At DOXOLOGY II, 2025, four pastors and scholars took up the communio sanctorum, the communion of saints and the communion of holy things, and what it means for the care of souls. Rev. Dr. Thomas Winger read it out of the Pastoral Epistles; Dr. Joel Elowsky traced it through the early church; Rev. William Cwirla […]

This is a recording of a hymn festival on November 17, 2024. Commentary by Rev. Dr. Harold L. Senkbeil. The Organist is Rev. Dr. Paul Grime. The Officiant is Matthew Wurm. Click here for the Confidence in Uncertain Times, Service Folder. Confidence in Uncertain Times: A Hymn Festival A sung service built for a season […]

In a post-Christian world, the intersection of Christian sexuality and contemporary culture requires well-informed and vital discussion. This conference, Courageous Conversations: Christian Responses to the Cultural Wreckage of Sexuality, will examine how Christians can effectively understand, affirm, and lead a life of faithful sexuality in the face of an increasingly hostile sexual revolution culture. Biblical and Natural Law perspectives will be offered, equipping Christians to confidently address modern misconceptions and challenges with colleagues, family, and friends.

DOXOLOGY II, 2023, addressed the pastoral care challenges a Seelsorger faces in these gray and latter days. Rev. Dr. John Kleinig marveled at the Mystery of Marriage and brought compassionate and wise care to the issue of Pornography. Rev. Dr. Joel Elowsky revealed the sexual chaos of the Roman world and how the church fathers […]

There is wide spread confusion in American culture regarding sex, marriage and gender which greatly complicates Christian life and witness. This Seminar prepares Christians to advocate confidently, purposefully and positively for the biblical vision of human sexuality within their families and in the public square not merely on religious freedom grounds, but as a matter of common sense, compassion and human flourishing.

Dr. Lucas Woodford teaches on how to preach, teach, catechize, evangelize and care for souls in a world of increasing sexual delusion and chaos. Using Scriptural teaching as well as case studies from his own pastoral practice, Dr. Woodford will provide useful examples of how to apply our Lutheran theology using actual examples of pastoral work.

Christian households and churches alike are trying to figure out how to navigate a world that seems to have lost its direction on foundational matters of faith, interpersonal relations, sexuality, marriage and family. How do we communicate the biblical story of God’s love in Christ Jesus to a culture that considers it outmoded and bigoted?

With the legal redefinition of marriage, the confusion regarding gender, and rapidly changing sexual mores in society, biblical singles, couples, and parents are looking for guidance in articulating and promoting a positive view of the Christian vision for marriage and sexuality. Our goal is to equip people with the tools to speak constructively and to live confidently amid the current confusion.

Below is a listing of DOXOLOGY’s lectures and videos from our Insight – September, 2016.

Marking Dr. Harold Senkbeil’s forty-five years in the ministry (2016): the celebration was held at DOXOLOGY’s Insight on Joy conference — Dr. John Kleinig on the joy of Ecclesiastes — at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in September 2016, with a banquet of tributes, the evening service, a hymn of thanksgiving, and greetings from colleagues. 1. […]

Below is a listing of DOXOLOGY’s conversation videos from our Collegium Conversation with Dr. James Nestingen – Carefree, AZ. 1. Dr. James Nestingen Dr. James Nestingen, emeritus professor of church history at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, presents justification as the doctrinal grammar governing pastoral speech at a Doxology collegium in January 2016. He proposes four […]

Featuring lectures from Dr. John Kleinig. 1. Affective Proclamation Kleinig speaks on the embodied word and affective proclamation, beginning with how often Jesus touches people and how touch clarifies and carries what words alone cannot. He recovers the older sense of the heart as the seat of both thinking and feeling, and traces how the […]

Below is a listing of DOXOLOGY’s lectures and videos from our Insight – August, 2015 – St. Louis, MO. “Finding Our Voice”.

Pastoral care is difficult. It involves careful attention to both the Scriptures and the people we care for. But we don’t learn it alone; we need to cultivate the company of other pastors, living and departed. In May 2015 the Fellows of our DOXOLOGY Collegium traveled to Kalispell, Montana to sit down with Rev. Eugene Peterson, noted pastoral theologian and author of more than 20 books on pastoral care, for a discussion on our favorite topic: the classic heritage of the cure of souls and its contemporary application.

From DOXOLOGY’s Grand Reunion, Dr. John Kleinig teaches on the imagination — how the mystery of worship opens heaven to the eyes of faith, how the unholy imagination disorders the desires of the heart, and how the Holy Spirit sanctifies the imagination for the reading of Scripture, preaching, and the vision of God. 1. Seeing […]

Below is a listing of DOXOLOGY’s lectures and videos from our Insight in August, 2014 – Springfield, IL.

From DOXOLOGY’s Insight seminar, Dr. John Kleinig teaches on the good conscience as the aim of the pastoral charge — how the conscience is bound and accused by God’s Law, cleansed by the blood of Christ in absolution and the Lord’s Supper, and kept clear as pastors hold the mystery of the faith. 1. The […]

Below is a listing of DOXOLOGY’s lectures and videos from our 2013 Grand Reunion.

Speaking the Truth in Love: A Compassionate Response to Same Sex Attraction and Same Sex Marriage

Below is a listing of DOXOLOGY’s lectures and videos from our Spotlight on Ministry- April, 2013- Columbia, IL.  1. Don’t Open That Book: It’ll Kill You Dr. Robert Kolb Robert Kolb opens his study of reaching the “nones” by insisting God is a God of conversation and community who speaks reality into being and recreates sinners […]

Dr. Menuge tackles the complex problem of Post-Christian Christianity with a multi-dimensional approach that confronts the root of the problem rather than the symptoms. This approach deals with the will, intellect, and imagination of a person, specifically of those coming from the modern and post-modern worldview, with the goal of restoring the idea that Christianity is objectively true.

SPOTLIGHT on Ministry Conference, 9/10 October 2012, Waukesha, Wisconsin Dr. John W. Kleinig — Adelaide, Australia 1. Introduction to Spiritual Warfare in Lutheran Perspective John Kleinig opens a 24-hour DOXOLOGY intensive on spiritual warfare by arguing that the ministry of deliverance belongs to the core of Christ’s mission, not the fringes of church life. He […]

Featuring lectures from Dr. John Kleinig: The Family Altar; Access to the Father’s Grace: Finding Help for Ourselves and Others; Rejoicing in God’s Law: On Preaching the Decalogue Positively; Enacting God’s Word in the Divine Service; The Cleansing Blood 1. The Family Altar John Kleinig calls for reviving the family altar, the daily fire of […]

Featuring lectures from Dr. John Kleinig: The Lost Art of Meditation; Daily Sanctification; Called to Be Thanks-givers and Praise-Singers; Spiritual Empowerment for Unashamed Ministry; Dealing with Spiritual Abuse 1. The Lost Art of Meditation and Prayer Kleinig recovers meditation and prayer as gifts to be received rather than achievements to be produced, using a solar […]

The 2010 DOXOLOGY Grand Reunion in Schuyler, Nebraska, with Dr. James Nestingen on confession and absolution: how Christ reshapes the past and unfolds the future. 1. Christ Reshapes the Past – Dr. James Nestingen In the opening lecture of the 2010 Schuyler retreat, Dr. James Nestingen sets out how the absolution reaches back into a […]