrinal tensions at the heart of Lutheran teaching is 29 00:02:03,900 --> 00:02:10,000 the distinction of God's two Realms or kingdoms. God is the Sovereign 30 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,300 Lord over all over the world, of course, but he works to accomplish 31 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:18,800 his purposes in two very different ways. 32 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:24,300 He uses Earthly governments as his servants to preserve the world 33 00:02:24,300 --> 00:02:28,300 in to care for the creation. But through his church 34 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:33,200 he delivers the comfort of the Gospel and the promise of a coming day 35 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,400 when all of creation will be fully restored to his perfect plan. 36 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:45,300 Second your Seminary teaches students to bring Ministry into their 37 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:46,100 communities. 38 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,500 Reverend Jeff Thormodson says: 39 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:54,900 Seminary students not only are trained for pastoral and Deaconess 40 00:02:54,900 --> 00:03:00,300 Ministries within the church but are provided opportunities with their 41 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:06,700 communities their cross-cultural module provides learning experiences 42 00:03:06,700 --> 00:03:11,400 among first-generation ethnic immigrants after school programs in 43 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:17,700 diverse areas and urban neighborhood. During vicarage every student is 44 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:22,200 responsible for planning and leading a community outreach project 45 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:27,900 designed to meet a human need in the community. The goal is to create 46 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:33,300 relationships while serving that translates into opportunities to 47 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:34,000 share the Gospel. 48 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:39,700 Third almost every day in Chapel 49 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:45,100 we pray for our government from Washington DC down to our local 50 00:03:45,100 --> 00:03:45,800 community. 51 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:53,800 We thank you, our donors, for making these teachings part of formation of 52 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:59,000 our future pastors and deaconesses because God loves us. 53 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,700 We love him and love our fellow citizens. 54 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:05,800 Dr. 55 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:11,000 Luther writes Christians live not in themselves, but in Christ and 56 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 their neighbor, otherwise, they are not Christian. 57 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:19,000 They live in Christ through faith in their neighbor through love. 58 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:21,399 Dr. 59 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:22,500 Bierman sums it up. 60 00:04:22,500 --> 00:04:28,800 God has richly blessed us in this country with the opportunity not 61 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:33,500 only to live peacefully and confidently as we faithfully follow Jesus 62 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:37,800 in our lives. But also the privilege of participating in the 63 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,100 government through our voting and other political activities. 64 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,700 Thank you for joining us for Mission Works. 65 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:48,000 Thanks to donors. 66 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,800 I hope to see you again.